CRETIN HOP
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[ EAED (4x) ]
AE
There's no stoppin' the cretins from hoppin'
AE
You gotta keep it beatin' for all the hoppin' cretins.
BEBE
Cretin! Cretin!
I'm gonna go for a whirl with my cretin girl
My feet won't stop doin' the Cretin Hop.
Cretin! Cretin!
[ EAED (2x) ]
NC EAE D
1-2-3-4 Cretins wanna hop some more
NC EAE D EAE D
4-5-6-7 All good cretins go to heaven.
There's no stoppin'...
I'm gonna go...
[ EAED (2x) ]
1-2-3-4...
[ EAED (2x) E ]
ROCKAWAY BEACH
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[ D ]
A
Chewing out a rhythm on my bubble gum
The sun is out and I want some.
D
It's not hard, not far to reach
E
We can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach.
Up on the roof, out on the street
Down in the playground the hot concrete
Busride is too slow
They blast out the disco on the radio
A
Rock Rock Rockaway Beach
D
Rock Rock Rockaway Beach
A
Rock Rock Rockaway Beach
E
We can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach (2x)
[ GDFC (2x) ]
F#
It's not hard, not far to reach
A
We can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach.
F#
It's not hard, not far to reach
DE
We can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach.
Chewing out a rhythm...
Up on the roof...
Rock Rock Rockaway Beach... (1x)
[ GDFC (2x) DA ]
Rock Rock Rockaway Beach... (2x)
[ DA ]
HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW
-------------------------DF#
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh I love you
DF#
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh I love you
ED
I do, I do (2x)
DEF#
But I told her why we just can't make it
DEF#
I want you still but just can't take it
DEF#
The time has come we oughta break it
ED
Someone had to pay the price
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh it's over
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh over
It's true, it's true (2x)
And I think of times we were together
As time went on it seemed forever
But times have changed now things are better
Someone had to pay the price
[ Solo: DF# (2x) ED ]
And I think of times we were together
As time went on it seemed forever
But times have changed now things are better
[ DEF# (2x) ]
Someone had to pay the price.
LOCKET LOVE
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[ EADE (2x) ]
D
Lovely lovely locket love
E
You could use a little of
D
Hang a chain around you
E
You're hangin' too
AD
Hang on a little bit longer
AD
Hang on you're a goner
[ EADE (2x) ]
Lovely lovely locket love
Cause a picture never does
Try to expose you
For what you put me through
Hang on...
[ EADE (2x) ]
D
Never never can tell
A
How hard you fell
B
Lovely lovely locket 'cause
E
The best poison of
[ EADE (2x) ]
Lovely lovely locket love
You got a pocket of
Lovely little tricks you do
Now I'm hangin' too
Hang on...
[ EADE (2x) ]
Never never can tell...
[ EADE (2x) ]
Lovely lovely locket love
Tou could use a little of
Hang a chain around you
You're hangin' too
Hang on...
[ EADE (4x) ]
I DON'T CARE
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[ AAGAGAGFG (2x) ]
AFG
I don't care (he don't care)
AFG
I don't care (he don't care)
AFG
I don't care about this world
AFG
I don't care about that girl
AFG
I don't care (he don't care)
[ AAGAGAGFG (2x) ]
I don't care...
[ AAGAGAGFG (2x) ]
A
I don't care I don't care
G
I don't care I don't care
F
I don't care I don't care
[ AAGAGAGFG (2x) ]
I don't care (he don't care)
I don't care (he don't care)
I don't care about these words
I don't care about that girl
I don't care
[ AAGAGAGFG (1x) AAGA ]
SHEENA IS A PUNK ROCKER
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[ B->C (4x) ]
C
Well the kids are all hopped up and ready to go
They're ready to go now
G
They've got their surfboards
C
And they're going to the discotheque a go go
AF
But she just couldn't stay
AF
She had to break away
CG
Well New York City really has it all
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
CFG
Sheena is a punk rocker
CFG
Sheena is a punk rocker
CFGCFG
Sheena is a punk rocker now.
CFG
Sheena is a punk rocker
CFG
Sheena is a punk rocker
CFGC
Sheena is a punk rocker now.
F
She's a punk punk, a punk rocker
C
Punk punk, a punk rocker
G
Punk punk, a punk rocker
Bb
Punk punk, a punk rocker
[ B->C (4x) ]
Well the kids...
Sheena is a punk rocker...
[ B->C (4x) ]
CFG
Sheena is a punk rocker
CFG
Sheena is a punk rocker
CFGCFG
Sheena is a punk rocker now. (repeat & fade out)
WE'RE A HAPPY FAMILY
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[ AEB (4x) F#ABEGA (2x) ]
EG
We're a happy family
EA
We're a happy family
EG
We're a happy family
D
Me mom and daddy. (2x)
Sitting here in Queens
Eating refried beans
We're in all the magazines
Gulpin' down thorazines.
We ain't got no friends
Our troubles never end
No Christmas cards to send
Daddy likes men.
[ AEB (4x) F#ABEGA (2x) ]
Daddy's telling lies
Baby's eating flies
Mommy's on pills
Baby's got the chills.
