G D G

[Verse 1]
G
Wash all the pots and linens
       C        G
Find a psychoanalyst
C                 G
Go the bank and deposit checks
      D                G
Sweep up the shattered dish

[Verse 2]
G
Return everything that I've borrowed
C                     G
Change all the bloody gauze
C                     G
Buy a spinach colored dinner jacket
  D              G
Defy all natural laws

[Chorus]
C      Bm        C                 D
Ooh oh oh, cancel better homes and gardens
C      Bm    C           D
Ooh oh oh, admire gothic arches

[Verse 3]
  G
Become a lot more happy
        C            G
Build a maze of Styrofoam
  C                     G
Befriend an unfortunate lunatic
     D        G
Wail on a saxophone

[Verse 4]
G
Walk down the road into darkness
C                    G
Fall in an orchestra pit
C                     G
Have an affair in the provinces
      D              G
Bring flowers to thе sick

[Chorus]
C      Bm           C                  D
Ooh oh oh, find out what's killing the bees
C      Bm     C             D
Ooh oh oh, proclaim a lasting peace

[Verse 5]
G
Opеn the blinds, let the light in
C                    G
Stand in the amorous rays
     C                 G
Rise up in the name of liberty
      D              G
Throw out my fascist berets

[Verse 6]
G
Purchase balloons for the ballroom
C              G
Buy some asparagus
C                   G
Buy a harmonium and powdered wig
    D            G
Buy after dinner mints

[Chorus]
C      Bm           C                  D
Ooh oh oh, buy head cheese and hock of ham
C      Bm    C          D
Ooh oh oh, become a family man

[Guitar Solo]
G D G

[Verse 7]
G
Finish the wealth of nations
   C               G
Discover a miracle drug
C                       G
Learn all supreme court justices' names
    D                  G
And test the limits of love

[Verse 8]
G
Acquire more guilty pleasures
        C                   G
Sit and watch as the plague goes by
C                G
Wash the hot fry stains from my hands
    D             G
And laugh until I cry

[Chorus]
C      Bm        C                  D
Ooh oh oh, throw out all the songs I wrote
C      Bm      C              D
Ooh oh oh, and buy a buckskin coat

[Outro]
G   C  G  C  G  D
G   C  G  C  G  D  G