Chords for Aimee Mann: People ask me why my songs are so depressing
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[Ab] You've done a lot [Eb] of running but [Bb] you can't afford the [Eb] freeway.
[G] I just call it Smilers.
Smilers, yeah.
I mean, originally it's fucking Smilers, but it's supposed to be kind of cartoony, so.
I was just reading some study that somebody did about, you know, seeing what kind of things
people responded to, like what sort of images, you know, like would women respond to babies,
would men respond to sexual things, you know what I mean?
But sort of universally everybody [G] responded to the human face, you know, from culture to culture.
But, you know, but in that sort of varied in, you know, what kind of faces people liked
in different cultures.
But everybody liked the smiling cartoon face.
And so originally I was going to have a smiling cartoon face.
And Gary did a smiling cartoon face, but then he did this, and I like, and I really like that.
Because it looks like that guy is, it looks like he's just sort of falling down and it's
like cursing, cursing everybody [F] in the world who's happy.
Like to me that's kind of fun.
[Ab] We're everyone's a [Bb] doctor, all the specialists in [Ab] retail.
[F]
[Ab] We'll sell you [Eb] all the speed [Bb] you want if you can date the [Eb] black male.
You know, and then when I do interviews, people will say, [G] why don't, you know, why don't you
write happy songs?
Like, why are your songs always depressing?
Like, first of all, I get like, well, I don't think they're depressing, but I also don't
think happy songs are that happy because if there's no conflict, it's not interesting.
[Eb] And then to me, that's not [N] like whatever happy means.
That's not it.
So what does it feel that happy?
What does happy mean for you?
To be interested in things, I think, like to be [Cm] interested in engaged is to be happy.
[Eb]
[Bb] Why don't [F] you, you [Ab] got a [Eb] lot of money, [Bb] but you can't [Fm] afford the [Ab] freeway.
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
I have a friend who's a drug [D] addict and he was actually a big inspiration for [B] some of
the songs on Forgotten Harm.
So there are a couple of songs that are about him or kind of, you know, kind of about him,
inspired by him.
[Gm] I think Freeway because that's
Freeway is, [B] yeah.
Because I saw him, he moved to Los Angeles for a while and then, you know, became like
really obsessed with money.
[G] And I mean, he's always been obsessed with money, but [Eb] Los Angeles, like [G] if you're obsessed
with money, Los Angeles is not the place to be because it just feeds into that kind of thing.
So, you know, thinking about his obsession with money got me thinking about Los Angeles
and just in general, the obsession with money and how hard it is to have [F] any kind of like
integrity or spiritual life in that atmosphere.
[C] And everything [Db] I do is wrong, but at least [Ab] I'm hanging on.
You've got a lot [Eb] of money that [Bb] you can't afford.
I'm to the point where I feel that, [B] and this is probably a good thing, that [G] there's, that
I don't know anything and that, you know what I mean?
And that I'm happy to, [Eb] that I'm really willing [G] to learn from whatever.
You know, like I really feel like everybody has something valuable to offer.
And even if like the person, even if it's like a person who's sort of an idiot, you
know, [D] you're always surprised at like what, you know, like [G] there's always like something,
some piece of wisdom that they have.
And I really like that, you know, like I like looking for those [F] moments in people.
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] You've done a lot [Eb] of running but [Bb] you can't afford the [Eb] freeway.
[G] I just call it Smilers.
Smilers, yeah.
I mean, originally it's fucking Smilers, but it's supposed to be kind of cartoony, so.
I was just reading some study that somebody did about, you know, seeing what kind of things
people responded to, like what sort of images, you know, like would women respond to babies,
would men respond to sexual things, you know what I mean?
But sort of universally everybody [G] responded to the human face, you know, from culture to culture.
But, you know, but in that sort of varied in, you know, what kind of faces people liked
in different cultures.
But everybody liked the smiling cartoon face.
And so originally I was going to have a smiling cartoon face.
And Gary did a smiling cartoon face, but then he did this, and I like, and I really like that.
Because it looks like that guy is, it looks like he's just sort of falling down and it's
like cursing, cursing everybody [F] in the world who's happy.
Like to me that's kind of fun.
[Ab] We're everyone's a [Bb] doctor, all the specialists in [Ab] retail.
