THE RAMONES - ACID EATERS

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JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE MIND
SUBSTITUTE
OUT OF TIME
THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
SOMEBODY TO LOVE
WHEN I WAS YOUNG
7 AND 7 IS
MY BACK PAGES
CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE YOU MINE
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN RAIN?
I CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF
SURF CITY

JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE MIND


[ B  D ] x2

[ B  D ] x2            [ during solo ]

[ B  F# ]              [ during solo ]

 F# 
Leave your cares behind come with us and find
     E                             F#
The pleasures of a journey to the center of the mind

    B                 D   D C# C B
   Come along if you care
   Come along if you dare
    B                 D     D    C#  C    C#
   Take a ride to the land inside of your mind
						
Beyond the seas of thought beyond the realm of what
Across the streams of hopes and dreams where things are really not

   Come along if you care...

 F#
But please realise you'll probably be surprised 
    D#                B
For it's the land unknown to man
	   G#         F#
Where fantasy is fact
   D#                  B
So if you can, please understand
G#                  C#         
You might not come back        

[ B  D ] x3            [ during solo ]

[ B  F# ]              [ during solo ]

[ B   B E F F#   F# C C# ] x3

[ B   B E F F# ]     

   Come along if you care
   Come along if you dare
   Take a ride to the land inside and you'll see

How happy life could be if all of mankind
Would take the time to journey to the center of the mind
	 	 
	 E                               F#
Would take the time to journey to the center of the mind
Center of the mind 

[ B  D ] x3            [ during solo ]

[ B  F# ]              [ during solo ]

C#

SUBSTITUTE

[ D A G D ] x2 D D G A D You think we look pretty good together You think my shoes are made of leather E D E D But I'm a substitue for another guy I look pretty tall but my heels are high The simple things you see are all complicated E D E D A I look pretty young but I'm just back-dated yeah D A G D It's a substitute lies for fact I can see right through your plastic mad I look all white but my dad was black D A G D My fine looking suit is really made of sack I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth Northside of my town faces east and northside faces south And now you dare look me in the eye But crocodile tears are what you cry It's a genuine problem you won't try to work it all out Just pass it by pass it by Substitute me for him Substitute my coke for gin Substitute you for my mum At least I'll get my washing done [ D G D ] x2 But I'm a substitue for another guy... [ D A G D ] x2 I was born with a plastic spoon.. Substitute me for him... It's a substitute lies for fact...

OUT OF TIME

[ F C ] F You don't know what's going on C You've been away for far too long Bb F You can't come back and think you are still mine F Bb You're out of touch, my baby C F My poor discarded baby Bb C F I said, baby, baby, baby, you're out of time F C Well, baby, baby, baby, you're out of time D Bb I said, baby, baby, baby, you're out of time F Yes, you are left out Bb Out of there without a doubt F C F 'cause, baby, baby, baby, you're out of time You thought you were a clever girl Giving up your social whirl But you can't come back and be the first in line You're obsolete my baby My poor old-fashioned baby I said baby, baby, baby, you're out of time Well, baby, baby... Well, baby, baby...

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

F# [ bend low F# on guitar down] [ F# A B C# ] F# A There's a new sun B D Risin' up angry in the sky F# A And there's a new voice B C# Saying 'we're not afraid to die' F# E Let the old world make believe F# B It's blind and deaf and dumb F# E Eb D F# But nothing can change the shape of things to come C# There are changes Lyin' ahead in every road And there are new thoughts Ready and waiting to explode When tomorrow is today The bells may toll for some But nothing can change the shape of things to come E The future's comin' in, now A Sweet and strong B C# Ain't no-one gonna hold it back for long There are new dreams Crowdin' out old realities There's revolution Sweepin' in like a fresh new breeze Let the old world make believe It's blind and deaf and dumb F# E Eb D But nothing can change the shape of things Nothing can change the shape of things Nothing can change the shape of things Nothing can change the shape of things F# To come

SOMEBODY TO LOVE

A D A When the truth is found to be lies And all the joy within you dies C G A D Don't you want somebody to love, don't you Need somebody to love, wouldn't you Love somebody to love, you better G D A Find somebody to love [ G A ] x2 When the garden flowers baby are dead, yes and Your mind, your mind is so full of bread Don't you want... Your eyes, I say your eyes may look like his Yeah, but in your head, baby, I'm afraid you don't know where it is Don't you want... [ G A ] x2 Tears are running down and down and down your breast And your friends, baby they treat you like a guest Don't you want...

WHEN I WAS YOUNG

E E D The rooms were so much colder then My father was a soldier then And times were very hard E When I was young (D) E When I was young E D I smoked my first cigarette at ten And for girls I had a that yen And I had quite a ball E When I was young (D) (E) G E When I was young it was more important D Pain more painful and laughter much louder, yeah E When I was young (D) (E) When I was young E D I met my first love at thirteen She was brown, and I was pretty green And I learned quite a lot E When I was young (D) E When I was young [ G F ] x3 G Bb G When I was young it was more important F Pain more painful and laughter much louder, yeah G When I was young (F) G When i was young G F My faith was so much stronger then I believed in fellow men And I was so much older then G When I was young When I was young When I was young When I was young When I was young When I was young When I was young [ in brackets chords played only by bass ]

