Beck Chords and Lyrics

Asshole Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

(C E A)4x

    C           E              A
Your brains went black when she took back her love
   C      E            A
and put it out into the sun
    C        E            A
The birds did fly when the heavens all went dry
       C               E            A
And the cigarettes are smokin by themselves

CHORUS
F
She'll do anything
E
She'll do anything
A              C
She'll do anything to make you feel like an asshole

Call her name, she looks the same as you
question mark stretched across the skin
She dangles carrots, makes you feel embarrassed
to be the fool you know you are

(Chorus)

Beercan Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

Alcohol on my hands I got plans
to ditch myself and get outside
dancing woman throwing plates
decapitating their laughing dates
swirling chickens caught in flight
out of focus much too bright
coming down shiny teeth
game show suckers trying to bleed
but I got a drug and I got the bug
and I got something better than love

How you like me now
pretty good
going on
feeling strong

I quit my job blowing leaves
telephone bills up my sleeves
choking like a one man dustball
freedom rock slimeball
talking in code, i went down
lit up the shack
grab me a beer out of the sack
everybodys been over twice
painting the walls throwing some dice
leaping up into the air getting juiced up beyond belief

and they were singing like this

Chorus:

guitar:
D   F  G
E-2---------
B-3---------
G-2---------
D-0---3--5--
A-0---3--5--
D-0---3--5--

D               G               D
why go throwing Frisbees at the sun
     F        G       D
put my soul between the bun
D        G               D
now I wandering now I'm drunk
       F        G       D
now I'm running like a flaming pig

D        G               D
       F        G       D
(oh yeah)

D           G           D
scraping off the attitude
   F        G       D
old man eating all my food
D         G            D
don't be kind don't be rude
               F               G       D
just shake your boots and let it all get loose

oh yeah
my goodness fluffy clouds
jumping rainbows

fluffy clouds
I'm sad
jumping rainbows
A soft and snuggly place
[repeat]

[bass solo]

[chorus]

outro chords:

D  F  G
D  G  F
oh that's cold
somebody put a flame-thrower on me

oh yeah
I like it like that

somebody bring me a plate of succotash

Dead Melodies Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

G D C Em E Am D G D D7

G              D        C          Em E
where will you go when this day is over
Am        D      G           D   D7
a gambler's purse lays on the road
Em
straight to your door
A                        D  
snakes have gone crazy tonight
Dm             Am          D    D7
winding their way out of sight

a laugh, a joke a sentiment wasted
seasons of strangers they've come and gone
doldrums are pounding,
cheapskates are clowning this town
who could disown themselves now

engineer, slow down this old train
cinders and chaff laugh at the moon
night birds will cackle
rotting like apples on trees
Dm             Am       D        A7
sending their dead melodies...to me

Devil's Haircut Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

Intro:/in-between paragraphs:
D5-D5-G5-C5 x4

Paragraghs:
5:5-5-5-3-
6:-----3--

Lyrics:
Something's wrong cuz my mind is fading
Everywhere I look there's a deadend waiting
Temperatures dropping at the rotten oasis
Stealing kisses from the leperous faces

Heads are hanging from the garbage man trees
Mouthwash, jukebox, Gasoline
Cyrstals are pointing at a poor mans pockets
Smiling eyes ripping out of it's sockets

Got a Devil's Haircut in my mind
Got a Devil's Haircut in my mind
Got a Devil's Haircut in my mind
Got a Devil's Haircut in my mind

Love machines on the sympathy crutches
Discount orgies on the dropout buses
Hitching a ride with the bleeding noses
Coming to town with the breif case blues

Got a Devil's Haircut in my mind
Got a Devil's Haircut in my mind
Got a Devil's Haircut in my mind
Got a Devil's Haircut in my mind

Something's wrong cuz my mind is fading
Ghetto-blasting disintegrating
Rock'n'roll know what I'm saying
And everywhere I look there's a devil waiting

Got a Devil's Haircut in my mind
Got a Devil's Haircut in my mind
Got a Devil's Haircut in my mind
Got a Devil's Haircut in my mind

