Chords for Joey Ramone: I wanna be sedated. Unplugged.
Tempo:
104.5 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
C#
E
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Well, can I just talk a bit about it for a second?
Sure.
All right.
It's a road song, right?
I wrote it in 1977 through 78.
And that was the circa, 77 through 78.
It took that long to write this song?
Well, I'm a perfectionist, and it's going to be great.
You know what I mean?
And so Danny Fields was our first manager,
and he would work us to death.
We'd be on the road 360 days a year.
And when we got really, when we hit in England,
because we went over in England in 76, July 4th.
And it was just 20, 20, 24 hours to go.
I want to be sedated.
It was just like, it was rough.
It was great, but it was rough.
And then there's a line, and it goes,
nothing to do, nowhere to go.
I want to be sedated.
Well, where that stems from was when we were in England.
We were really big in England back in 76, right?
And we were there at Christmas time, right?
And Christmas time, London shuts down.
There's nothing to do.
There's nowhere to go.
I mean, we're in London for the first time in our lives.
And I mean, being big fans of like the Beatles,
all that stuff, the Stones, being in England
for the first time.
And me and Diddy, we were sharing a room in the hotel.
And we were watching the Guns of Navarone.
So we had nothing to do.
There was nothing.
I mean, here we are in London, finally.
And this is what we're doing, you know,
watching American movies in the hotel, you know?
All right, I'll sing it for you now.
I have to stand, because I can't sit singing.
Here we go.
20, 20, 24 hours to go.
[C#] I want to be [E] sedated.
Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
[A] I want to be [E] sedated.
Just [B] get me to the airport and put me on a plane.
Hurry, hurry, hurry, before I go insane.
I can't control my fingers, [E] can't control my brain.
Oh, [A] no, oh, oh, [B] oh, oh.
[E] 20, 20, 24 hours to go.
[A] I want to be [E] sedated.
Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
[A] I want to be sedated.
Just [B] get me to the airport and put me on a plane.
Hurry, hurry, hurry, before I go insane.
I can't control my fingers, can't control my brain.
[A] Oh, no, oh, [B] oh, oh.
Hey!
[E]
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [F#]
[E] [F#] 20, 20, 24 hours to go.
[B] I want to be [F#] sedated.
Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
[B] I want to be [F#] sedated.
[C#] Just get me to the [F#] airport and put me on a plane.
[C#] Hurry, hurry, hurry, [F#] before I go insane.
[C#] Can't control my fingers, [F#] can't control my brain.
[B] Oh, no, oh, oh, oh, [C#] oh.
[F#] 20, 20, 24 hours to go.
[B] I want to be sedated.
Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
I want to be sedated.
[C#] Just put me in a wheelchair and get me to the show.
Hurry, hurry, hurry, before I go let go.
I can't control my fingers, I can't control my [B] toes.
Oh, no, oh, [C#] oh, oh, oh.
Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, [B] bam, bam, bam.
[C#] I want to be [F#] sedated.
Bam, bam, bam, [B] bam, bam, bam, [C#] bam, bam.
I want to be [F#] sedated.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Bam, bam, bam, bam, [B] bam, bam, bam, [G#] bam.
I want to be [F#] sedated.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, [B] bam, bam.
I want to be [F#] sedated now.
[N] That was great.
Yeah, Joey.
Sure.
All right.
It's a road song, right?
I wrote it in 1977 through 78.
And that was the circa, 77 through 78.
It took that long to write this song?
Well, I'm a perfectionist, and it's going to be great.
You know what I mean?
And so Danny Fields was our first manager,
and he would work us to death.
We'd be on the road 360 days a year.
And when we got really, when we hit in England,
because we went over in England in 76, July 4th.
And it was just 20, 20, 24 hours to go.
I want to be sedated.
It was just like, it was rough.
It was great, but it was rough.
And then there's a line, and it goes,
nothing to do, nowhere to go.
I want to be sedated.
Well, where that stems from was when we were in England.
We were really big in England back in 76, right?
And we were there at Christmas time, right?
And Christmas time, London shuts down.
There's nothing to do.
There's nowhere to go.
I mean, we're in London for the first time in our lives.
And I mean, being big fans of like the Beatles,
all that stuff, the Stones, being in England
for the first time.
And me and Diddy, we were sharing a room in the hotel.
And we were watching the Guns of Navarone.