I'm friends with the President
I'm friends with the Pope
We're all making a fortune
Selling Daddy's dope.
Sitting here in Queens...
We ain't got no friends...
[ AEB (4x) F#ABEGA (2x) ]
We're a happy family... (repeat & fade out)
TEENAGE LOBOTOMY
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NC E F# B E F# B
Lobotomy, lobotomy, lobotomy, lobotomy! (3rd with bass only)
[ EDA (4x) AGD (2x) ]
A
DDT did a job on me
E
Now I am a real sickie
A
Guess I'll have to break the news
E
That I got no mind to lose.
A
All the girls are in love with me
EF#
I'm a teenage lobotomy.
[ BEF#B ]
[ EDA (4x) AGD (2x) ]
Slugs and snails are after me
DDT keeps me happy
Now I guess I'll have to tell 'em
That I got no cerebellum.
Gonna get my Ph.D.
I'm a teenage lobotomy.
[ BEF#B ]
[ EDA (4x) AGD (2x) ]
Lobotomy...
[ EDA (4x) AGD (2x) ]
DDT did a job on me...
[ BEF#B ]
[ EDA (4x) AGD (2x) ]
DO YOU WANNA DANCE?
-------------------AD
Do you wanna dance and hold my hand?
AD
Tell me baby I'm your lover man
AEA
Oh baby, do you wanna dance?
Well do you wanna dance under the moonlight?
Squeeze me baby all through the night
Oh baby, do you wanna dance?
AD
Do you do you do you do you wanna dance
AD
Do you do you do you do you wanna dance
AEAE
Do you do you do you do you wanna dance
Do you wanna dance under the moonlight... (2x)
Do you do you...
Do you do you... (no final E) (2x)
Do you do you...
[ A ]
I WANNA BE WELL
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[ A ]
DGAD
Yeah, I wanna be well
GAD
I wanna be well
GA
I wanna be
I want I want I want I want I want I want I want I want (2x)
G#
my
GAD
LSD, golly gee,
GAD
DDT, wowee!
GA
Daddy's broke
D
Holy smoke
GA
My future's bleak
C
Ain't it neat?
Yeah, I wanna be well... (2x)
my LSD...
Yeah, I wanna be well
I wanna be well (4x)
I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING
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[ CFCG (2x) ]
G
You better know what you want
F
You know how little I got
GCG
I can't give you anything.
GCG
I can't give you anything.
GCG
I can't give you anything.
[ CFCG (2x) ]
You better know...
[ CFCG (2x) ]
FCG
You think I'm real cute
FCG
But who's gonna bring home the loot?
FCG
Make up your mind about
FCG
Hope you don't doubt, that
GCFC
I can't give you anything.
GCFC
I can't give you anything.
GCFC
I can't give you anything.
[ CFCG (2x) ]
You better know...
[ CFCG (2x) ]
You think I'm...
GCFC
I can't give you anything. (repeat & fade out)
RAMONA
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[ CFC (2x) ]
C
Hey Johnny, hey Dee Dee
FG
Little Tom and Joey
C
You know we're goin' over
FG
Sweet sweet little Ramona
F
You're getting better and better
C
It's getting easier than ever
F
Hey you kids in the crowd
G
You know you like it when the music's loud.
Sweet sweet little Ramona
she always wants to come over
Sweet sweet little Ramona
I think I'll try and phone her
I let her in if you're wondering why
Cause she's a spy for the BBI
I let her in and I started to cry
And then I knew I wanted to die
BbF
Oooh, little Ramona. (3x)
BbCFCFC
Oooh
Sweet sweet little Ramona...
Oooh, little Ramona...
SURFIN' BIRD
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NC
Well everybody's heard about the bird
A
Bird bird bird bird is a word (8x)
E
Don't you know about the bird
D
Well everybody knows that the bird is a word
Bird bird bird...
A
Bird bird bird bird is a word
Well everybody's heard about the bird
Bird bird bird...
Bird bird bird bird is a word
NC
Surfin' bird! Papa-papa-papa...
NC
Papa-ooma-mow-mow
A
Papa-ooma-mow-mow (24x)
Don't you know...
Papa-ooma-mow-mow (repeat & fade out)
WHY IS IT ALWAYS THIS WAY?
--------------------------BC#F#
uu uu u (2x)
BC#F#
Hey hey hey
BC#F#
Why is it always this way? (2x)
BC#F#
Last time I saw her alive
BC#F#
She was wavin', wavin' bye bye
BC#F#
She was contemplating suicide
BC#F#
Now she's lying in a bottle of formaldehyde.
E
And oh, I just don't know
F#BA
Why I can't let her go
EC#BABABC#
Oh I just don't know.
Hey hey hey
Why is it always this way? (2x)
Last time I saw her alive
She was going to the wash and dry
She was outside hitchin' a ride
Now she's lying
In a bottle of formaldehyde.
And oh, I just don't know...
Hey hey hey... (repeat & fade out)
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All songs by Ramones except
Do You Wanna Dance? by Freeman
Surfin' Bird by White/Frazier/Harris/Wilson