Devil's haircut in my mind
Devil's haircut in my mind
Devil's haircut in my mind

Everybodys Got To Learn Sometime Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

Gm               Gm/E   Cm/Eb
Change your heart
Gm               Gm/E   Cm/Eb
Look around you
Gm               Gm/E   Cm/Eb
Change your heart
Gm               Gm/E   Cm/Eb
It will astound you

Gm                Dsus4    D
I need your lovin'
Cm          Eb     Fsus   F
Like the sunshine

Dm                      Gm      Am7/-5
Everybody's gotta learn sometime
Dm                      Gm      Am7/-5
Everybody's gotta learn sometime
Dm                      Gm       F
Everybody's gotta learn sometime


Bb    A    x4


Cm/Eb

E|----x----|
B|----4----|
G|----5----|
D|----5----|
A|----6----|
E|----x----|

Am7/-5

E|----x----|
B|----1----|
G|----0----|
D|----1----|
A|----0----|
E|----x----|

Fuckin' With My Head Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

slow bend  heavy flange
---------------|
----------5-3--|
-2(4)--/4------|
---------------|
---------------|
---------------|

E              D    A       E D A
I ain't got no inclination
E              D      A      E D A
Give away my sweet sensation
E              D       A    E D A
Sleepin in an old toolshed
E              D      A       E D A
Scumbag cryin on his pillow

Chorus:

D              A
When you wanna be with me
   G                  D              E   D A
then we will see who's fuckin with my head

(hey hey hey hey)
Fuckin' with my head
(Hey hey hey hey)

Found myself in New Orleans
With a scarecrow in my jeans
Beat my forehead through the ceiling
Drank my coffee with a hubcap

(Chorus)
(no no no no)

Bridge:
-----------------------------|
-----------------------------|
---1--1--1--1--2(4)-(4)2p0---|
---2--2--2--2--------------2-|
---2--2--2--2----------------|
-0---------------------------|
E
Devil's got your pantyhose on his head
Oh yeah, and he's robbin' me but all I got's cornbread
Well, you turn my body into a crutch
And now I'm limpin' all over when I feel your touch
Oh yeah

Girl Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

Bb           G#
I saw her, yea I saw her
         C#
With a black tongue tied
Bb                                                 G#
Round the roses a fist pounding on a vending machine
C#                     Bb
Toy diamond ring stuck on her finger
          (bass enters)
With a noose she could hang from the sun
     G#                       C#
And put it out with the dark sunglasses
Bb
Walking crooked down the beach
     G#
She spits in the sand
               C#
Where their bones are bleaching

CH:
F        G#                                D# ->
And I know I'm gonna steal her eye
She doesn't even know it's wrong
F            G#                             D#->
And you know I'm gonna make it die
Take her where her soul belongs
F  G#                               G
Know I'm gonna steal her eye
F#
Nothing that I wouldn't try
F    D#                 Bb
         My summer girl
F      D#             Bb
Hey my summer girl
My summer girl
Hey my summer girl

I saw her, yea I saw her
With her hands tied back
Her rags are burnin'
Calling out from a landfilled life
Scrawling her name up on the ceiling
Throw a coin in the fountain of dust
White noise, her ears are ringing
Got a ticket for my midnight hanging
Throw a bullet from a freight train leaving

CHORUS

Guess I'm Doing Fine Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

Verse 1:

E  A E
There's a bluebird at my window

E  A E
I can't hear the songs he sings

E  A E
All the jewels in heaven

E  A    F#m
They don't look the same to me

AG#m    E
I just wade the tides that turn

G#mE
'Til I learn to leave the past behind

Chorus:

G#m   A  E
It's only lies that I'm livin'

G#m        A  E
It's only tears that I'm Cryin'

G#m   AE     D
It's only you that I'm losin'

F#m  E   F#m   A
I guess I'm doin fine


2nd Verse:  Same chord progression

All the battlements are empty
And the moon in laying low
Yellow roses in the graveyard
I got no time to let them grow
Now I bade a friend farewell
I can do what ever pleases me

Chorus:  Same chord progression

It's only lies that I'm livin'
It's only tears that I'm cryin'
It's only you that I'm losin'
I guess I'm doin fine

3rd Verse:

F#m   A  E
I press my face up to the window

F#m   AE
To see how warm it is inside

F#m   AE
I see the things that I've been missing

F#mE
Missing all the time


Chorus:

It's only lies that I'm livin'
It's only tears that I'm cryin'
It's only you that I'm losin'
I guess I'm doin fine
I guess I'm doin fine

End

Hotel City Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

Intro- (A)(C#)(E)(C#) X2

A     E            F#
I was born in this Hotel
A       E             F#
Washin' dishes in the sink
A   E              F#
Magazines and free soda
A      E          F#
Tryin' hard not to think

CHORUS
C#     E         B
Playin' on to the dawn
C#   E               B
Everything we know is wrong
C#      E                B
I'll be lonesome when I'm gone
C#      E        B  A  F#   A  F#  A  F#
Playin' on to the daaaawn

BRIDGE(INTRO X5)
She could talk to squirrels
Comin' back from the convalescent home
Starin at sportscars
Cryin'

VERSE 2
Rattlesnake on my shoulder
Gunpowder on my sleeve
I will live here forever
With the ocean and the bees

repeat CHORUS
INTRO 5X
Playin' oooooooon to the dawn...(ad infinitum)

Lord Only Knows Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

intro: after drums B for 4 measures

B                G#                  E               B
You only got one finger left and its pointing at the door
B                     G#               E                  B
And you're taking for granted what the Lord's made on the floor
B                     G#             E                   B
So I'm picking up the pieces and I'm putting them up for sale
B                              G#              E            B
Throw your meal ticket out the window put your skeletons in jail

F#                                B
Cuz' Lord only knows its getting late
F#                                   B
Your senses are gone so don't you hesitate
E                  G#            B              G#
To give yourself a call let your bottom dollars fall
G                    F#             B
Throwing you two bit cares down the drain

drum interlude, solo guitar, 2 bars of B

B                G#         E                 B
Invite me to the seven seas like some seasick man
B               G#                  E                  B
You will do whatever you please and I'll do whatever I can
B        G#                 E                B
Titanic, fare thee well, my eyes are turning pink
B                   G#           E             B
Don't call when the new age gets old enough to drink

F#                                B
Cuz' Lord only knows its getting late
F#                               B
Your senses are gone so don't hesitate
E              G#           B             G#
Move on up the hill there's nothing dead left to kill
G                     F#              B
Throwing your two bit cares down the drain


B/D-A/F#/E repeat these 4 bars

B      D A      F#      E       B      D A
Odelay, odelay, odelay, odelay, odelay, odelay
   F#            E    B/D-A/F#/E
Just passing through
B      D A      F#      E
Odelay, odelay, odelay, odelay

on the A and D strings noodle around between the A, B, D, and E notes

Going back to Houston
Do the hotdog dance
Going back to Houston
To get me some pants

Lost Cause Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

F      C    Em
sorry eyes
F          C    Em
cut to the bone
F       C      Em
make it hard
Am          E
to leave u alone
F         C     Em
leave you here
F           C       Em
wearin your wounds
F            C    Em
wavin your guns
 Am         E
at somebody new

Chorus
F          G    F          G    F          G    C
baby i'm a lost, baby i'm a lost, baby i'm a lost cause

F               C       Em
There's to many people
F         C       Em
You used to know
F          C      Em
they see You comin
Am         E
they see u go
F              C       Em
they know your secrets
F         C        Em
you know theres
F            C     Em
this town is crazy
Am      E
no body cares

Chorus
F          G    F          G    F          G    C
baby i'm a lost, baby i'm a lost, baby i'm a lost cause

F        G        F        G        F              G    C
tired of fighting tired of fighting fighting for a lost cause

A        F                 C
theres a place where You are goin'
A         F          C
you ain't never been before
A      F                C
no one laughing at your back now
F                       C
no one standing at your door
F                            C
that's what u think love was for

