Chords:
A : x022xx or 577xxx
C#m : x466xx
F#m : 244xxx
E : 022xxx (during the verses) and x799xx (during the Chorus)
D : x577xx or xx023x
Intro
Garage sound :
AC#mDAAC#mDA
Oh, oh - I love you
AC#mDA
Oh, oh - I do
AC#mDA
I got a sentimental promise for you
AC#mAA
Please don't go away, oh yeah
Verse 1AC#mF#mEAAC#mF#m
I was a high school atom bomb
EA
Going off on the weekends
AC#mF#m
Smoking dope and mowing lawns
EA
And I hated all the new trends
Pre-Chorus 1AC#mF#m
Me and my friends sang: "Woh-uh-oh-oh-oh"
EAC#F#m
It's true, the middle of the road
EA
At least it's better than here
ChorusA
Looking for a cause
DE
But all I got was Santa Clause
ADE
I'm hanging on a dream that's too dumb to die
A
I feel like a Jell-o
DE
Lost somewhere over the Rainbow
ADE
I'm too scared to dream
A
But too dumb to die
AC#mF#mEA (x2)
Verse 2AC#mF#m
My daddy always was on strike
EA
Going off with the teamsters
C#mF#m
He said that everything will be alright
E
Not every Sunday can be Easter
Pre-Chorus 2AC#mF#mE
The Picket-Line screamed: "Woh-uh-oh-oh-oh"
AC#m
Don't cross, don't cross the line
F#mEA
Because you'll be a scab, not a martyr
ChorusA
Looking for a cause
DE
But all I got was Santa Clause
ADE
I'm hanging on a dream that's too dumb to die
A
I feel like a Jell-o
DE
Lost somewhere over the Rainbow
ADE
I'm too scared to dream
But too dumb to...
BridgeAC#mF#mEA (x2)
ChorusA
Looking for a cause
DE
But all I got was Santa Clause
ADE
I'm hanging on a dream that's too dumb to die
A
I feel like a Jell-o
DE
Lost somewhere over the Rainbow
ADE
I'm too scared to dream
A
But too dumb to die
AC#mF#mEAC#mF#mE
End on E
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.