My Generation
people try to put us d-down (talkin bout my generation)
just because we get around (talkin bout my generation)
things they do look awful c-c-c-cold (talkin bout my generation)
i hope i die before i get old (talkin bout my generation)
this is my generation - this is my generation, baby
why don't you all f-fade away (talkin bout my generation)
and don't try to dig what we all s-s-say (talkin bout my generation)
i'm not trying to cause a big s-s-s-sensation (talkin bout my generation)
i'm just talkin bout my g-g-g-generation (talkin bout my generation)
this is my generation - this is my generation, baby
My Generation
basic bass tab
intro, theme
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outro: Cm
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I Can't Explain
got a feelin inside (can't explain)
certain kind (can't explain)
i feel hot and cold (can't explain)
yeah, down in my soul, yeah (can't explain)
i said... (can't explain)
i'm feelin good now - yeah, but (can't explain)
dizzy in the head and i'm feelin blue
the things you've said - well, maybe they're true
i'm gettin funny dreams again and again
i know what it means, but
can't explain - i think it's love
try to say to you, when i feel blue
but i can't explain (can't explain)
yeah, hear what i'm saying, girl (can't explain)
dizzy in the head and i'm feelin bad
the things you said have got me real mad
i'm gettin funny dreams again and again
i know what it means but
but i can't explain (can't explain)
forgive me one more time now, yeah (can't explain)
i said i can't explain, yeah
you drive me outta my mind
yeah, i'm the worrying kind, babe
i said i cant explain
I Cant Explain
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verse
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The Kids Are Alright
i don't mind - other guys dancing with my girl
that's fine - i know them all pretty well
but i know sometimes i must get out in the light
better leave her behind with the kids, they're alright
the kids are alright
sometimes, i feel i gotta get away
bells chime, i know i gotta get away
and i know if i don't, i'll go out of my mind
better leave her behind with the kids, they're alright
the kids are alright
i know if i go, things would be a lot better for her
i had things planned, but her folks wouldn't let her
The Kids Are Alright
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Boris the Spider
look, he's crawling up my wall
black and hairy, very small
now he's up above my head
hanging by a little thread
boris the spider...
now hes dropped on to the floor
heading for the bedroom door
maybe he's as scared as me
where's he gone now, i can't see
boris the spider...
creepy, crawly...
creepy creepy, crawly crawly...
there he is wrapped in a ball
doesn't seem to move at all
perhaps he's dead, i'll just make sure
pick this book up off the floor
boris the spider...
he's come to a sticky end
don't think he will ever mend
never more will he crawl round
he's embedded in the ground
boris the spider...
Boris the Spider
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I Can See for Miles
i know you've deceived me, now here's a surprise
i know that you have cuz there's magic in my eyes
i can see for miles and miles...
oh, yeah
if you think that i don't know about the little tricks you've played
and never see you when deliberately you put things in my way
well, here's a poke at you
you're gonna choke on it, too
you're gonna lose that smile
beacuse all the while
i can see for miles and miles...
oh, yeah
you took advantage of my trust in you when i was so far away
i saw you holding lots of other guys and now you've got the nerve to say
that you still want me
well, that's as may be
but you gotta stand trial
because all the while
i can see for miles and miles...
oh, yeah
the eiffel tower and the taj mahal are mine to see on clear days
you thought that i would need a crystal ball to see you right through the haze
Magic Bus
Every day I get in the queue (too much, magic bus)
To get on the bus that takes me to you (too much, magic bus)
I'm so nervous, I just sit and smile (too much, magic bus)
You house is only another mile (too much, magic bus)
Thank you, driver, for getting me here (too much, magic bus)
You'll be an inspector, have no fear (too much, magic bus)
I don't want to cause no fuss (too much, magic bus)
But can I buy your magic bus? (too much, magic bus)
Nooooooooo!
I don't care how much I pay (too much, magic bus)
I wanna drive my bus to my baby each day (too much, magic bus)
I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it ... (you cant have it!)
Thruppence and sixpence every day
Just to drive to my baby
Thruppence and sixpence each day
cuz I drive my baby every way
Magic bus, magic bus, magic bus ...
I said, now I've got my magic bus (too much, magic bus)
I said, now I've got my magic bus (too much, magic bus)
I drive my baby every way (too much, magic bus)
Each time I go a different way (too much, magic bus)
I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it ...
Every day youll see the dust (too much, magic bus)
As I drive my baby in my magic bus (too much, magic bus)
Sparks
instrumental
Eyesight to the Blind (The Hawker)
you talk about your woman, i wish you could see mine...
every time she starts to lovin, she brings eyesight to the blind
you know her daddy gave her magic, i can tell by the way she walks...
everytime we start shakin, the dumb begin to talk
she's got the power to heal you, never fear...
just a word from her lips, n the deaf begin to hear
The Seeker
i've looked under chairs
i've looked under tables
i've tried to find the key to fifty million fables
they call me the seeker
i've been searching low and high
i won't get to get what Im after til the day i die
i asked bobby dylan
i asked the beatles
i asked timothy leary, but he couldnt help me either
people tend to hate me cuz i never smile
as I ransack their homes, they want to shake my hand
focusing on nowhere
investigating miles
im a seeker - im a really desperate man
i won't get to get what Im after til the day i die
i learned how to raise my voice in anger
yeah, but look at my face, ain't this a smile?
i'm happy when life's good n when its bad i cry
i've got values but i dont know how or why
i'm looking for me
you're looking for you
we're looking in at other
and we dont know what to do
Baba O'Riley
Out here in the fields
I fight for my meals
I get my back into my living
I dont need to fight
To prove Im right
I dont need to be forgiven
Dont cry
Dont raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland
Sally, take my hand
Travel south crossland
Put out the fire
Don't look past my shoulder
The exodus is here
The happy ones are near
Let's get together
Before we get much older
Teenage wasteland...