Chorus
F          G     F          G     F          G    C     Am
baby i'm a lost, baby i'm a lost, baby i'm a lost cause

F        G         F        G         F              G    C
tired of fighting, tired of fighting, fighting for a lost cause

Sexxlaws Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

[INTRO]
B    G#    B    G#

B    G#    A    F#


[VERSE 1]
B                    G#
Can't you hear those cavalry drums
B                  G#
Hijacking your equilibrium
B                      G#
Midnight snacks in the mausoleum
A                           F#
Where the pixilated doctors moan
B                 G#
Carnivores in the Kowloon night
B                      G#
Breathing freon by the candlelight
B                          G#
Coquette bitch slap you're so polite
       A                          F#
till you thank them for the tea and sympathy


[CHORUS]
E                  G#           C#
I want to defy the logic of all sex laws
G
Let the handcuffs slip off your wrists
   F#            F    E           D
I'll let you be my chaperone at the halfway home
                          A      A#     (B)
I'm a full grown man but I'm not afraid to cry


*INTRO*


[VERSE 2]
Neptune's lips taste like fermented wine
Perfumed blokes on the Ginza line
Running buck wild like a concubine
Whose mother never held her hand
Brief encounters in Mercedes Benz
Wearing hepatitis contact lens
Bed and breakfast getaway weekends
With Sports Illustrated moms


*CHORUS*

*INTRO*

*CHORUS*

*FADING INTRO*

Tropicalia Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

B7#9 G7  A#7  A7 D#7#9 C#7 C#7#9 B7
-----------------------------------
--3--------------7-----6---5-----4-
--2--4---7---6---6-----4---4-----2-
-----3---6---5---------------------
--2--------------6-----4---4-----2-
-----3---6---5---------------------

         B7#9       G7
when they beat on a broken guitar
         B7#9                  G7
and on the streets they reek of tropical charms
        B7#9        G7
the embassies lie in hideous shards
     A#7               A7     
where tourists snore and decay

when they dance in a reptile blaze
you wear a mask an equatorial haze
into the past a colonial maze
where there's no more confetti to throw

D#7#9      C#7                    D#7#9   
you didn't know what to say to yourself
         C#7                  C#7#9
love is a poverty you couldn't sell
      B7                 B7#9
misery waiting in vague hotels
 A#7    A7
to be evicted

you're out of luck you're singing funeral songs
to the studs they're anabolic and bronze
they seem to strut in their millennial fogs
'til they fall down and deflate

CHORUS

now you've had your fun
under an air-conditioned sun
it's burned into your eyes
leaves you plain and left behind
see them eyes and fall
into the jaws of a pestilent love

you didn't know what to say to yourself
love is a poverty you couldn't sell
misery waiting in vague hotels
to be a victim

We Live Again Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

capo 3rd fret

G A F# G E A C D

G               A         F#          G
these withered hands have dug for a dream
E              A         C        D
sifted through sand and leftover nightmares
G         A      F#       G
over the hill a desolate wind
E             A         C            D
turns shit to gold and blows my soul crazy

  G
the end
    A
o the end
F       C
we live again
Em                    Asus  A
o i grow weary of the end

o hungry days the footsteps of fools
gazing alone through sex-painted windows
dredging the night drunk libertines
stink like a colognes from the newfangled wasteland

CHORUS

BRIDGE:
F                     C         E7 
love is a plague in a mix-match parade
        Am                   F
where the castaways look so deranged
E                                          Am
when will the children learn to let their wildernesses burn
   C           Em        Asus  A  A9  A       
and love will be new never cold and vacant

these withered hands have dug for a dream
sifted through sand and leftover nightmares

CHORUS

Whiskeyclone Hotel City 1997 Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

CHORD SHEET Intro:
A C# E C#
(x2)

Verse:
A E F#
(x4)

Chorus:
C# E B
C# E B
C# E B
C# E B A F# A F#

Nitemare Hippy Girl Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

A# A  (repeatedly) untill...


 C              G          F     C
       She?s a Nite-Mare hippy girl....

