Wig in a Box chords by Stephen Trask

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
D 
Em 
On nights like this
C 
F 
G 
C 
When the world's a bit amiss
D 
And the lights go down
G 
D 
G 
Across the trailer park
Em 
I get down, I feel had
C 
F 
G 
C 
Feel on the verge of going mad
D 
G 
And then it's time to punch the clock

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Verse 2

I put on some make- up

Turn on the tape deck

And put the wig back on my

head

Suddenly I'm Miss Midwest Mid

night Checkout Queen

Until I head home

And I put myself to bed

Interlude 1

Verse 3
Gm 
G 
D 
Em 
I look back on where I'm from
F 
Look at the woman I've become
C 
D 
And the strangest things
G 
D 
seem suddenly routine
G 
I look up from my Ver
D 
Em 
mouth on the rocks
F 
C 
The gift wrapped wig's still in the box
D 
Of towering velveteen

Verse 4
G 
D 
Em 
I put on some make- up
Bm 
C 
Some LaVern Baker
G 
And pull the wig down from
D 
E 
Am 
the shelf
D 
G 
D 
F 
Suddenly I'm Miss Beehive 1963
G 
C 
Until I wake up
D 
And I turn back to myself
G 
F 
C 
G 

Verse 5
Some girls,
D 
Em 
they got natural ease
C 
F 
Dm 
C 
They wear it any way they please
D 
With their French flip curls
G 
D 
From perfumed magazines
G 
D 
G 
D 
Em 
Wear it up, let it down
F 
Dm 
C 
This is the best way that I've found
D 
G 
To be the best you've ever seen

Verse 6
D 
Em 
I put on some make- up
Bm 
C 
Turn on the eight- track
G 
I'm pulling the wig down from
D 
E 
Am 
the shelf
D 
G 
Suddenly I'm Miss Farrah Fawcett
D 
From TV
Dm 
G 
C 
Un  til I wake up
D 
And I turn back to myself
G 

Verse 7
C 
Shag, bi- level, bob
Bb 
F 
Dorothy Hamill do,
Dm 
C 
Sausage curl, chicken wings
Bb 
F 
It's all because of you
Cm 
C 
With your blow dried, feather backed
Bb 
Dm 
Toni home wave, too
Cm 
C 
Flip, fro , frizz, flop
Bb 
It's all because of you
G 
Ab 
It's all because of you
G 
F 
It's all because of you

Interlude 2

Verse 8
D 
(okay...everybody...) I put on some make-
Em 
up
Bm 
C 
Turn on the eight track
G 
I'm pulling the wig down from
D 
E 
Am 
the shelf
D 
G 
Suddenly I'm this Punk Rock Star
D 
Of stage and screen
F 
G 
C 
And  I ain't ever