Regina Spektor : Soviet Kitsch

C

F/c

The food that I'm eating is suddenly tasteless

C

F

I know I'm alone now, I know what it tastes like

Fsus2

C

So break me to small parts, let go in small doses

Fsus2

C

But spare some for spare parts, there might be some good ones

Ab/f

Like you might make a dollar

C

F/c

I'm inside your mouth now, behind your tonsils

C

F

Peeking over your molars, you're talking to her now

F/d

And you've eaten something minty

Bb

And you're making that face that I like

C

And you're going in, in for the kill, kill For the killer kiss, kiss for the kiss, kiss

F

Eb

I need your money, it'll help me

C

Bb

I need your car and I need your love

F

Eb

I need your money, it'll help me

C

Bb

I need your car and I need your love

C

So won't you help a brother out?

F/c

Won't you help a brother out?

C

F

Won't you help a brother out, out, out, out, out?

Fsus2

C

So break me to small parts, let go in small doses

Fsus2

C

But spare some for spare parts, you might make a dollar

F

Eb

C

Bb

F

Eb

C

Bb

Ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh might make a dollar So won't you help a brother out? Won't you help a brother out? Won't you help a brother out, out, out, out, out? So break me to small parts, let go in small doses But spare some for spare parts, there might be some good ones

Ab/f

You might make a dollar (there might be some good ones)

C

There might be some good ones (you might make a dollar)

Ab/f

You might make a dollar (there might be some good ones)

C

There might be some good ones

G

Em7

D7/f#

G

Poor little rich boy, all the couples have gone

Em7

D7/f#

G

You wish that they hadn't, you don't wanna be alone

Em7

D7/f#

G

But they wanna kiss, and they got homes of their own

Em7

D7/f#

G

D7/f#

Em7

Poor little rich boy, all the couples have gone, have gone, have gone

D

D/f#

G

And you don't love your girlfriend

D

D/f#

G

You don't love your girlfriend

D

D/f#

G

D/f#

And you think that you should but she thinks that she's fat

G

D/f#

D

But she isn't but you don't love her anyway

D/f#

G

D

And you don't love your mother

D/f#

G

D

And you know that you should

D/f#

G

And you think that you should

D/f#

D

But you don't anyway

G

Em7

D/f#

G

Poor little rich boy, all the world is OK

Em7

D/f#

G

The water runs off your skin and down into the drain

Em7

D/f#

G

You're reading Fitzgerald, you're reading Hemingway

Em7

D/f#

G

D/f#

Em7

They're both super-smart and drinking in the cafe

D

D/f#

G

And you don't love your girlfriend

D

D/f#

G

You don't love your girlfriend

D

D/f#

G

D/f#

And you think that you should but she thinks that she's fat

G

D/f#

D

But she isn't but you don't love her anyway

D

D/f#

G

And you don't love your mother

D

D/f#

G

You know that you should

D/f#

G

And you wish that you would

D/f#

G

But you don't anyway

Fast

D

D7/c

You're so young, you're so goddamn young

Bm7

G

F

You're so young, you're so goddamn young

D

D7/c

You're so young, you're so goddamn young

Bm7

G

F

You're so goddamn young, you're so goddamn young

D

D7/c

You're so young, you're so goddamn young

Slowing down

Bm7

G

F

You're so young, you're so goddamn young

Slow

D

D7/c

You're so goddamn young, you're so goddamn young

Bm7

G

F

You're so goddamn young, you're so goddamn young

D

D/f#

G

And you don't love your girlfriend

D

D/f#

G

And you don't love your girlfriend

D

D/f#

G

And you don't love your girlfriend

D

D/f#

G

And you don't love your girlfriend

|

C

|

F

|

x4

C

F

C

F

Carbon monoxide

C

F

Bb

F

Soon I'll go to sleep

C

F

C

F

If I don't got my socks on right

C

F

Bb

F

They slide right off off my feet

C

F

C

F

As I walk a-walk a-walk a-walk a-walk a-walk a-walk

C

F

C

F

Walk a-walk, walk a-walk, walk a-walk Carbon monoxide As I take you home The first time I get my socks on right But I don't have a gas mask on

