Chords for Jonathan Richman on The Cutting Edge

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_ _ _ We're really lucky tonight, because we have Jonathan Richman and his Modern Lovers on our show. _
First question they've asked me is, do I like rock videos?
Not on your life.
_ _ What would make a good rock video?
Feeling.
_ _ Hello everyone, Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers here.
We're going to do something called Corner Store.
A one, a two, a one, a two. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I walked [A] past just _ [E] yesterday, and I could not bear that room all any longer.
I don't expect everyone [A] to see it my [B] way, but they don't know the trees that were there [Abm] before.
And I want [B] them to put [Gbm] back that [E] corner store.
_ I _ _ _ _ _ walked [A] past just [E] like I said, and I felt the hurt [A] that did not go [E]
on.
I don't expect everyone to see it [B] my way, [A] but they [B] don't know [Dbm] the trees [Abm] I know.
And [A] I want [B] them to put [Gbm] back [E] that corner store.
I would like to say that shows are always fun, but that is not true.
Sometimes I don't like [B] the way a lot of the people in my audiences are taking my songs.
And you know why?
It's because they don't have enough, _ I wouldn't say they don't have enough feeling,
but they're just trying to hide their feeling, and that's a dead audience.
And so they nervously laugh.
I'm the kind of performer who, when people first see the show, a lot of times they laugh like,
_ because they're looking to, before they applaud, they're looking to see what the other folks are going to do,
and whether it's cool to applaud.
And when I have an audience full of people like that, no, shows aren't always fun.
So, in order for me to have fun, I always like playing with the band on stage,
but for me to really have a good time, people can't be afraid to let their feelings show.
I [A] walked past once, one last time. _ _
But I wish the world on the [E] place I start.
That _ _ _ wasn't good.
I _ don't expect [A] everyone to feel it [B] like I'm, [E] but I spot a trend [Dbm] that has got to [Abm] start.
[A] And I want [B] them to put back [Gbm] that [E] cornerstone.
They would like to ask how I write songs.
Take Cruddy Little Chewing Gum Rapper.
There was actually Cruddy Little Chewing Gum Rapper right there on the park.
And I, you know, here's how the song goes.
Cruddy Little Chewing Gum Rapper that I saw on a walk.
I did.
I saw the faded green, which it was true, it was faded green.
And I could hardly talk.
That was, I was just hypnotized.
Cruddy Little Chewing Gum Rapper, my heart would not let go.
It was caught by the colors that my eyes like.
So, it was simply true.
And I love the little colors, that's true.
Like what end up at the dump, and they do.
My heart go bumpity, bumpity, bumpity, bump.
So, that's why it's easy for me to write songs.
I just make up stuff that already [C] happened.
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_ [Bb] I've turned the whole [C] store upside down.
And they [F] don't got rangla.
So, let's go.
My jeans, they are [Bb] a trend.
Oh, [F] my jeans, they are great.
Very bad.
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] Why not Levi's?
Why not Levi's?
[Gb] Because they never seem to fit me, no matter what the size.
Why not [Dm] Levi's?
Why not [A] Levi's?
Look, the bum doesn't fit, nor the hips, nor the thighs.
My [F] jeans, they [Bb] are a trend.
Oh, [F] my jeans, they [Bb] are great.
[F] Very bad.
_ [C] _ _ I'm [B] the kind of entertainer that I hear the word naive and innocent written.
Well, there's nothing really that naive about me.
I know that we're bombing the hell out of Latin America right now.
Maybe not our own people, but the United States is certainly helping.
I don't pretend to be naive.
I know other things that are going on, and things that are going on in the music industry.
I'm naive about some things.
For example, I'm naive about how many drugs most people take.
It still staggers me.
You mean that person was on it too?
You mean that person I was just talking to?
But you wouldn't call me naive.
You wouldn't call my songs_
I mean, I read things like attempts to be very simple.
Well, simple enough so that they can be remembered easily.
But, no, I'm not understood that well by the press, I think, because they try and complicate it too much.
[Gm] All you've got to do with this stuff, folks, is like it or not like it.
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_ _ _ _ I like it like that.
I'm [Em] not a pro.
I'm not a pro.
In fact, I barely even move compared to certain guys you [D] know.
And if the [Am] music isn't right that day, what _ [E] _ _ has anything to [Gb] say?
But they're all in [Am] my trance.
[Em] Where are they?
[G] Oh yeah, the way I [Em] move myself [E] around.
But they're [Bm] all in [Am] my trance.
Where [Em] are they?
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