It's only teenage wasteland...
Theyre all wasted
Goin' Mobile
I'm goin' home
And when I wanna go home
I'm goin' mobile
Well, I'm gonna find a home
And we'll see how it feels
Goin' mobile
Keep me movin'
I can pull up by the curb
I can make it on the road
Goin' mobile
I can stop in any street
And talk with people that we meet
Goin' mobile
Keep me movin'
Out in the woods
Or in the city
It's all the same to me
When I'm drivin' free, the world's my home
When I'm mobile
Hee, hoo!
beep beep!
Play the tape machine
Make the toast and tea
When I'm mobile
Well I can lay in bed
With only highway ahead
When I'm mobile
Keep me movin'
Keep me movin'
Over 50
Keep me groovin'
Just a hippie gypsy
Come on move now
Movin'
Keep me movin', yeah
Keep me movin', groovin', groovin', yeah
Movin', Yeah
Mobile, mobile, mobile, mobile, ...
I don't care about pollution
I'm an air-conditioned gypsy
That's my solution
Watch the police and the tax man miss me
I'm mobile
Oooooh, yeah, hee!
Mobile, mobile, mobile yeah
Behind Blue Eyes
No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
No one knows what it's like
To be hated
To be fated
To telling only lies
But my dreams, they aren't as empty
as my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
my love is vengeance that's never free
No one knows what it's like
To feel these feelings
Like I do
And I blame you
No one bites back as hard
On their anger
None of my pain and woe
Can show through
But my dreams, they aren't as empty
as my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
my love is vengeance that's never free
When my fist clenches, crack it open
Before I use it and lose my cool
When I smile, tell me some bad news
Before I laugh and act like a fool
If I swallow anything evil
Put your finger down my throat
If I shiver, please give me a blanket
Keep me warm, let me wear your coat
No one knows what its like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
Won't Get Fooled Again
we'll be fighting in the streets
with our children at our feet
and the morals that they worship will be gone
and the men who spurred us on
sit in judgement of all wrong
they decide and the shotgun sings the song
i'll tip my hat to the new constitution
take a bow for the new revolution
smile and grin at the change all around
pick up my guitar and play
just like yesterday
then I'll get on my knees and pray
we dont get fooled again
the change, it had to come
we knew it all along
we were liberated from the fold, thats all
and the world looks just the same
and history ain't changed
cause the banners, they are flown in the next war
i'll move myself and my family aside
if we happen to be left half alive
i'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
though I know that the hypnotized never lie
though I know that the hypnotized never lie
do ya ?
there's nothing in the streets
looks any different to me
and the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
and the parting on the left
are now parting on the right
and the beards have all grown longer overnight
meet the new boss
same as the old boss
The Real Me
I went back to the doctor
To get another shrink
I sit and tell him about my weekend
But he never betrays what he thinks
Can you see the real me, doctor ?
I went back to my mother
I said, Im crazy ma, help me
She said, i know how it feels son
cause it runs in the family
Can you see the real me, mother ?
The cracks between the paving stones
Look like rivers of flowing veins
Strange people who know me
Peeping from behind every window pane
The girl I used to love
Lives in this yellow house
Yesterday she passed me by
She doesnt want to know me now
Can you see the real me, can you ?
I ended up with the preacher
Full of lies and hate
I seemed to scare him a little
So he showed me to the golden gate
Can you see the real me preacher ?
Can you see the real me doctor ?
Can you see the real me mother ?
Can you see the real me ?
5:15
Why should I care, why should I care ?
Girls of fifteen
Sexually knowing
The ushers are sniffing
Eau-de-cologning
The seats are seductive
Celibate sitting
Pretty girls digging
Prettier women
Magically bored
On a quiet street corner
Free frustration
In our minds and our toes
Quiet stormwater
M-m-my generation
Uppers and downers
Either way, blood flows
Inside outside. leave me alone
Inside outside. nowhere is home
Inside outside, where have I been ?
Out of my brain on the five fifteen
On a raft in the quarry
Slowly sinking
On the back of a lorry
Holy hitching
Dreadfully sorry
Apple scrumping
Born in the war
Birthday punching
He man drag
In the glittering ballroom
Gravely outrageous
In my high heel shoes
Tightly undone
They know what theyre showing
Sadly ecstatic
That their heroes are news
Why should I care ?
Who Are You
who are you ?
who, who, who, who?
i woke up in a soho doorway
a policeman knew my name
he said you can go sleep at home tonight
if you can get up and walk away
i staggered back to the underground
and the breeze blew back my hair
i remember throwin punches around
and preachin from my chair
well, who are you ?
i really wanna know
i took the tube back out of town
back to the rollin pin
i felt a little like a dying clown
with a streak of rin tin tin
i stretched back and I hiccupped
and looked back on my busy day
eleven hours in the tin pan
god, theres got to be another way
who are you ?
i know there's a place you walked
where love falls from the trees
my heart is like a broken cup
i only feel right on my knees
i spit out like a sewer hole
yet still recieve your kiss
how can I measure up to anyone now
after such a love as this?
who are you ?
Eminence Front
the sun shines
people forget
The spray flies as the speedboat glides
people forget
forget theyre hiding
the girls smile
people forget
the snow packs as the skier tracks
people forget
forget theyre hiding
behind an eminence front
eminence front - its a put on
come on join the party
dress to kill
the drinks flow
people forget
that big wheel spins, the hair thins
people forget
forget theyre hiding
the news slows
people forget
the shares crash, hopes are dashed
people forget
forget theyre hiding