Repeat the above progession for each line..untill...


  C     G              F         Am
self-conscious and a little bit.......moody

 C    F    Am


Then go back to the begining...

The ending is:

F                 Am
For all that it?s worth


That's it....

No Complaints Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

Intro: A   C#min
E    E    E    A    C#min  X 4

E              E            E     A   C#min
   We are aimless
E              E                  E               
C#min
  And the target is an empty wall
E                       E                E     A   C#min
    We're out of patience
E                   E           E                     
C#min
With smiles that cut across her face
A
No complaints
     C#min
But I wish I had my top of my brain
A
I'd like to walk
          C#min                                         E      E   
  A  C#min
But the sun doesn't know we're awake

Painted Eyelids Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

Intro: A (play the lowest note of the chord first then strum...just listen
to the record.)

A                            B
I wake up and look upon your painted eyelids

  F#                           E
The world is your oyster and the trash bags are your kids

A                                  B
The ceiling is invisible there's a bird sinkin thru the sky

F#                            E
And every hour that passes is teachin me how to cry

D                           A
Cuz it's lonely here in the ugly part of town

  B                                E
The buildings are all vacant and the telephones are down

A                                     B
There's a police siren singing like a tiger with no skin

F#                               E
The sewer drain is glowing and I don't know what state I'm in

A                                B
And the river is on fire there's chemicals and debris

F#                                        E
And all the roads are blocked off they're just too hard to see

D                             A
So cancel my appointments and set up a whole new show

B                                        E
Cuz I'm in need of a good hot meal and a life to call my own

(At this point Harmonica solo plays over chord progression A-B-F#-E)

A                              B
So get me a plate of money get me a blanket and a chair

F#                                    E
The limitations are limitless they're floating thru the air

D                               A
Cuz it's real and it's true the things I see in you

B                                                 E
And there's nothin I wouldn't talk about with the clearest dream

                  A
that ever drifted by


Play A until fade out

Pay No Mind Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

D             A        C      D
Tonight the city is full of morgues
D             G               D
And all the toilets are overflowing
        D        A          C           D
There's shopping malls coming out of the walls
D             G             A    E
As we walk out among the manure

         G  F  E
That's why
         G  F  E
I pay no mind
         G  F  E
I pay no mind
         G  F  D
I pay no mind

Give the finger to the rock and roll singer
As he's dancing upon your paycheck
The sales climb high through the garbage pail sky
Like a giant dildo crushing the sun

That's why
I pay no mind
I sleep in slime
I just got signed

So get out your lead-pipe pipe dreams
Get out your ten-foot flags
The insects are huge and the poison's all been used
And the drugs won't kill your day job

Honey, that's why
I pay no mind
I pay no mind
I pay no mind

(Harmonica solo)

That's why
I pay no mind [x7]

**Tune down half a step**

Satan Gave Me A Taco Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

                   B
Satan gave me a taco and it made me really sick
A                           E
The chicken was all raw and the grease was mighty thick

The rice was all rancid and the beans were so hard
I was getting kinda dizzy eatin' all the lard
There was aphids on the lettuce and I ate every one
And after I was done the salsa melted off my tongue
Pieces of tortilla got stuck in my throat
And the stains on my clothes burned a hole through my coat
My stomach was tremblin' and I broke out in a rash
I was so dry and thirsty and I didn't have no cash
So I went and found a hose tore off all my clothes
Turned on the water and it shot right up my nose
Some old lady came along and she flat out was a freak
So she beat me with her handbag 'til I could hardly speak
I was lying there naked my body badly bruised
In a pool of my own blood unconscious and confused
When the cops came and got me and threw me in their van
And I woke up on the ceiling and I couldn't find my hand
They took me to the judge his eyes were glowing red
The courtroom was filled with witches and the dead
The sheriff was a hell-hound with fangs and claws
The prisoners were tied up and chained to the walls
The air was getting thick the smoke was getting thicker
The judge read the verdict said Cut off his head
Well they placed me on the altar they raised up the axe
My head was about to explode when I noticed the Marshall stacks
I noticed all the smoke machines cameras and lights
Some guy with a microphone runnin' around dancin' in tights  and I noticed
The crew and the band playin' down below
And I realized I was in a rock'n'roll [video]
So I went and joined the band and I went out on tour
And I smoked a lot of heroin and I passed out in manure
I made out with the groupies started fires backstage
Made a lot of money and I gave it all away
Well the band got killed so I started a solo career
And I won all the awards and I drank all the beer
I opened up a taco stand just to smell the smell
Cookin' with the devil, fryin' down in hell