SEVEN AND SEVEN IS

[ A C G D F C E ] [ A D ] x2 A E G D A D A D When I was a boy I thought about the times I'd be a man I'd sit inside a bottle and pretend that I was in a can A C G D A D A D In my lonely room I'd sit my mind in an ice cream cone A C G You can throw me if you wanna 'cause I'm a bone and I go A A Oop-ip-ip oop-ip-ip, yeah! [ A C G D F C E ] [ A D ] x2 If I don't start cryin' it's because that I have got no eyes My father's in the fireplace and my dog lies hypnotized Through a crack of light I was unable to find my way Trapped inside a night but I'm a day and I go Oop-ip-ip oop-ip-ip, yeah! [ A C G D F C E ] [ A D ] x2 A D A D A D A D One, two, three, four! [ E F C G ] x2 [ E F C G ] x2 [ E F C G ] x4 E

MY BACK PAGES

[ B E ] x3 E E C# G# A B E Crimson flames tied through my ears, rollin' high and mighty traps E C# G# A B Pounced with fire on flaming roads, using ideas as my maps C# G# A B We'll meet on edges, soon said I, proud 'neath heated brow E A E Ah but I was so much older then A B E I'm younger than that now Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth, rip down all hate I scream Lies that life is black and white, spoke from my skull I dreamed Romantic flanks of musketeers, foundation deep somehow Ah but I was so much older... In a soldier's stance I aimed my hand at the mongrel dogs who teach Fearing not that I'd become my enemy in the instant that I preach My pathway led to confusion boats, mutiny from stern to bow Ah but I was so much older... [ E C# G# A B E ] [ E C# G# A B ] [ C# G# A B ] Ah but I was so much older... Yes my guards stood hard when abstract threats too nobel to neglect Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect Good and bad, I define these terms quite clear, no doubt, somehow Ah but I was so much older... Ah but I was so much older... Ah but I was so much older...

CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE YOU MINE



[ C# G# Bb ] x2 C# G# Bb I can't seem to make you mine I can't seem to make you mine You fly around like a bee Hurtin' everything you see I try everything I know To make you wanna love me so The only things you do Is try to put the hurt on me F# C# Can't you see what you're doin' to me You fill my heart with misery F# C# F# In every breath and step I take D# I'm more in love with you Can't go on like this A little bit of love and not one kiss I've gotta have your love every day Love that's real and will stay I can't seem to make you mine I can't seem to make you mine I can't seem to make you mine I can't seem to make you mine [ C# G# Bb G# Bb ] x4 Can't you see... I can't seem to make you mine I can't seem to make you mine Come back baby to me And my misery I give you love night and day Never ever go away I can't seem to make you mine I can't seem to make you mine I can't seem to make you mine [ fade out ]

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN RAIN?



[ D E A ] A Someone told me long ago, there's a calm before the storm E I know and its been coming for some time A When its over so they say it'll rain a sunny day E A I know, shinin' down like water D E A Ab F# E I want to know, have you ever seen the rain I want to know, have you ever seen the rain D E A Comin' down on a sunny day Yesterday and days before, sun is cold and rain is hot I know, been that way for all my time 'til forever on it goes through the circle fast and slow I know, and I can't stop, I wonder I want to know... [ D E A Ab F# E ] x2 [ D E A ] Someone told me long ago... I want to know...

I CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF

[ G G A G A C B A G ] x2 G [ G G A G A C B A G ] I can't stand still cause you've got me goin' Your slacks are low and your hips are showin' C D I take you girl as you're standing there Your low cut slacks and your long black hair Don't want you goin' round with no one else C A 'cause when I'm with you I can't control myself Defense is down and you've got me shakin' You've got me so that my nerves are breakin' If you got me, I like you girl Your knees would bend and your hair will curl You make me move, yeah, like no one else 'cause when I'm with you I can't control myself [ A G A ] x4 A G A A G A A G A A G A I've got this feeling that's inside of me It makes me think of how things used to be E A It makes me fell allright E A G A A G A When I'm with you at night and we love [ G G A G A C B A G ] x2 You hold me so with this quick temptation This kind of feeling could move a nation And I'm okay when I'm here with you I do the things that you want me to But do these things for no one else 'cause when I'm with you I can't control myself [ G G A G A C B A G ] G G A G A C B A G I can't control myself I can't control myself I can't control myself I can't control myself G I can't control myself baby

SURF CITY

[ Ab G A D ] G E I bought a '30 Ford wagon and we call it a woodie G Surf City, here we come G E You know it's not very cherry, it's an oldie but a goodie G E Surf City, here we come C A Well, it ain't got a back set or a rear window C D But it still gets me where I wanna go G And we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun C You know we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one G You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun, now [ Ab G A D ] You know they never roll the streets up 'cause there's always somethin' goin Surf City, here we come You know they're either out surfin' or they got a party growin' Surf City, here we come Yeah, and there's two swingin' honeys for every guy And all you gotta do is just wink your eye And we're goin' to Surf City... [ Ab G A D ] And if my woody breaks down on me somewhere on the surf route Surf City, here we come I'll strap my board to my back and hitch a ride in my wetsuit Surf City, here we come And when I get to Surf City I'll be shootin' the curl And checkin' out the parties for a surfer girl And we're goin' to Surf City... [ Ab G A ] [ B G# Ab D# ] D\D#

(THANKS TO MAURO BUROCCO AND FERE, ITALY WHICH DONE THESE FOR ME E-MAIL: s76222@vcldec1.polito.it)