So we had nothing to do.
There was nothing.
I mean, here we are in London, finally.
And this is what we're doing, you know,
watching American movies in the hotel, you know?
All right, I'll sing it for you now.
I have to stand, because I can't sit singing.
Here we go.
20, 20, 24 hours to go.
[C#] I want to be [E] sedated.
Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
[A] I want to be [E] sedated.
Just [B] get me to the airport and put me on a plane.
Hurry, hurry, hurry, before I go insane.
I can't control my fingers, [E] can't control my brain.
Oh, [A] no, oh, oh, [B] oh, oh.
[E] 20, 20, 24 hours to go.
[A] I want to be [E] sedated.
Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
[A] I want to be sedated.
Just [B] get me to the airport and put me on a plane.
Hurry, hurry, hurry, before I go insane.
I can't control my fingers, can't control my brain.
[A] Oh, no, oh, [B] oh, oh.
Hey!
[E]
[A] [B] [E]
[A] [F#]
[E] [F#] 20, 20, 24 hours to go.
[B] I want to be [F#] sedated.
Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
[B] I want to be [F#] sedated.
[C#] Just get me to the [F#] airport and put me on a plane.
[C#] Hurry, hurry, hurry, [F#] before I go insane.
[C#] Can't control my fingers, [F#] can't control my brain.
[B] Oh, no, oh, oh, oh, [C#] oh.
[F#] 20, 20, 24 hours to go.
[B] I want to be sedated.
Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
I want to be sedated.
[C#] Just put me in a wheelchair and get me to the show.
Hurry, hurry, hurry, before I go let go.
I can't control my fingers, I can't control my [B] toes.
Oh, no, oh, [C#] oh, oh, oh.
Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, [B] bam, bam, bam.
[C#] I want to be [F#] sedated.
Bam, bam, bam, [B] bam, bam, bam, [C#] bam, bam.
I want to be [F#] sedated.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Bam, bam, bam, bam, [B] bam, bam, bam, [G#] bam.
I want to be [F#] sedated.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, [B] bam, bam.
I want to be [F#] sedated now.
[N] That was great.
Yeah, Joey.
Key:
B
F#
C#
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A
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F#
C#
_ _ _ Well, can I just talk a bit about it for a second?
Sure.
All right.
It's a road song, right?
I wrote it in 1977 _ through 78.
And that was the circa, 77 through 78.
It took that long to write this song?
Well, I'm a perfectionist, and it's going to be great.
You know what I mean? _ _
And so Danny Fields was our first manager,
and he would work us to death.
We'd be on the road 360 days a year.
And when we got really, when we hit in England,
because we went over in England in 76, July 4th.
And it _ was just 20, 20, 24 hours to go.
I want to be sedated.
It was just like, it was rough.
It was great, but it was rough.
And then there's a line, and it goes,
_ _ _ nothing to do, nowhere to go.
I want to be sedated.
Well, where that stems from was when we were in England.
We were really big in England back in 76, right?
And we were there at Christmas time, right?
And Christmas time, London shuts down.
There's nothing to do.
There's nowhere to go.
I mean, we're in London for the first time in our lives.
And I mean, being big fans of like the Beatles,
all that stuff, the Stones, being in England
for the first time.
And me and Diddy, we were sharing a room in the hotel.
And we were watching the Guns of Navarone.
So we had nothing to do.
There was nothing.
I mean, here we are in London, finally.
And this is what we're doing, you know,
watching American movies in the hotel, you know?
_ _ All right, I'll sing it for you now.
I have to stand, because I can't sit singing.
Here we go.
20, 20, 24 hours to go.
[C#] I want to be [E] sedated. _
Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
[A] I want to be [E] sedated.
Just [B] get me to the airport and put me on a plane.
Hurry, hurry, hurry, before I go insane.
I can't control my fingers, [E] can't control my brain.
Oh, [A] no, oh, oh, [B] oh, oh. _
[E] _ _ _ _ 20, 20, 24 hours to go.
[A] I want to be [E] sedated.
Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
[A] I want to be sedated.
Just [B] get me to the airport and put me on a plane.
Hurry, hurry, hurry, before I go insane.
I can't control my fingers, can't control my brain.
[A] Oh, no, oh, [B] oh, oh.
Hey!
[E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#] 20, 20, 24 hours to go.
[B] I want to be [F#] sedated. _
Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
[B] I want to be [F#] sedated.
[C#] Just get me to the [F#] airport and put me on a plane.
[C#] Hurry, hurry, hurry, [F#] before I go insane.
[C#] Can't control my fingers, [F#] can't control my brain.
[B] Oh, no, oh, oh, oh, [C#] oh. _
[F#] _ _ _ _ 20, 20, 24 hours to go.
[B] I want to be sedated.
Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
I want to be sedated.
[C#] Just put me in a wheelchair and get me to the show.
Hurry, hurry, hurry, before I go let go.
I can't control my fingers, I can't control my [B] toes.
Oh, no, oh, [C#] oh, oh, oh.
Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, [B] bam, bam, bam.
[C#] I want to be [F#] sedated.
Bam, bam, bam, [B] bam, bam, bam, [C#] bam, bam.
I want to be [F#] sedated.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Bam, bam, bam, bam, [B] bam, bam, bam, [G#] bam.
I want to be [F#] sedated.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, [B] bam, bam.
I want to be [F#] sedated now. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] That was great.
Yeah, Joey. _
Sure.
All right.
It's a road song, right?
I wrote it in 1977 _ through 78.
And that was the circa, 77 through 78.
It took that long to write this song?
Well, I'm a perfectionist, and it's going to be great.
You know what I mean? _ _
And so Danny Fields was our first manager,
and he would work us to death.
We'd be on the road 360 days a year.
And when we got really, when we hit in England,
because we went over in England in 76, July 4th.
And it _ was just 20, 20, 24 hours to go.
I want to be sedated.
It was just like, it was rough.
It was great, but it was rough.
And then there's a line, and it goes,
_ _ _ nothing to do, nowhere to go.
I want to be sedated.
Well, where that stems from was when we were in England.
We were really big in England back in 76, right?
And we were there at Christmas time, right?
And Christmas time, London shuts down.
There's nothing to do.
There's nowhere to go.
I mean, we're in London for the first time in our lives.
And I mean, being big fans of like the Beatles,
all that stuff, the Stones, being in England
for the first time.
And me and Diddy, we were sharing a room in the hotel.
And we were watching the Guns of Navarone.
So we had nothing to do.
There was nothing.
I mean, here we are in London, finally.
And this is what we're doing, you know,
watching American movies in the hotel, you know?
_ _ All right, I'll sing it for you now.
I have to stand, because I can't sit singing.
Here we go.
20, 20, 24 hours to go.
[C#] I want to be [E] sedated. _
Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
[A] I want to be [E] sedated.
Just [B] get me to the airport and put me on a plane.
Hurry, hurry, hurry, before I go insane.
I can't control my fingers, [E] can't control my brain.
Oh, [A] no, oh, oh, [B] oh, oh. _
[E] _ _ _ _ 20, 20, 24 hours to go.
[A] I want to be [E] sedated.
Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
[A] I want to be sedated.
Just [B] get me to the airport and put me on a plane.
Hurry, hurry, hurry, before I go insane.
I can't control my fingers, can't control my brain.
[A] Oh, no, oh, [B] oh, oh.
Hey!
[E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#] 20, 20, 24 hours to go.
[B] I want to be [F#] sedated. _
Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
[B] I want to be [F#] sedated.
[C#] Just get me to the [F#] airport and put me on a plane.
[C#] Hurry, hurry, hurry, [F#] before I go insane.
[C#] Can't control my fingers, [F#] can't control my brain.
[B] Oh, no, oh, oh, oh, [C#] oh. _
[F#] _ _ _ _ 20, 20, 24 hours to go.
[B] I want to be sedated.
Nothing to do, nowhere to go.
I want to be sedated.
[C#] Just put me in a wheelchair and get me to the show.
Hurry, hurry, hurry, before I go let go.
I can't control my fingers, I can't control my [B] toes.
Oh, no, oh, [C#] oh, oh, oh.
Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, [B] bam, bam, bam.
[C#] I want to be [F#] sedated.
Bam, bam, bam, [B] bam, bam, bam, [C#] bam, bam.
I want to be [F#] sedated.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Bam, bam, bam, bam, [B] bam, bam, bam, [G#] bam.
I want to be [F#] sedated.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, [B] bam, bam.
I want to be [F#] sedated now. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] That was great.
Yeah, Joey. _