Chords for Jeffrey Lewis and the Jitters - The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane / Wait It Out - 2/29/2008

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_ _ This song is called The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ It was a night in July about 15 years ago.
Why'd I eat the acid?
I don't know.
[A] I wasn't thinking and I wasn't scared.
[E] Why'd I eat the acid?
I wasn't [B] prepared.
The last time I [E] did acid I went insane.
_ _ _ _ And I was hanging out with some friends just getting loaded
when all of a sudden my mind exploded.
[A] I had a flash that I was gay and I got paranoid.
[E] I was sitting on the floor listening to Pink Floyd.
[B] The last time [E] I did acid [F#m] I went [E] insane.
_ _ _ And [A] I was drawing crazy pictures and before I was done
[E] the picture started pulsing like an alien lung.
[A] And I said, oh my god, this has just begun.
[B] And it was 12 more [D#] hours before I was done.
And [E] we were up on the rooftop and I'll tell you the truth
I was convinced I'd already fallen off of the roof.
[A] And these weird metal things all around that space
they were teleporting me from place to place.
[B] The last time [E] I did acid I went insane. _ _ _
_ So we ran back downstairs where it was better to be
but I was trapped in spiral staircase infinity.
[A] And when we got to the door I couldn't go inside
[E] because it was the gates of heaven and I had died.
[B] The last time I [E] did acid I went insane. _ _
_ _ [A] And this kid named Grim, he punched a cat in the head.
[E] He could read my thoughts, that's what he [A] said.
And he described what it was like but I didn't [E] believe it.
[B] Like lifting a rug and seeing stars beneath [E] it. _
And _ [C] the _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ first [D] rule [F] of tripping was [D] don't be with [F] people you don't trust.
[A] The second [D] [F] rule of LSD, [D] the rooftop is not [F] a good place to be.
[A] The third rule [F] is to be prepared.
The [E] fourth rule is [F] to not get scared.
[A] The fifth rule [F] is to stay serene, [A] turn off your mind, [F] go downstream.
[A] The sixth rule is to have a [F] good friend at [A] hand.
The seventh rule I [F] hope you understand
is [A] not to look too deep [F] into your soul
[D] or you might find a [C] hideous hopeless [A] hole of hatred, [F] hunger, infinite, [A] idiot, mindless, meaningless,
[Em] _
nothingness, nothingness, nothingness, nothingness, [F] nothingness, [A] nothingness, nothingness, [F] nothingness, nothingness, nothingness, [C] nothing.
_ _ _ And that's [E] what I did.
_ _ I start saying _ [B] this consulate for the [Em] longer I say this spell of [B] melancholy
_ purely coloring one's perceptions of even the brightest spectacle of natural wonder
or of man's generosity of fellow man
or any like [E] display which might ordinarily give cheer
[A] and disallowing the warmer chambers of one's heart to open in acceptance of what tokens of good will or good fortune [E] and providence may cast one's way.
The darker recesses of the mood-shadowed mind will grasp at these bits and twist
fingers of perversity at the cap-cradle strands of these offerings
until all are transformed in one's perceptions into mockeries, cruel masquerades,
_ impetuous visions of [B] fineries serving only to taunt the mind-turned-convex for a [Em] paladin. _ _
_ _ [A] I'm gonna wait it out, wait it out, well [Bm] up in my ass _ _ _
_ [E] I'm gonna wait it out, wait it out, and not think [Bm] about _ _ _ _
_ While [C#] [Fm] it all goes [A] down outside
[Bm] I'm not gonna take a chance, I'm [E] gonna hide, hide, hide
[B] And if you [F#m] know what's good for [A]
yourself
You [Bm] stay away, stay away [E] from my special secret hideout
[A] I'm gonna wait it out, [E] wait it out, well down in [Bm] my base _ _ _
_ _ [E] I'm gonna wait it out, wait it out, till all [Bm] my money's spent _
_ _ _ [F#m] And when there's a noise, _ [A] I'll _ blockade my door
[D] And [Bm] when it gets all quiet, [E] I'm gonna wait some more
[F#m] And if you're looking for me, [A] you better start looking for a replacement
_ [Bm] You know just where I'll be, [E] I'm gonna be
Waiting down in the basement, [A] gonna wait till it all blows over
[D] And then I'm gonna wait [E] a little bit longer, [A] gonna wait till it all blows over
_ [Em] And then I'm gonna wait [E] a little bit longer, [A] gonna wait till [Bm] everyone's [E]
dead
[D] And then I'm gonna stay [Bm] inside instead, [A] I know just where [E] it's at
[D] But the only thing that I [Bm] can do is wait, _ _ do is wait
_ I'm [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ gonna wait it out, wait it out, well up [Bm] in my tree
_ _ [B] _
_ _ [A] I'm gonna wait it out, wait [E] it out, till I think [Bm] it's all over at least
_ _ _ [F#m] When all that's a piss, you're [A] gonna wish that you could climb
_ [Bm] Well up on a branch is where I'll sit
I'll [E] have nothing to do, but I'll have nothing but time
[F#m] And if you're looking for _ me, [A] you better watch your back
_ [Bm] You know just where I'll be, [E] I'm gonna be
Waiting up in the attic, [A] gonna wait _ till it all blows over
[D] And then I'm gonna wait a little bit longer, [A] gonna wait _ till it all blows over
[D] And then I'm gonna [E] wait a little bit longer, [A] gonna wait till [E] everyone's dead
_ [D] And then I'm gonna stay [Bm] inside instead, [A] I know just [E] where it's at
But [D] the only thing that I [Bm] can do is wait, _ _ _ do is wait
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _