The Dead Milkmen - Peter Bazooka

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THE DEAD MILKMEN
Peter Bazooka

from Stoney's Extra Stout (Pig)

Tabbed by: Ben Gladdle (moose9377@hotmail.com)

In the verses, it's very difficult to match the lyrics up with the
chords, as they're spoken rather than sung in time. I've attempted
it in the first verse to give you an idea of how they go together,
but after that it's up to you! Anyway, you can't really play and
sing along to this at the same time. Just a bit too hard.

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Verse:
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Basically just play the following and don't pay too much attention
to where the words go. Just play the chords and let your singer
worry about the timing. :)

Part 1:   E        G F#   A       (x4)
Part 2:   E             F F# G    (x4)

The last two verses are the exceptions to this rule. In the 3rd verse,
you only play the 2nd part 8 times. The last verse (which is half
length) you play the 1st part twice, and the 2nd part twice.

A brief approximation of timing is as follows.

E         G           F#
Tuesday - yes, it was Tuesday
              A                  E
When I saw my congressman coming out of the titty bar
G  F#                               A
He didn't look like my congressman, but that's okay
              E              G F#
Nobody really looks like themselves anymore
                            A             E
I think its got something to do with that crap
                                 G F#
They've been pouring into the water
                      A       E
I decided it might be wise to follow the congressman
                           F F# G
Just to see what he was up to.
                  E
After all, my tax dollars do pay his salary.
F F# G                          E
The congressman got into a taxi, so I hailed a taxi
            F  F#   G         E
Despite the obvious dangers involved
                              F    F#       G
And the coloured voices in my head began to sing:


Riff:
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The riff is played over the second half of each verse, where
the second chord progression is being played. Again, the exception
to this is the 3rd verse (which consists of only the 2nd
progression - see above) when the riff is not played at all.

E----------------------|
B----------------------|  Repeat
G---9-10-9-12b--9---10-|  as many
D----------------------|  times as
A----------------------|  necessary
E----------------------|


Chorus:
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C#                       A
All I gotta do is put my ear to the wall
          C#                     A
And I can hear it all, yes I can hear it all
C#                       A
All I gotta do is put my ear to the wall
          C#                   A
And I can even hear the little insects crawl


That should pretty much do it!

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Lyrics
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verse:
Tuesday - yes, it was Tuesday
When I saw my congressman coming out of the titty bar
He didn't look like my congressman, but that's okay
Nobody really looks like themselves anymore
I think its got something to do with that crap
They've been pouring into the water
I decided it might be wise to follow the congressman
Just to see what he was up to.
After all, my tax dollars do pay his salary.
The congressman got into a taxi, so I hailed a taxi
Despite the obvious dangers involved
And the coloured voices in my head began to sing:

chorus:
All I gotta do is put my ear to the wall
And I can hear it all, yes I can hear it all
All I gotta do is put my ear to the wall
And I can even hear the little insects crawl

verse:
The congressman was in taxi number 23
And I was in cab 17
But numbers are meaningless in this kind of cat and squid game
My driver was an Aries
And he laughed when I said "Follow that cab!"
And he kept laughing until he saw the cold blue steel of Little Elvis
"Keep your god damned hands off that radio!" I warned him
"I work for the government!"
This is actually a half truth,
I'm really a bike courier,
But I make a lot of deliveries to government offices.
That's where I heard about the cheese.
And the coloured voices in my head kept singing:

chorus:
All I gotta do is put my ear to the wall
And I can hear it all, yes I can hear it all
All I gotta do is put my ear to the wall
And I can even hear the little insects crawl

verse:
There's this super secret government program called
"Operation the cheese stands alone"
It's the congressmen's pet project
They claim that they're giving surplus cheese to the needy
I, of course, have my suspicions
After 15 very quiet minutes
The congressman's cab pulled up outside a warehouse
I had the aries circle around the building and drop me off.
He seemed to be grasping the importance of my mission
Since he said I didn't have to pay him.
As long as I promised to stay very far away from him and his taxi.
I swear, some people just don't want to get involved.

chorus:
All I gotta do is put my ear to the wall
And I can hear it all, yes I can hear it all
All I gotta do is put my ear to the wall
And I can even hear the little insects crawl

verse:
So I walked into that cold dark place
Little Elvis drawn and ready for action
I too was ready -
Ready for the moment when I would be a real american

chorus:
All I gotta do is bang my head on the wall
And I can have it all, yes I can have it all
All I gotta do is bang my head on the wall
And I can even make the little insects crawl

Play chorus to fade.


From the Dead Milkmen Guitar Tab Project
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