Chords for Fruitcakes
Tempo:
160 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
A
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
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[G]
You know, I was talking to my friend Desdemona the other day.
She runs a space station and bake shop down near Boomtown.
She told me that human beings are flawed individuals.
The cosmic bakers took us out of the [D] oven a little [G] too early.
And that's the reason we're as crazy as we are.
And I believe it.
Take, for example, when you go to the movies these days, you know, they try to sell you
this jumbo drink, eight extra ounces of watered down sherry coke for a negative 25 cents.
I don't want it.
I don't want that much organization in my life.
I don't want other people thinking for me.
I want my Junior Men.
Where did Junior Men go in the movies?
I don't want a 12 pound Nestle scrunch for $25.
I want Junior Men.
We need more fruitcakes in this world.
Less bakers.
We need people that care.
I'm glad [C] I said [D] it.
[G] And I don't want to take [C] it [D] anymore.
[G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] Fruitcakes [G] in the kitchen.
[C] [D] Fruitcakes [G] on the street.
[C] Strutting [D] naked through [G] the crosswalk [C] in the middle of the week.
And me, [D] he's [G] in the office.
And [C] me, [D] on [G] the bus.
[C] There's [D] a [G]
fruitcake left [C] in [D] every one [G] of us.
[C] [D] Paradise.
[G]
Lockdown.
[C] [D] Paradise.
[G] Take a look around.
[C] I was out [D] in [G] California where I [D] hear they have it [Bm] all.
[C] They got [D] rice, [G] fire, and mudslide.
[C] They got [D] sushi and [G] maw.
[C] [D] Water bars.
[G]
Frontissores.
[C] [D] Chinese [G] modern life.
[Am] [D] Shaking big [G] life with the quick.
[C] The secrets [D] [G] and the crust.
[C] [G] Fruitcakes in the kitchen.
[C] [D] Fruitcakes on [G] the street.
[C] Strutting [D] naked through [G] the crosswalk in [C] the [D] middle of [G] the week.
And [C] me, [D] he's [G] in the office.
And [C] me, [D] on [G] the bus.
[C] There's a [D] little [G] bit of fruitcake left [C] in [D] every one of [G]
us.
[C] [D] Speaking of [G] fruitcakes, how about [G] the government?
[C] Your tax [D] dollars at [G] work.
[C] We lost [D] our [G] Martian rocket ship.
[C] The high [D]-paced spokesman [G]
said,
[C] Looks like [D] that silly [G] rocket ship [C] has lost [D] its throne [G]-shaped head.
[C] We spent [D] 90 trillion [G]
dollars.
Time to get [D] a look [G] at Mars.
I [C] hear [D] the universe [G] collapse.
Ringing out [D] among [G] the stars.
[C] [D] Escaping [G] the galaxy.
[C] [D] Fruitcakes on [G] the earth.
[C] Strutting naked [D] [G] towards eternity.
[C] We've been [D] that way [G] since birth.
And [C] me, [D] he's in [G] the office.
And [C] me, [D] on [G] the bus.
[C] [D] There's a little bit [G] of fruitcake left [C] in [E] every one [G] of us.
[D] Religion.
[G]
Religion.
[C] [E] Oh, there's a [G] thin line between Saturday [C] night and Sunday [D] morning.
[G] Here we go [C] now.
[D] [G] All right, all the boys.
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima [C] culpa.
Mea culpa, mea [G] culpa, mea maxima culpa.
Where's the church?
Who took the [Em] steeple?
[C] Religion's in the hands [A] of some crazy-ass people.
Television preachers with bad hair at Temple.
The goddarnedest truth is it's not that simple.
[C] It's the Buddhist in [A] you, [G] the pagan in me.
[C] It's the Muslim in him, she's Catholic, ain't she?
It's that born-again [D] look.
It's [G] the wife and the Jew.
[C] Tell me what's [G] going on, I ain't got no clue.
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] Ah, here [D] comes the big one.