Strange Apparition Chords and  Lyrics
by: Beck

A      GDC
Lord, please don't forsake me
A     GDC
In my Mercedes Benz
A    GDC
All the riches and the ruins
A      G   D    C
Now we all know how that story ends


D    C
Strange apparition
D     C
Haunting my brain
DC
Standing on the last legs
AC
Of a dream that walked away


A  G    DC
When the Lord rings my front door
A   GDC
And asks me what I got to show
A    GDC
Besides the dust in my pockets
AG  D C
And the things that just eat away my soul


D    C
Strange apparition
D     C
Haunting my brain
D C
There's some permissions
AG7
Of a dream that got cremated


A       G      D
The least I had to lose from
A     GD
Is the most I seem to care
AGD
Anything should make you happy
AGDE
Nothing could make you scared

GD
We'll be on the shoreline
G  D
When that heavy ship goes down
EG
Did you think that you were lucky?
DA
You should see yourself now

E  G  D

Think I'm In Love Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

G#
I think I'm in love
     D#                        =Main riff=
But it makes me kinda nervous to say so

G#
I think I'm in love
     D#                        =Main riff=
But it makes me kinda nervous to say so


=Main Riff=
Probably lay my head on a wooden floor
Tell her I was tired from working the store
Counting all the cash from an old shoebox
Saving up to buy her something she wants

G#
I think I'm in love
     D#                        =Main riff=
But it makes me kinda nervous to say so

G#
I think I'm in love
     D#                        =Main riff=
But it makes me kinda nervous to say so

Am          B         Gm
What if it's wrong?
          Bm                F
What if it's wrong to pray in vain?
          Am
What does it mean
 G#
To fake your death?
 Gm                  B
To wake up tainted?

=Main Riff=
Take a little picture in a photobooth
Keep it in a locket and I think of you
Both of our pictures, face to face
Take off your necklace and throw it away

G#
I think I'm in love
     D#                        =Main riff=
But it makes me kinda nervous to say so

G#
I think I'm in love
     D#                        =Main riff=
But it makes me kinda nervous to say so

=Main riff=
Really think I better get a hold of myself
Don't wanna let the night get ahead of myself
Whisperin' her love through a smoke ring smile
She doesn't know what happens when she's around

=Main riff=
I think I'm in love
Think I'm in love
Think I'm in love
Think I'm in love
Think I'm in love
Think I'm in love
Think I'm in love
Think I'm in love

End on F

The Spirit Moves Me Chords and Lyrics
by: Beck

F            G        C
Walkin' back to the burnin' schoolhouse
F              G           C
And the kids drinkin' in the park
F              G         C
Late at night and the spirit moves me
     F        G          C
And I don't mind bein' afraid
A#                A
Old man with no clothes
G             F#
Leanin' on my fence
F             G         C
Tell me where the money goes
F              G         C
And the food don't taste the same
F             G            C
I'm gettin' fast at being the last
F              G             C
To know I don't need to waste no time
A#               A
You can call me once a week
G            F#
Tell me where I been
F            G      C
Phony lady layin' flat on the road
F                 G      C
And the helicopter goin' by
F                         G                  C
And I'm down to the sound Of the sky turned brown
F                         G    C
And I'm lovin' everything you say
A#                  A
I don't think it's funny
G                   F#
When you shave both of my arms
F                 G           C
Lately I been spittin' out things
F              G        C
That I didn't mean to say
F             G        C
But that's alright, now
                F        G  C
You don't listen to me anyway.