[F]
[Ab] We'll sell you [Eb] all the speed [Bb] you want if you can date the [Eb] black male.
You know, and then when I do interviews, people will say, [G] why don't, you know, why don't you
write happy songs?
Like, why are your songs always depressing?
Like, first of all, I get like, well, I don't think they're depressing, but I also don't
think happy songs are that happy because if there's no conflict, it's not interesting.
[Eb] And then to me, that's not [N] like whatever happy means.
That's not it.
So what does it feel that happy?
What does happy mean for you?
To be interested in things, I think, like to be [Cm] interested in engaged is to be happy.
[Eb]
[Bb] Why don't [F] you, you [Ab] got a [Eb] lot of money, [Bb] but you can't [Fm] afford the [Ab] freeway.
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
I have a friend who's a drug [D] addict and he was actually a big inspiration for [B] some of
the songs on Forgotten Harm.
So there are a couple of songs that are about him or kind of, you know, kind of about him,
inspired by him.
[Gm] I think Freeway because that's
Freeway is, [B] yeah.
Because I saw him, he moved to Los Angeles for a while and then, you know, became like
really obsessed with money.
[G] And I mean, he's always been obsessed with money, but [Eb] Los Angeles, like [G] if you're obsessed
with money, Los Angeles is not the place to be because it just feeds into that kind of thing.
So, you know, thinking about his obsession with money got me thinking about Los Angeles
and just in general, the obsession with money and how hard it is to have [F] any kind of like
integrity or spiritual life in that atmosphere.
[C] And everything [Db] I do is wrong, but at least [Ab] I'm hanging on.
You've got a lot [Eb] of money that [Bb] you can't afford.
I'm to the point where I feel that, [B] and this is probably a good thing, that [G] there's, that
I don't know anything and that, you know what I mean?
And that I'm happy to, [Eb] that I'm really willing [G] to learn from whatever.
You know, like I really feel like everybody has something valuable to offer.
And even if like the person, even if it's like a person who's sort of an idiot, you
know, [D] you're always surprised at like what, you know, like [G] there's always like something,
some piece of wisdom that they have.
And I really like that, you know, like I like looking for those [F] moments in people.
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] You've done a lot [Eb] of running but [Bb] you can't afford the [Eb] freeway. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] I just call it Smilers.
Smilers, yeah.
I mean, originally it's fucking Smilers, but it's supposed to be kind of cartoony, so.
I was just reading some study that somebody did about, you know, seeing what kind of things
people responded to, like what sort of images, you know, like would women respond to babies,
would men respond to sexual things, you know what I mean?
But sort of universally everybody [G] responded to the human face, you know, from culture to culture.
_ But, you know, but in that sort of varied in, you know, what kind of faces people liked
in different cultures.
But everybody liked the smiling cartoon face.
And so originally I was going to have a smiling cartoon face.
And Gary did a smiling cartoon face, but then he did this, and I like, and I really like that.
Because it looks like that guy is, it looks like he's just sort of falling down and it's
like cursing, cursing everybody [F] in the world who's happy.
Like to me that's kind of fun.
[Ab] We're everyone's a [Bb] doctor, all the specialists in [Ab] retail.
_ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] We'll sell you [Eb] all the speed [Bb] you want if you can date the [Eb] black male.
You know, and then when I do interviews, people will say, [G] why don't, you know, why don't you
write happy songs?
Like, why are your songs always depressing?
Like, first of all, I get like, well, I don't think they're depressing, but _ _ I also don't
think happy songs are that happy because if there's no conflict, it's not interesting.
[Eb] And then to me, that's not [N] like whatever happy means.
That's not it.
So what does it feel that happy?
_ What does happy mean for you?
To be interested in things, I think, like to be [Cm] interested in engaged is to be happy.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ Why don't [F] you, you [Ab] got a [Eb] lot of money, [Bb] but you can't [Fm] afford the [Ab] freeway.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
I have a friend who's a drug [D] addict and he was actually a big inspiration for [B] some of
the songs on Forgotten Harm.
So there are a couple of songs that are about him or kind of, you know, kind of about him,
inspired by him.
[Gm] I think Freeway because that's_
Freeway is, [B] yeah.
Because I saw him, he moved to Los Angeles for a while and then, you know, became like
really obsessed with money.