Bb

F

As I walk a-walk a-walk a-walk a-walk a-walk

Bb

F

C

Walk a-walk a-walk a-walk a-walk a-walk you home, yeah

C

I'm so cool, I'm so cool, I'm so cool

Bb

F

Walk a-walk a-walk, walk a-walk a-walk

Bb

F

C

Walk, walk a-walk a-walk a-walk a-walk you home, yeah

C

I'm so cool, I'm so cool, I'm so cool

F

Bb

F

Come on daddy, come on daddy

G

Come on daddy, come on daddy

F

Bb

F

Come on daddy, come on daddy

G

Come on daddy, come on daddy Carbon monoxide Soon we'll go to sleep No one will notice we're gone 'Cause we don't have a job to keep They'll just say that we're being lazy Sex crazy, sex crazy They'll just say we're living our whole life in bed And we'll be in bed but we'll be oh so very much Dead-a, dead-a, dead-a, dead-a, dead-a Dead-a, dead-a, dead-a, dead-a, dead-a Dead-a, dead, yeah But we're so cool, we're so cool, we're so cool Dead-a, dead-a, dead-a, dead-a, dead-a Dead-a, dead-a, dead-a, dead-a, dead-a Dead-a, dead, dead But we're still cool, we're still cool, we're still cool Come on daddy, come on daddy Come on, come on, come on daddy Come on daddy, come on daddy Come on daddy, come on daddy Come on daddy, come on daddy Come on, come on, come on, come on Carbon monoxide Carbon monoxide

Capo:

I

C

F

C

F

C

F

C

F

C

F

They made a statue of us

C

F

C

F

Then put it on a mountain top

C

F

C

F

The tourists come and stare at us

C

F

Blow bubbles with their gum

C

F

C

F

C

F

Take photographs have fun, have fun They'll name a city after us And later say it's all our fault Then they'll give us a talking to Then they'll give us a talking to 'Cause they've got years of experience

C

F

Am

G

We're living in a den of thieves

C

F

Am

G

Rummaging for answers in the pages

C

F

Am

G

We're living in a den of thieves

C

F

And it's contagious

Am

G

And it's contagious

C

F

And it's contagious

Am

G

And it's contagious

C

F

C

F

x2

We wear our scarves just like a noose But not 'cause we want eternal sleep And though our parts are slightly used New ones are slave labor you can keep

C

F

Am

G

We're living in a den of thieves

C

F

Am

G

Rummaging for answers in the pages

C

F

Am

G

We're living in a den of thieves

C

F

And it's contagious

Am

G

And it's contagious

C

F

And it's contagious

Am

G

And it's contagious

Am

F

C

G

x4

C

F

C

F

x2

They made a statue of us They made a statue of us The tourists come and stare at us The sculptors mama sends regards They made a statue of us They made a statue of us Our noses have begun to rust

C

F

Am

G

We're living in a den of thieves

C

F

Am

G

Rummaging for answers in the pages

C

F

Am

G

We're living in a den of thieves

C

F

And it's contagious

Am

G

And it's contagious

C

F

And it's contagious

Am

G

C

F

C

And it's contagious

G

C

F

She will kiss till your lips bleed

G

C

But she will not take her dress off

C

F

Americana, Tropicana

G

C

F

All the sailor boys have demons

G

They sing, "Oh, Kentucky

C

G

F

Why did you forsake me?

G

C

If I was meant to sail the sea

G

F

Why did you make me?

G

C

G

It should've been another state

C

G

F

Oh state

C

F

'Cause Mary-Anne's a bitch

C

F

Mary-Anne's a bitch

C

/bb

G#

F

G

Mary-Anne's a bitch... 'Cause Mary-Anne's a bitch Mary-Anne's a bitch Mary-Anne's a bitch...

G

C

F

Does it matter that our anchors

G

C

F

Couldn't even reach the bottom of a bath tub

G

C

And the sails reflect the moon

G

F

It's such a strange job

G

C

Playing blackjack on the deck

C

F

Still, atop this giant puddle

G

C

G

F

Dressed in white we'd quietly huddle with our missiles

G

C

G

And we miss the girls back home

C

G

F

Oh home sweet home 'Cause Mary-Anne's a bitch Mary-Anne's a bitch Mary-Anne's a bitch... She will kiss until your lip bleeds But she will not take her dress off Americana, Tropicana...

Regina Spektor : Soviet Kitsch
2004

Ode To Divorce

Poor Little Rich Boy

Carbon Monoxide

Us

Sailor Song

Regina Spektor : Soviet Kitsch 2004

Ode To Divorce

Poor Little Rich Boy

Carbon Monoxide

Us

Sailor Song

Regina Spektor : Soviet Kitsch
2004