Cheshire Cat
Blink 182
Blink 182 Cheshire Cat 1995 Grilled Cheese Records Submitted by: Tuning: Standard EADGBe Tracklist: 1.) Carousel 2.) M+Ms 3.) Fentoozler 4.) Touchdown Boy 5.) Strings 6.) Peggy Sue 7.) Sometimes 8.) Does My Breath Smell 9.) Cacophony 10.) TV 11.) Toast And Bananas 12.) Wasting Time 13.) Romeo And Rebecca 14.) Ben Wah Balls 15.) Just About Done 16.) Depends ___________________________________ 1.) Carousel Key: D Chords used: D - x00232 A - x02220 Bm - x24432 G - 320033 Em - 022000 Intro: ------------ x2 Bass Solo: ------- x2 ---- x4 Beat Changes: -------- x2 Distortion: -------- x4 Verse 1: I talk to you every now and then I never felt so alone again I stop to think at a wishing well My thoughts send me on a carousel Here I am standing on my own Not a motion from the telephone I know not a reason why Solitudes a reason to die Chorus: Just you wait and see As school life is a It is a woken dream Aren’t you feeling alone? I guess its just another I guess its just another I guess its just another night alone Interlude: -------- x2 Verse 2: Now as I walk down the street I need a job just to sleep in sheets Buying food every once in a while But not enough to purchase a smile A tank of gas is a treasure to me I know now that nothing is free I talk to you every now and then I never felt so alone again Interlude: -------- x4 (Repeat Chorus) End on D(hold) ________________________________ 2.) M+Ms Key: E Chords used: E - 022100 B - x24442 C#m - x46654 A - x02220 - 244222 Intro: -------- x2 Verse 1: You and I should get away for awhile I just want to be alone with your smile Buy some candy and cigarettes and we’ll get in my car We’ll blast the stereo and we’ll drive to Madagascar Chorus: Because when I’m with you there’s nothing I wouldn’t do I just want to be your only one I’m grasping out at straws thinking back to what I saw That night on the floor when we were all alone (Repeat Intro) Verse 2: My love life was getting so bland There are only so many ways I can make love with my hand Sometimes it makes me want to laugh Sometimes I want to take my toaster in the bath (Repeat Chorus) Interlude: -------- x4 Outro: Who’s gonna be the odd man out? I dont wanna to be the odd man out Is this going to be the end Or are you going to be A E(hold) My new girlfriend? _________________________________ 3.) Fentoozler Key: B Chords used: B - x24442 F# - 244322 E - 022100 C#m - x46654 Ebm - x68876 Intro: --#-------------- x2 Verse 1: At the risk of sounding rude Just who the fuck do you think you are To tell me what you expect of me today Well you can take your attitude You’re out of luck you’ve gone way too far If you think there’s any chance I’m gonna stay Chorus: How long can I string you along How little of myself can I give And still make you believe I care (Repeat Intro) Verse 2: At the risk of sounding trite Just why the fuck do you think you’re right About every little thing that you say And do you think that it is right For Tom to spend another night Writing songs about all the people he thinks are gay (Repeat Chorus) Guitar Solo: --#-------------- x2 (Repeat Chorus) Outro: --#----(hold) ________________________________ 4.) Touchdown Boy Key: E Chords used: E - 022100 Ebm - x68876 C#m - x46654 B - x24442 A - x02220 - 466444 E/G# - 476xxx Intro: --------- x6 -------- x2 -------- x2 ----/#---------- Verse 1: Tom: There’s this one guy There’s no one like him in all the world Cause you can always see Those girls down on their knees In those dark sweaty rooms Planning out his thoughts He’s waiting for just the right Chorus: Tom: One by one as they Walk right through the door they Keep on coming back I Guess they just want more He has fun fun fun and you Might call him a whore but Just look where he’s at ’cause He is the one that scores Go! Interlude: --------- x4 Verse 2: Mark: Well tom looks like he’s passing the ball To the tight end Tom: I wasn’t sure if he Knew that that tight end used to be A wide reciever but uh little does he Know yeah Mark: he wont be alone this weekend Tom: I don’t think that’s funny that you say That because uh like a dog he’s loyal to his bone Verse 3: Tom: I saw my friend there Out on the field today I asked him where he’s going he said "All the way" now (Repeat Chorus) Outro: E(hold) _____________________________ 5.) Strings Key: D then C Chords used: D - x00232 A - x02220 Em - 022000 G - 320033 C - x32010 C/E - 032xxx F - 133211 Intro: -------- x4 Verse: I would do anything And that’s what scares me so bad Don’t want to live my life alone Don’t want to go back to what I had Don’t want to spend my life without All these special things Don’t want to walk around Being tied to anyone else’s Chorus: Striiiiiiiiiiings strings Striiiiiiiiiiings strings