[Intro] Bm  E  A

F#m                                   E
Inside every teenage girl there's a fountain
F#m                                           E
Inside every young pair of pants there's a mountain
Bm            E           A                   F#m
Inside every mother's eyes is Tommy Tinkrem's bed
Bm            E           A             F#m    E
Inside every candidate waits a grateful dead

[Refrão]

Bm                     F#                  G
I make it a thing, when I'm on my own to relieve myself
Bm                     F#                  G
I make it a thing, when I gazelle on stage to believe in myself
Bm                     F#                               E
I make it a thing, to glance in window panes and look pleased with myself
            G      E        Bm
Yeah, and pretend I'm walking home

(Bm  E  A)

F#m                               E
I took it so bad, I sat in the correction room
F#m                           E
Took me a fag, and a kick in the moon
Bm                            E
Well, I ain't gonna suck no radar wing
           A              F#m
Because inside this tin is tin
  Bm                 E                 A             F#m       E
Would you like to techno-plate 'cause I'm your candidate, oh yeah

[Refrão]
                  Bm
It's a matter of life
         F#                       G
And the way you walk, you've got a BrylCream queen
                  Bm
It's a matter of tact
         F#                         G
In the things you talk, that keeps his passport clean
             Bm
A matter of fact
        F#                             E
That a cock ain't a cock on a twelve inch screen
          G            E      Bm
So I'll pretend I'm walking home

(Bm  E  A)

F#m                                     E
You don't have to scream a lot to keep an age in tune
F#m                                     E
You don't have to scream a lot to predict monsoons
Bm                       E
You don't have to paint my contact black
     A                 F#m
Now I've hustled a pair of jeans
 Bm                      E              A            F#m      E
Do I have to give your money back when I'm the Fuhrerling?

[Refrão]

                 Bm
I'll make you a deal
         F#                         G
I'll say I came from Earth and my tongue is taped
                 Bm
I'll make you a deal
         F#                       G
You can get your kicks on the candidate
                 Bm
I'll make you a deal
                 F#                 E
For your future's sake, I'm the candidate
        G            E        Bm
Lets pretend we're walking home

[Final]

 Bm      E   A  Bm
Uh-huh, uhhh
 E
I'm the candidate
 A            Bm          E
Make way for the candidate
 A            Bm           E  A
Vote now for the candidate

(Bm  E  A)