[G]
[C] Relationships.
[D] We all [G] got them.
We all [C] want them.
[D] What are we [G] doing?
Here we go, [C] I'll tell [D] you.
[G]
She said, you've got to do your fair share,
[C] not pop [D] up half [G] the rent.
[C] I [D] treat my body like [G] a temple.
[C] You treat [D] yours [G] like tent.
[C] But the right [D] word, at [G] the right time.
[C] Hey, [D] give me a [G] little hug.
[C] That's the [D] difference [G] between lightning and [C] a harmless [D] [G] lightning bug.
[C] [D] Fruitcake [G] in the kitchen.
[C] [D] Fruitcake [G] on the street.
[C] Strutting [D] naked [G] through the crosswalk in [C] the middle [G] of the week.
Half [C] baked [D] cookies [G] in the oven.
Half [C] baked people [D] [G] on the bus.
[C] This [D] is a day [G] of fruitcake, better [C] than [D] anyone.
[G]
[C] The [D] future.
[G]
Captain's log, [C] stardate [D] 2000 [G] and something.
We're [C] seven [G] years from the millennium, [C] that's [D] science [G] fiction fact.
[C] [D] Stanley Kubrick [G] and his buddy Hal [C] now don't [Dm] look that [G] abstract.
[C] So I put [D] on my Bob [G]
Marley tape [C] and practice [D] [G] what I preach.
[C] Get your [G] lost in the reggae mon [C] as I [D] walk [G] along the beach.
[Bm] [C] Saying, look [D] with my [G] inside, the beauty [C] really [D] is the [G] only way.
[C] It's [D] the jungle [G] out there, kitty.
Have a very fruitful [A] day.
Hey, [C] [D] fruitcake [G] in the kitchen.
[C] [D] Fruitcake [G] on the street.
[C] Strutting [D] naked through [G] the [D] crosswalk in [C] the middle [D] of [G] the week.
Half [C] baked [D] cookies [G] in the oven.
Half [C] baked [D] people [G] on the bus.
[C] This is [D] a day [G] of fruitcake, less [C] than [D] every one [G] of us.
That's life.
[C] [G] You too.
Yeah, those crumbs [C] are spread all [D] around this [G] universe.
I've [C] seen fruitcakes, [G] I saw this guy at Santa Monica.
Roller skating naked through the crosswalk.
Down in New Orleans, in the [C] French market, there are [G] fruitcakes like you cannot believe.
[C] New York, forget it, fruitcake city.
[C] [G] Down in Harlem, we got [C] fruitcakes.
[G] Spread them crumbs around, that's [C] right.
We want [G] them around.
[C] [G] Keep baking, keep baking.
[C] [D] [G] [C] [D] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [N]
[G]
You know, I was talking to my friend Desdemona the other day.
She runs a space station and bake shop down near Boomtown.
She told me that human beings are flawed individuals.
The cosmic bakers took us out of the [D] oven a little [G] too early.
And that's the reason we're as crazy as we are.
And I believe it.
Take, for example, when you go to the movies these days, you know, they try to sell you
this jumbo drink, eight extra ounces of watered down sherry coke for a negative 25 cents.
I don't want it.
I don't want that much organization in my life.
I don't want other people thinking for me.
I want my Junior Men.
Where did Junior Men go in the movies?
I don't want a 12 pound Nestle scrunch for $25.
I want Junior Men.
We need more fruitcakes in this world.
Less bakers.
We need people that care.
I'm glad [C] I said [D] it.
[G] And I don't want to take [C] it [D] anymore.
[G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] Fruitcakes [G] in the kitchen.
[C] [D] Fruitcakes [G] on the street.
[C] Strutting [D] naked through [G] the crosswalk [C] in the middle of the week.
And me, [D] he's [G] in the office.
And [C] me, [D] on [G] the bus.
[C] There's [D] a [G]
fruitcake left [C] in [D] every one [G] of us.