Interlude: -------- x2 (Repeat Verse and Chorus) C(hold)-- Guitar Solo: -------- x2 (Repeat Chorus) End on C(hold) _________________________________ 6.) Peggy Sue Key: A Chords used: A - x02220 D - xx0232 E - 022100 G - 320033 Intro: ---------- Verse 1: I know what it’s like to be alone sitting in your room Listening to all those doubts that your parents have to say to you And as your head gets all cluttered inside Try to stay awake Everything they say are lies That’s all the shit that you ever have to take Chorus: () Chords in parenthesis are only done by bass So hold in all your aggressions Because your grin-ding your teeth on down to The bottom of your chin It’s not easy or so damn pleasing To not laugh at everything they say as They tell you what to be you’re not alone (Repeat Intro) Verse 2: I know what it’s like to be denied at everything you do It’s not the same reason why that Makes you change the things that you once knew As your head gets all cluttered inside Give more than you take Everything they say are lies That’s all the shit that you ever have to take Interlude: Bass Solo: ---- x2 Bridge: You say you want to take off your shoes to Walk barefoot down the street Just to be the things that you can be Just live for one more week go! Interlude: ---- x2 You say you want to take off your shoes to Walk barefoot down the street Just to be the things that you can be Just live for one more week (Repeat Chorus) Outro: A(hold) __________________________________ 7.) Sometimes Key: G Chords used: Em - 022000 C - x32010 G - 320033 D - xx0232 Intro: ---- x6 Verse 1: Oh how I wish that they would last Moments of peace that just slip through me so fast Just when I think that they are gonna stay Everything inside me just starts fading away Chorus: Sometimes it seems like all I hope for Just gets thrown down on the floor And then it seems like you don’t love me anymore Sometimes I wish that I could run away Sometimes I wish I just had something to say Interlude: ---- x4 Verse 2: She looks at me and doesn’t know the words to say Oh it’s not you I just don’t feel quite right today All these things I say and do were never planned But how the fuck am I supposed to make you understand that (Repeat chorus) Outro: ---- x2 _______________________________ 8.) Does My Breath Smell? Key: C Chords used: C - x32010 G - 320003 F - 133211 G/B - x2x003 Am - x02210 Intro: Who makes up all the rules about those girls I want? Who tells them all to laugh? Who tells them all to talk about me? And I’m not sure what my purpose is for being here Why do they why do they Always kick me in G/B(hold) the groin when I come near (And I’m not complaining it just hurts after a bit) Beat Changes: -------- x2 Verse 1: I don’t know what I’m feeling I’m just so sick of seeing All those dumb lame and retarded broads Who often just sit kick back As I am not so relaxed I often wonder why they act so odd Chorus: Because no worse a time When it’s just your time to Think you should make your move It doesn’t work cause you’re just a jerk with no excuse Interlude: -------- x2 Verse 2: What about that situation All night procrastination Take her to the point when you lead her to her door There is nothing left there to say I guess you best be on your way But before you go you’ve got to do that chore (Repeat Chorus) Drum Solo Interlude: -------- x2 Bridge: Please won’t you buy in I’m always trying I keep on trying There’s only so much pride that I can lose I hope that when you see me You see right through me Come on now honestly I’m so sick of ending up without a clue Outro: -------- x2 (hold) __________________________________ 9.) Cacophony Key: C Chords used: C - x32010 Am - x02210 F - 133211 Em - 022000 C/E - 032xxx G/B - x2x003 Gsus - 320010 G - 320033 Intro: Bass Solo: /-Gsus--- x2 Guitar: /-Gsus--- x4 Distortion: ------Gsus--- Guitar: /-Gsus--- x2 Verse 1: When you talk about tomorrow I’m not sure about today C/E Gsus when you tell me that you love me what am I supposed to say? Chorus 1: Sometimes I don’t feel Am Gsus F the same way as you feel Interlude: /-Gsus--- x2 Verse 2: Words like forever they scare the shit out of me maybe I’m afraid of commitment C/E Gsus maybe you’re too distracted to see that (Repeat Chorus) Beat Changes: ----/---- x2 Bridge: I think of all the things that I’d say to you if I had the chance again I think of all the things that I’d scream but I think it’s for the best that you and I just don’t connect and things are never quite what they seem Interlude: ----/---- x2 Refrain: Will there ever be someone to give her heart to me or would I be to blind to see it I wouldn’t make a sound I’d keep it underground It always seems like I’m running around around running around around round Interlude: ----/---- x4 