[G] And I mean, he's always been obsessed with money, but [Eb] Los Angeles, like [G] if you're obsessed
with money, Los Angeles is not the place to be because it just feeds into that kind of thing.
So, you know, thinking about his obsession with money got me thinking about Los Angeles
and just in general, the obsession with money and how hard it is to have [F] any kind of like
integrity or spiritual life in that atmosphere.
[C] _ And everything [Db] I do is wrong, _ _ but at least [Ab] I'm hanging on.
_ You've got a lot [Eb] of money that [Bb] you can't afford.
I'm to the point where I feel that, [B] and this is probably a good thing, that [G] there's, that
I don't know anything and that, you know what I mean?
And that I'm happy to, _ _ [Eb] that I'm really willing [G] to learn from whatever.
You know, like I really feel like everybody has something valuable to offer.
And even if like the person, even if it's like a person who's sort of an idiot, you
know, [D] _ _ you're always surprised at like what, you know, like [G] there's always like something,
some piece of wisdom that they have.
_ And I really like that, you know, like I like looking for those [F] moments in people.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] You've done a lot [Eb] of running but [Bb] you can't afford the [Eb] freeway. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] I just call it Smilers.
Smilers, yeah.
I mean, originally it's fucking Smilers, but it's supposed to be kind of cartoony, so.
I was just reading some study that somebody did about, you know, seeing what kind of things
people responded to, like what sort of images, you know, like would women respond to babies,
would men respond to sexual things, you know what I mean?
But sort of universally everybody [G] responded to the human face, you know, from culture to culture.
_ But, you know, but in that sort of varied in, you know, what kind of faces people liked
in different cultures.
But everybody liked the smiling cartoon face.
And so originally I was going to have a smiling cartoon face.
And Gary did a smiling cartoon face, but then he did this, and I like, and I really like that.
Because it looks like that guy is, it looks like he's just sort of falling down and it's
like cursing, cursing everybody [F] in the world who's happy.
Like to me that's kind of fun.
[Ab] We're everyone's a [Bb] doctor, all the specialists in [Ab] retail.
_ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] We'll sell you [Eb] all the speed [Bb] you want if you can date the [Eb] black male.
You know, and then when I do interviews, people will say, [G] why don't, you know, why don't you
write happy songs?
Like, why are your songs always depressing?
Like, first of all, I get like, well, I don't think they're depressing, but _ _ I also don't
think happy songs are that happy because if there's no conflict, it's not interesting.
[Eb] And then to me, that's not [N] like whatever happy means.
That's not it.
So what does it feel that happy?
_ What does happy mean for you?
To be interested in things, I think, like to be [Cm] interested in engaged is to be happy.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ Why don't [F] you, you [Ab] got a [Eb] lot of money, [Bb] but you can't [Fm] afford the [Ab] freeway.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
I have a friend who's a drug [D] addict and he was actually a big inspiration for [B] some of
the songs on Forgotten Harm.
So there are a couple of songs that are about him or kind of, you know, kind of about him,
inspired by him.
[Gm] I think Freeway because that's_
Freeway is, [B] yeah.
Because I saw him, he moved to Los Angeles for a while and then, you know, became like
really obsessed with money.
[G] And I mean, he's always been obsessed with money, but [Eb] Los Angeles, like [G] if you're obsessed
with money, Los Angeles is not the place to be because it just feeds into that kind of thing.
So, you know, thinking about his obsession with money got me thinking about Los Angeles
and just in general, the obsession with money and how hard it is to have [F] any kind of like
integrity or spiritual life in that atmosphere.
[C] _ And everything [Db] I do is wrong, _ _ but at least [Ab] I'm hanging on.
_ You've got a lot [Eb] of money that [Bb] you can't afford.
I'm to the point where I feel that, [B] and this is probably a good thing, that [G] there's, that
I don't know anything and that, you know what I mean?
And that I'm happy to, _ _ [Eb] that I'm really willing [G] to learn from whatever.
You know, like I really feel like everybody has something valuable to offer.
And even if like the person, even if it's like a person who's sort of an idiot, you
know, [D] _ _ you're always surprised at like what, you know, like [G] there's always like something,
some piece of wisdom that they have.
_ And I really like that, you know, like I like looking for those [F] moments in people.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
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