[C] [D] Paradise.
[G]
Lockdown.
[C] [D] Paradise.
[G] Take a look around.
[C] I was out [D] in [G] California where I [D] hear they have it [Bm] all.
[C] They got [D] rice, [G] fire, and mudslide.
[C] They got [D] sushi and [G] maw.
[C] [D] Water bars.
[G]
Frontissores.
[C] [D] Chinese [G] modern life.
[Am] [D] Shaking big [G] life with the quick.
[C] The secrets [D] [G] and the crust.
[C] [G] Fruitcakes in the kitchen.
[C] [D] Fruitcakes on [G] the street.
[C] Strutting [D] naked through [G] the crosswalk in [C] the [D] middle of [G] the week.
And [C] me, [D] he's [G] in the office.
And [C] me, [D] on [G] the bus.
[C] There's a [D] little [G] bit of fruitcake left [C] in [D] every one of [G]
us.
[C] [D] Speaking of [G] fruitcakes, how about [G] the government?
[C] Your tax [D] dollars at [G] work.
[C] We lost [D] our [G] Martian rocket ship.
[C] The high [D]-paced spokesman [G]
said,
[C] Looks like [D] that silly [G] rocket ship [C] has lost [D] its throne [G]-shaped head.
[C] We spent [D] 90 trillion [G]
dollars.
Time to get [D] a look [G] at Mars.
I [C] hear [D] the universe [G] collapse.
Ringing out [D] among [G] the stars.
[C] [D] Escaping [G] the galaxy.
[C] [D] Fruitcakes on [G] the earth.
[C] Strutting naked [D] [G] towards eternity.
[C] We've been [D] that way [G] since birth.
And [C] me, [D] he's in [G] the office.
And [C] me, [D] on [G] the bus.
[C] [D] There's a little bit [G] of fruitcake left [C] in [E] every one [G] of us.
[D] Religion.
[G]
Religion.
[C] [E] Oh, there's a [G] thin line between Saturday [C] night and Sunday [D] morning.
[G] Here we go [C] now.
[D] [G] All right, all the boys.
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima [C] culpa.
Mea culpa, mea [G] culpa, mea maxima culpa.
Where's the church?
Who took the [Em] steeple?
[C] Religion's in the hands [A] of some crazy-ass people.
Television preachers with bad hair at Temple.
The goddarnedest truth is it's not that simple.
[C] It's the Buddhist in [A] you, [G] the pagan in me.
[C] It's the Muslim in him, she's Catholic, ain't she?
It's that born-again [D] look.
It's [G] the wife and the Jew.
[C] Tell me what's [G] going on, I ain't got no clue.
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] Ah, here [D] comes the big one.
[G]
[C] Relationships.
[D] We all [G] got them.
We all [C] want them.
[D] What are we [G] doing?
Here we go, [C] I'll tell [D] you.
[G]
She said, you've got to do your fair share,
[C] not pop [D] up half [G] the rent.
[C] I [D] treat my body like [G] a temple.
[C] You treat [D] yours [G] like tent.
[C] But the right [D] word, at [G] the right time.
[C] Hey, [D] give me a [G] little hug.
[C] That's the [D] difference [G] between lightning and [C] a harmless [D] [G] lightning bug.
[C] [D] Fruitcake [G] in the kitchen.
[C] [D] Fruitcake [G] on the street.
[C] Strutting [D] naked [G] through the crosswalk in [C] the middle [G] of the week.
Half [C] baked [D] cookies [G] in the oven.
Half [C] baked people [D] [G] on the bus.
[C] This [D] is a day [G] of fruitcake, better [C] than [D] anyone.
[G]
[C] The [D] future.
[G]
Captain's log, [C] stardate [D] 2000 [G] and something.
We're [C] seven [G] years from the millennium, [C] that's [D] science [G] fiction fact.
[C] [D] Stanley Kubrick [G] and his buddy Hal [C] now don't [Dm] look that [G] abstract.