Chorus 2: Sometimes I don’t feel the same way as you feel ______________________________________ 10.) TV Key: F then C Chords used: F - 133211 Gm - 355333 Am - x02210 Bb - x13331 C - x32010 A - x02220 Intro: Bass Solo: ---- x4 ---- x2 Distortion: ---- x4 -------- Verse 1: When I’m at work ya I always rush right home for lunch So I can check out what’s up on the Brady Bunch And when I’m walking through the front door at night I gotta see who’s winning on The Price is Right oh Chorus: I never dreamed that I’d spend my days Staring at some tube emitting cathode rays I need my TV Verse 2: What’s happening in this world I don’t care at all But it better not pre-empt Monday Night Football I can’t even come up with my own views I’m taught how to think from the evening news oh (Repeat chorus) Interlude: -------- x2 Bridge: La la la la la La la la la la La la la la la La la la la la (Repeat) Outro: ---- x4 ------- x2 (hold) ____________________________________ 11.) Toast And Bananas Key: A Chords used: A - x02220 E - 022100 D - xx0232 C#m - x46654 Intro: My pants are rough right now Do you wanna know what I think of you? Cause you’re not the way I thought you should be To take back what you said It’s time to fix it’s time to fix your head And now all alone one’s less than two I’ve never been better off living lonely To listen to what you say F#m D(hold) I couldn’t care less of what you say Beat Changes: --- x8 Verse 1: What did you think of me acting this way I guess you never really thought at all Is that what you call your brain? Is that why I call you hang up on me? I wanted to know I don’t want to lose And now I’m a man who’s just living small Listen to what you say I couldn’t care less of what you... Chorus 1: ...Say To me as I walk alone I’d Much rather be riding prone then To be just another one you are lame too Interlude: ------ x4 Verse 2: I wanted to know I don’t want to lose But now I’m a man who’s just living small To listen to what you say I couldn’t care less of what you... Chorus 2: ...say to me As I tune you out of my mind Won’t bend over backwards or Take another step ahead to Hear from you again Don’t talk to me as I walk alone I’d Much rather be riding prone than Be just another one you are lame too Guitar Solo: -------- x4 Chorus 3: Don’t talk to me as I tune you out of my mind I Won’t bend over backwards or Take another step ahead to Hear from you again Don’t talk to me as I walk alone I’d Much rather be riding prone than Be just another one you are lame too End on A(hold) ____________________________________ 12.) Wasting Time Key: E Chords used: E - 022100 B - x24442 C#m - x46654 A - x02220 Intro: ---- x2 -----x3 ---------- ---- x2 Verse 1: I’m wasting time thinking about a girl And stealing her away from her world She and I would run away I think of all the things that I’d say We’d talk about important things And I picture it in my dreams She’d teach me about modern art And I’d show her it’s okay to fart and Chorus: Maybe I’d impress her By being in a band and Maybe if I act real tough She’d let me hold her hand and Maybe I’ll win her heart By writing this song about her Sometimes I sit at home and Wonder if she’s sitting at home Thinking of me and wondering if I’m Sitting at home thinking about her Or am I just wasting my time Interlude: ---- x2 Verse 2: Remembering how she laughed at Kinko’s When I made fun of that guy Remebering the look she gave me When I told her that I used to fry I really want to ask her out But my ego could never take it And even if I got the balls You know that the Cougar would never make it ohh I And in my town you can’t drive naked (Repeat Chorus) Outro: Am I just wasting my time Am I just wasting my time Am I just wasting my time Wasting my time thinking about a girl _____________________________________ 13.) Romeo And Rebecca Key: A then C Chords used: A - x02220 Bm - x24432 C#m - x46654 D - xx0232 E - 022100 C - x32010 G - 320003 Em - 022000 F - 133211 - 244222 Intro: ---- x4 Bass Solo: ---- x Verse 1: Walking through the grass Another blade next to you from the ground As the wind does pass I notice as you feel the breath of my shout Your words are kind The kind that repeatedly say no But that’s alright I’m older than you so I’ve got... Chorus 1: ...time What have you said reach out your hand There’s a black shadow on my wall But as I look into my mind I can see that girls are a waste of time Verse 2: We’ve all seen the bridge A broken seam and a girl on one side You think your words will work They only work when you lay down and close your eyes I thought of all the lines All the right ones used at all the wrong times But that’s alright Depression’s just a sarcastic state of... Chorus 2: ...mind What have you said reach out your hand There’s a black shadow on my wall But as I look into my mind I can see that girls are a waste of time Interlude: ---- x2 Bridge: I don’t want to live alone I don’t want to live in My broken dreams of you I don’t want to live a---lone with My broken dreams of you I don’t want to live a---lone with My broken dreams of you Outro: ---- x2 (hold) ___________________________________ 14.) Ben Wah Balls Key: D Chords used: D - xx0232 A - x02220 Bm - x24432 G - 320033 Intro: Tom: No we ain’t gonna take it unless it’s from a doverman pincher Ladies and gentlemen Scott: for your listening pleasure Blinkgooey gooey goo) -------------- --------------- x3 -------- x2 Verse 1: Passively one day as the sun rose out of it’s house So did this little old guy as he whistled out of his mouth And happily and gay Well I guess not exactly that Because he found a special girl That put him in a special trance Chorus 1: He fell in love so quickly What the hell was he to expect That the girl under his arm wasn’t the same As any other girl That he had thought that he once met I guess you could only blame fate Interlude: -------- x2 Verse 2: Things started getting weird as they started to kiss She often felt his beard and remembered how her father she’d missed And then quietly one day He sang a song from deep within his heart Causing some ingestion He finished with a great big fart and Chorus 2: She knew at that one moment That song was something she’d heard before So she asked him to do it again Then out the door they hurried She was gonna find out for sure So she analyzed his rear end Beat Changes: ---- x4 Bridge: She said When I was a little girl my dad left my mom He used to always fart and sing this special song Now I wasn’t quite so sure until your pants did fall Cause now I know that you’re my dad because you use ben wah balls I said a wah wah wah-wah-wah Wah wah-wah-wah wah ben wha balls wah wah wah-wah-wah Wah wah-wah-wah wah ben wah balls Interlude: Beat Changes back D--A-- x4 Outro: --------------- x2 (hold) _________________________________ 15.) Just About Done Key: G Chords used: Em - 022000 G - 320033 F# - 244322 B - x24442 Bb - x13331 Intro: Drumbeats -----#----#- -----#----#- -----#----#- -----#----#- --#-- x8 Verse: Just about done with your butt we’ll let you know Em(Bass Line) HEY! Just about done with your butt we’ll let you know Just about done with your butt we’ll let you know Just about done with your butt we’ll let you know Just about done with your butt we’ll let you know Just about done with your butt we’ll let you know Just about done with your butt we’ll let you know ________________________________ 16.) Depends Key: D Chords used: D - xx0232 A - x02220 G - 320033 Intro: (1..2..1.2.3.4!!!) Verse 1: Tom: I don’t want to urinate on myself I don’t want to urinate on anyone else Well I guess that really doesn’t matter anymore Because I can’t control my bladder anymore Chorus 1: Tom: Well I guess it all depends Mark: undergarments Tom: Well I guess it all depends Mark: undergarments Tom: Step back in the light No more soiled nights alone But I guess I don’t have a care Because there’s not a load in my underwear Verse 2: Mark: I’m sick of offending everyone I meet (go go go go) I’m sick of crying myself to sleep on rubber sheets (go) I had an accident today I left a soiled bus seat I didn’t know what to say Chorus 2 Mark: But I guess it all depends Tom: undergarments Mark: Well I guess it all depends Tom: undergarments Mark: Step back in the light No more soiled nights alone Well I guess I didn’t I have to care if I don’t have a A D(hold) load in my underwear Tom: Uh anyway uh well as I was saying my dog nice dog bending over uh If you dropped your keys you’d bend over too Scott: Uh so uh well uh just wanna say thank you all for coming to the sperm bank Do you have a question there? Mark: Shit Scott That aki-mofo be messing with my lady gotta be running cold upsidedown his head you know what I’m sayin mans? Hey holmes I can dig it that brotha ain’t gonna pick up on you man i say hey Scott So to say i want to say pretty J I did the same-ol same-ol hey knock yourself on a post lick the gray metal fat man before he was down I take tcb’in man Hey you know what they say you see about to get that bottie yacker you lay her down and slackum yackum cold gotta be ya know man SHIT Tom: Uh are you uh feelin’ all right? Mark: Oh man jamofoba lay me to the bone and she’s jackin me up tightly! Alright Get out the scissors and get in place Ready? Now start choppin Tom: Hey man someone spotted me it’s heavy! Mark: Alright now heave it on down here! (sound of someone or something falling down the stairs) Tom: Okay it’s all the way down there! Mark: Aw who taught you how to throw the dick down the stairs?
