Chords for Jim Post's "Brain Damage" (cover) Gary Hall LIVE @ The Barking Spider Tavern
Tempo:
98.5 bpm
Chords used:
C
Dm
Am
G
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
Back in the 1960s.
over and over [G] that LSD was gonna give me [C]
[F] brain damage
Turn my brain [C] in the mud.
[G] in your face, I
[Dm] I took my place
[E] against the [Dm] war
[G] crazy.
over and over [G] that LSD was gonna give me [C]
[F] brain damage
Turn my brain [C] in the mud.
[G] in your face, I
[Dm] I took my place
[E] against the [Dm] war
[G] crazy.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Back in the _ 1960s.
He told me over and over [G] that LSD was gonna give me [C]
[F] brain damage
[C] _ brain damage
_ [F]
Turn my brain [C] in the mud.
_ _ [N] I
laughed [G] in your face, I
Was a [Am] national disgrace
As [Dm] I took my place
In [Em] the protest march
[E] against the [Dm] war
Don't listen to [C] me.
I'm [G] crazy.
You see I
[Am] Should see a shrink _
[Dm] I'm missing a link
[E] My brains all the [Em] blame
I'm [F] suffer from brain damage
_ [C] _ Drain [F] damage
[C] _ Taking that LSD
_ _ [Am]
Or maybe my brain damage was caused by [D] the DDT
[E] They [Am] sprayed it on the cattle feeding on [Dm] the apples in the trees
And the [Em] DDT was like a [D] shotgun
pointed to the sky
[E]
Birds were falling like broken leaves [D] and even the Eagles died and I stood [C] there and cried
But don't [G] listen to me
I'm crazy.
You [Am] see I
Should see a [Dm] shrink.
[Em] I'm missing a link
I'm suffer from brain [F] damage
[C] _ _
Brain damage
[G] Taking that [C] LSD _ _
[Am] Or maybe my brain [D] damage is just a product of the modern times
[Em] All [Am] that red dye number two put too much [Dm] color in my mind [E] and the preservatives in my food
Well when [D] they lay my body away
[E]
They can dig [Bm] me up at 10 [D],000 years and be as fresh as a newborn [Dm] baby or a white loaf [C] of bread
_ [G] I'm probably safe or dead.
I
Got rocks [Am] in my head
They [D] may be better [Dm] let
_ [Em] like somebody said
I'm suffer [C] from brain _ _
Drain
_ [G] Taking that [C] LSD _
_ _ [Am] They said LSD would _ _
_ Space me [Em] out make [Dm] me responsible
And [Am] every April 15th when I've been on my income tax check.
I [Dm] wonder what I'm paying for
_ [E] _
Some new chemical pollution to fill a [Dm] radiated sky
[Em] Deadly weapons to kill the young people leave [Dm] the family's home to cry and I asked [G] myself.
Why do I [C] pay this tax?
[G] Of course, I know why I pay this tax because if I didn't they drag me into court and [Am] demand I
_ Demand I pay up [Dm] but I could always get myself a very [E] intelligent lawyer to [Em] point out the fact of my mental disabilities
And the man they leave me alone
Cuz I'm suffer [F] from brain
[F] _ _ [C] Drain
[F] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ That was _ a _ _ song I quit playing a long time ago, but tonight we have revived it that was in Martin's honor
He loved that song
He was an old hippie that was out protesting the wars while I was in Vietnam patching up the people
_ Back in the _ 1960s.
He told me over and over [G] that LSD was gonna give me [C]
[F] brain damage
[C] _ brain damage
_ [F]
Turn my brain [C] in the mud.
_ _ [N] I
laughed [G] in your face, I
Was a [Am] national disgrace
As [Dm] I took my place
In [Em] the protest march
[E] against the [Dm] war
Don't listen to [C] me.
I'm [G] crazy.
You see I
[Am] Should see a shrink _
[Dm] I'm missing a link
[E] My brains all the [Em] blame
I'm [F] suffer from brain damage
_ [C] _ Drain [F] damage
[C] _ Taking that LSD
_ _ [Am]
Or maybe my brain damage was caused by [D] the DDT
[E] They [Am] sprayed it on the cattle feeding on [Dm] the apples in the trees
And the [Em] DDT was like a [D] shotgun
pointed to the sky
[E]
Birds were falling like broken leaves [D] and even the Eagles died and I stood [C] there and cried
But don't [G] listen to me
I'm crazy.
You [Am] see I
Should see a [Dm] shrink.
[Em] I'm missing a link
I'm suffer from brain [F] damage
[C] _ _
Brain damage
[G] Taking that [C] LSD _ _
[Am] Or maybe my brain [D] damage is just a product of the modern times
[Em] All [Am] that red dye number two put too much [Dm] color in my mind [E] and the preservatives in my food
Well when [D] they lay my body away
[E]
They can dig [Bm] me up at 10 [D],000 years and be as fresh as a newborn [Dm] baby or a white loaf [C] of bread
_ [G] I'm probably safe or dead.
I
Got rocks [Am] in my head
They [D] may be better [Dm] let
_ [Em] like somebody said
I'm suffer [C] from brain _ _
Drain
_ [G] Taking that [C] LSD _
_ _ [Am] They said LSD would _ _
_ Space me [Em] out make [Dm] me responsible
And [Am] every April 15th when I've been on my income tax check.
I [Dm] wonder what I'm paying for
_ [E] _
Some new chemical pollution to fill a [Dm] radiated sky
[Em] Deadly weapons to kill the young people leave [Dm] the family's home to cry and I asked [G] myself.
Why do I [C] pay this tax?
[G] Of course, I know why I pay this tax because if I didn't they drag me into court and [Am] demand I
_ Demand I pay up [Dm] but I could always get myself a very [E] intelligent lawyer to [Em] point out the fact of my mental disabilities
And the man they leave me alone
Cuz I'm suffer [F] from brain
[F] _ _ [C] Drain
[F] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ That was _ a _ _ song I quit playing a long time ago, but tonight we have revived it that was in Martin's honor
He loved that song
He was an old hippie that was out protesting the wars while I was in Vietnam patching up the people