[C] So I put [D] on my Bob [G]
Marley tape [C] and practice [D] [G] what I preach.
[C] Get your [G] lost in the reggae mon [C] as I [D] walk [G] along the beach.
[Bm] [C] Saying, look [D] with my [G] inside, the beauty [C] really [D] is the [G] only way.
[C] It's [D] the jungle [G] out there, kitty.
Have a very fruitful [A] day.
Hey, [C] [D] fruitcake [G] in the kitchen.
[C] [D] Fruitcake [G] on the street.
[C] Strutting [D] naked through [G] the [D] crosswalk in [C] the middle [D] of [G] the week.
Half [C] baked [D] cookies [G] in the oven.
Half [C] baked [D] people [G] on the bus.
[C] This is [D] a day [G] of fruitcake, less [C] than [D] every one [G] of us.
That's life.
[C] [G] You too.
Yeah, those crumbs [C] are spread all [D] around this [G] universe.
I've [C] seen fruitcakes, [G] I saw this guy at Santa Monica.
Roller skating naked through the crosswalk.
Down in New Orleans, in the [C] French market, there are [G] fruitcakes like you cannot believe.
[C] New York, forget it, fruitcake city.
[C] [G] Down in Harlem, we got [C] fruitcakes.
[G] Spread them crumbs around, that's [C] right.
We want [G] them around.
[C] [G] Keep baking, keep baking.
[C] [D] [G] [C] [D] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [N]
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_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ You know, I was talking to my friend _ Desdemona the other day.
She runs a space station and bake shop down near Boomtown.
She told me that human beings are flawed individuals.
_ _ The cosmic _ bakers took us out of the [D] oven a little [G] too early.
And that's the reason we're as crazy as we are.
And I believe it.
Take, for example, when you go to the movies these days, you know, they try to sell you
this jumbo drink, eight extra ounces of watered down sherry coke for a negative 25 cents.
I don't want it.
I don't want that much organization in my life.
I don't want other people thinking for me.
I want my Junior Men.
Where did Junior Men go in the movies?
I don't want a 12 pound Nestle scrunch for $25. _
_ _ _ I want Junior Men.
_ We need more _ fruitcakes in this world.
_ _ Less bakers.
We need people that care. _
I'm glad [C] I said [D] it.
[G] And I don't want to take [C] it [D] anymore.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] Fruitcakes [G] in the kitchen.
_ _ [C] _ [D] Fruitcakes [G] on the street.
_ _ [C] Strutting [D] naked through [G] the _ crosswalk [C] in the middle of the week.
And me, [D] he's [G] in the office.
And [C] me, [D] on [G] the bus.
_ _ [C] There's [D] a _ [G] _
fruitcake left [C] in [D] every one [G] of us.
_ [C] _ [D] Paradise.
_ [G] _ _
Lockdown.
[C] _ [D] Paradise.
[G] Take a look around.
[C] I was out [D] in _ [G] California where I [D] hear they have it [Bm] all.
_ [C] They got [D] rice, [G] fire, and mudslide.
[C] They got [D] sushi and [G] maw.
_ _ [C] _ [D] Water bars.
[G] _ _
Frontissores.
[C] _ [D] Chinese [G] modern life.
_ _ [Am] _ [D] Shaking big [G] life with the quick.
[C] The secrets [D] _ [G] and the crust.
_ _ [C] _ [G] Fruitcakes in the kitchen.
_ _ [C] _ [D] Fruitcakes on [G] the street.
_ _ [C] Strutting [D] naked through [G] the crosswalk in [C] the [D] middle of [G] the week.
And [C] me, [D] he's [G] in the office.
And [C] me, [D] on [G] the bus.
_ _ [C] There's a [D] little [G] bit of fruitcake left [C] in [D] every one of [G] _
us.
_ [C] _ [D] Speaking of [G] fruitcakes, how about [G] the government?
