Men Without Hats chords by The Burning Hell

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
Clutching a ten dollar bill in my hand
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G 
Em 
Sir John A's face getting
G 
Em 
wrinkled and   damp
Dm 
I went down to the mall on Saturday
Am 
After cartoons

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Verse 2

I made straight for the tape store

I knew exactly what to look for

I skipped the candy shop

And the clown with the animal balloons

Verse 3
I saw it on the rack with
the other new tapes
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G 
That baby face with the gap-
Em 
tooth gape
Dm 
And I grabbed one quick
Like a pervert in a video store
Am 

Verse 4
I guess I was shy, it was my first time
Em 
G 
So I joined the girls with the
curled bangs in line
Dm 
And when I got back home
Am 
Em 
I discovered what my ears were for

Verse 5
F 
That was my first day in the
G 
world of pop music
C 
Where the sound of a drum or
F 
the strum of an acoustic
Could pop it all open like
G 
C 
a blister in the sun
F 
A world where Johnny played
G 
guitar and Jenny played bass
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F 
And they started a band just to see their face
G 
In a magazine, 'cause what else is there to do for fun
Am 
?

Interlude 1

Verse 6
Am 
A few years later, drawing logos of bands
Em 
G 
On backpacks and binders
Em 
and the backs of my hands
Dm 
And writing out lyrics
Am 
With the help of rewind, pause and play

Verse 7
Am 
Math class flashed past in a blur of zeros
Em 
G 
Em 
Daydreaming about all those
musical heroes
Dm 
Who never needed numbers
To say what they had to say
Am 

Verse 8
Meanwhile, I developed an unholy affection
Em 
G 
For the older girls in the smoking section
Dm 
With the boots and the buckles
And the pins and the circle a shirts
Am 

Verse 9
Their music was rough but
strangely enough
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G 
Turned out I liked getting angry
and shouting about stuff
Em 
Dm 
I knew the message
was meaningful
Am 
Though I didn't understand
Em 
a word

Verse 10
F 
And so I discovered an
G 
other world of music
C 
Where the kids  are alright,
F 
just like The Who said
G 
You count to four and then play the one
C 
or two chords you sort of know
F 
Where "hey ho,
G 
let's go" is a legitimate chorus
C 
And you can search the stacks
F 
and thumb the thesaurus
G 
But there's no synonym for rock and roll

Interlude 2
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Verse 11
Am 
Back at that young and impressionable age
G 
I never dreamed some day I'd
Am 
be  the one on the stage
Dm 
But now that I'm here
I guess I have to think
Em 
of something to say
Am 

Verse 12
Dm 
So to all the young girls and
Em 
young guys out there
G 
Am 
Em 
Dm 
Experimenting with drugs,
Am 
experimenting with hair
Dm 
F 
Dm 
Press record on your four track
Am 
Em 
Or whatever kids are using these days

Verse 13
F 
G 
It's life or death, but it's also just music
C 
It chooses you,
F 
you don't get to choose it
But once you're hooked,
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C 
you're hooked like a rug or a John
F 
So hats off to Ivan and all
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the rest of you bands
C 
Thanks for giving us so many
F 
good reasons to dance
Thanks for giving us so many
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good reasons to sing along
Am 