[C] Your tax [D] dollars at [G] work. _
_ [C] We lost [D] our [G] Martian rocket ship.
[C] The high [D]-paced spokesman [G]
said,
[C] Looks like [D] that silly [G] rocket ship [C] has lost [D] its throne [G]-shaped head.
_ [C] We spent [D] 90 trillion [G]
dollars.
Time to get [D] a look [G] at Mars.
I [C] hear [D] the universe [G] collapse. _
Ringing out [D] among [G] the stars.
_ [C] _ _ [D] Escaping [G] the galaxy.
_ [C] _ [D] Fruitcakes on [G] the earth.
_ _ [C] Strutting naked [D] _ [G] towards eternity.
_ [C] We've been [D] that way [G] since birth.
And [C] me, [D] he's in [G] the office.
And [C] me, [D] on [G] the bus.
_ _ [C] _ [D] There's a little bit [G] of fruitcake left [C] in [E] every one [G] of us.
_ [D] Religion.
_ _ _ [G]
Religion.
_ [C] _ [E] Oh, there's a [G] thin line between Saturday [C] night and Sunday [D] morning.
_ [G] Here we go [C] now.
_ [D] _ [G] All right, all the boys.
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima [C] culpa.
Mea culpa, mea [G] culpa, mea maxima culpa.
_ Where's the church?
Who took the [Em] steeple?
[C] Religion's in the hands [A] of some crazy-ass people.
_ Television preachers with bad hair at Temple.
The goddarnedest truth is it's not that simple.
[C] It's the Buddhist in [A] you, [G] the pagan in me.
[C] It's the Muslim in him, she's Catholic, ain't she?
It's that born-again [D] look.
It's [G] the wife and the Jew.
[C] Tell me what's [G] going on, I ain't got no clue.
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] Ah, here [D] comes the big one.
[G] _ _
_ [C] Relationships.
[D] We all [G] got them.
We all [C] want them.
[D] What are we [G] doing? _
Here we go, [C] I'll tell [D] you.
_ [G] _ _
She said, you've got to do your fair share,
[C] not pop [D] up half [G] the rent.
_ [C] I [D] treat my body like [G] a temple.
[C] You treat [D] yours [G] like tent.
_ [C] But the right [D] word, at [G] the right time.
_ [C] Hey, [D] give me a [G] little hug.
_ [C] That's the [D] difference [G] between lightning and [C] a harmless [D] _ [G] lightning bug.
_ [C] _ [D] Fruitcake [G] in the kitchen.
_ [C] _ [D] Fruitcake [G] on the street.
_ [C] Strutting [D] naked [G] through the crosswalk in [C] the middle [G] of the week.
Half [C] baked [D] cookies [G] in the oven.
Half [C] baked people [D] _ [G] on the bus.
_ [C] This [D] is a day [G] of fruitcake, better [C] than [D] anyone.
_ [G] _ _
_ [C] The _ [D] future.
[G] _ _
Captain's log, [C] stardate [D] 2000 [G] and something.
We're [C] seven [G] years from the _ millennium, _ [C] that's [D] science [G] fiction fact.
_ _ [C] [D] Stanley Kubrick [G] and his buddy Hal [C] now don't [Dm] look that [G] abstract.
_ [C] So I put [D] on my Bob [G]
Marley tape [C] and practice [D] [G] what I preach.
_ _ [C] Get your [G] lost in the reggae mon [C] as I [D] walk [G] along the beach.
[Bm] _ [C] Saying, look [D] with my [G] inside, the beauty [C] really [D] is the [G] only way.
_ [C] It's [D] the jungle [G] out there, kitty.
_ Have a very fruitful _ [A] day.
Hey, [C] _ [D] fruitcake [G] in the kitchen.
_ _ [C] _ [D] Fruitcake [G] on the street.
_ _ [C] Strutting [D] naked through [G] the [D] crosswalk in [C] the middle [D] of [G] the week.
Half [C] baked [D] cookies [G] in the oven.
Half [C] baked [D] people [G] on the bus.
_ [C] This is [D] a day [G] of fruitcake, less [C] than [D] every one [G] of us.
That's life.
[C] _ [G] You too.
Yeah, those crumbs [C] are spread all [D] around this [G] universe. _
I've [C] seen fruitcakes, [G] I saw this guy at Santa Monica.
Roller skating naked through the crosswalk.
Down in New Orleans, in the [C] French market, there are [G] fruitcakes like you cannot believe.
_ [C] _ New York, forget it, fruitcake city.
[C] _ _ [G] Down in Harlem, we got [C] fruitcakes.
_ [G] Spread them crumbs around, that's [C] right.
We want [G] them around. _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] Keep baking, keep baking.
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ You know, I was talking to my friend _ Desdemona the other day.
She runs a space station and bake shop down near Boomtown.
She told me that human beings are flawed individuals.
_ _ The cosmic _ bakers took us out of the [D] oven a little [G] too early.
And that's the reason we're as crazy as we are.
And I believe it.
Take, for example, when you go to the movies these days, you know, they try to sell you
this jumbo drink, eight extra ounces of watered down sherry coke for a negative 25 cents.
I don't want it.
I don't want that much organization in my life.
I don't want other people thinking for me.
I want my Junior Men.
Where did Junior Men go in the movies?
I don't want a 12 pound Nestle scrunch for $25. _
_ _ _ I want Junior Men.
_ We need more _ fruitcakes in this world.
_ _ Less bakers.
We need people that care. _
I'm glad [C] I said [D] it.
[G] And I don't want to take [C] it [D] anymore.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] Fruitcakes [G] in the kitchen.
_ _ [C] _ [D] Fruitcakes [G] on the street.
_ _ [C] Strutting [D] naked through [G] the _ crosswalk [C] in the middle of the week.
And me, [D] he's [G] in the office.
And [C] me, [D] on [G] the bus.
_ _ [C] There's [D] a _ [G] _
fruitcake left [C] in [D] every one [G] of us.
_ [C] _ [D] Paradise.
_ [G] _ _
Lockdown.
[C] _ [D] Paradise.
[G] Take a look around.
[C] I was out [D] in _ [G] California where I [D] hear they have it [Bm] all.
_ [C] They got [D] rice, [G] fire, and mudslide.
[C] They got [D] sushi and [G] maw.
_ _ [C] _ [D] Water bars.
[G] _ _
Frontissores.
[C] _ [D] Chinese [G] modern life.
_ _ [Am] _ [D] Shaking big [G] life with the quick.
[C] The secrets [D] _ [G] and the crust.
_ _ [C] _ [G] Fruitcakes in the kitchen.
_ _ [C] _ [D] Fruitcakes on [G] the street.
_ _ [C] Strutting [D] naked through [G] the crosswalk in [C] the [D] middle of [G] the week.
And [C] me, [D] he's [G] in the office.
And [C] me, [D] on [G] the bus.
_ _ [C] There's a [D] little [G] bit of fruitcake left [C] in [D] every one of [G] _
us.
_ [C] _ [D] Speaking of [G] fruitcakes, how about [G] the government?
[C] Your tax [D] dollars at [G] work. _
_ [C] We lost [D] our [G] Martian rocket ship.
[C] The high [D]-paced spokesman [G]
said,
[C] Looks like [D] that silly [G] rocket ship [C] has lost [D] its throne [G]-shaped head.
_ [C] We spent [D] 90 trillion [G]
dollars.
Time to get [D] a look [G] at Mars.
I [C] hear [D] the universe [G] collapse. _
Ringing out [D] among [G] the stars.
_ [C] _ _ [D] Escaping [G] the galaxy.
_ [C] _ [D] Fruitcakes on [G] the earth.
_ _ [C] Strutting naked [D] _ [G] towards eternity.
_ [C] We've been [D] that way [G] since birth.
And [C] me, [D] he's in [G] the office.
And [C] me, [D] on [G] the bus.
_ _ [C] _ [D] There's a little bit [G] of fruitcake left [C] in [E] every one [G] of us.
_ [D] Religion.
_ _ _ [G]
Religion.
_ [C] _ [E] Oh, there's a [G] thin line between Saturday [C] night and Sunday [D] morning.
_ [G] Here we go [C] now.
_ [D] _ [G] All right, all the boys.
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima [C] culpa.
Mea culpa, mea [G] culpa, mea maxima culpa.
_ Where's the church?
Who took the [Em] steeple?
[C] Religion's in the hands [A] of some crazy-ass people.
_ Television preachers with bad hair at Temple.
The goddarnedest truth is it's not that simple.
[C] It's the Buddhist in [A] you, [G] the pagan in me.
[C] It's the Muslim in him, she's Catholic, ain't she?
It's that born-again [D] look.
It's [G] the wife and the Jew.
[C] Tell me what's [G] going on, I ain't got no clue.
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] Ah, here [D] comes the big one.
[G] _ _
_ [C] Relationships.
[D] We all [G] got them.
We all [C] want them.
[D] What are we [G] doing? _
Here we go, [C] I'll tell [D] you.
_ [G] _ _
She said, you've got to do your fair share,
[C] not pop [D] up half [G] the rent.
_ [C] I [D] treat my body like [G] a temple.
[C] You treat [D] yours [G] like tent.
_ [C] But the right [D] word, at [G] the right time.
_ [C] Hey, [D] give me a [G] little hug.
_ [C] That's the [D] difference [G] between lightning and [C] a harmless [D] _ [G] lightning bug.
_ [C] _ [D] Fruitcake [G] in the kitchen.
_ [C] _ [D] Fruitcake [G] on the street.
_ [C] Strutting [D] naked [G] through the crosswalk in [C] the middle [G] of the week.
Half [C] baked [D] cookies [G] in the oven.
Half [C] baked people [D] _ [G] on the bus.
_ [C] This [D] is a day [G] of fruitcake, better [C] than [D] anyone.
_ [G] _ _
_ [C] The _ [D] future.
[G] _ _
Captain's log, [C] stardate [D] 2000 [G] and something.
We're [C] seven [G] years from the _ millennium, _ [C] that's [D] science [G] fiction fact.
_ _ [C] [D] Stanley Kubrick [G] and his buddy Hal [C] now don't [Dm] look that [G] abstract.
_ [C] So I put [D] on my Bob [G]
Marley tape [C] and practice [D] [G] what I preach.
_ _ [C] Get your [G] lost in the reggae mon [C] as I [D] walk [G] along the beach.
[Bm] _ [C] Saying, look [D] with my [G] inside, the beauty [C] really [D] is the [G] only way.
_ [C] It's [D] the jungle [G] out there, kitty.
_ Have a very fruitful _ [A] day.
Hey, [C] _ [D] fruitcake [G] in the kitchen.
_ _ [C] _ [D] Fruitcake [G] on the street.
_ _ [C] Strutting [D] naked through [G] the [D] crosswalk in [C] the middle [D] of [G] the week.
Half [C] baked [D] cookies [G] in the oven.
Half [C] baked [D] people [G] on the bus.
_ [C] This is [D] a day [G] of fruitcake, less [C] than [D] every one [G] of us.
That's life.
[C] _ [G] You too.
Yeah, those crumbs [C] are spread all [D] around this [G] universe. _
I've [C] seen fruitcakes, [G] I saw this guy at Santa Monica.
Roller skating naked through the crosswalk.
Down in New Orleans, in the [C] French market, there are [G] fruitcakes like you cannot believe.
_ [C] _ New York, forget it, fruitcake city.
[C] _ _ [G] Down in Harlem, we got [C] fruitcakes.
_ [G] Spread them crumbs around, that's [C] right.
We want [G] them around. _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] Keep baking, keep baking.
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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