Chords for ROOT! on Spicks and Specks - only the ROOT! bits - I Wish I Was Tex Perkins
Tempo:
103.75 bpm
Chords used:
A
B
E
D
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N] Teams have to buzz in and identify the tunes being performed live in the studio.
Tonight, your songs are being played by Garage Punk Poets, Root!
Yay!
Song one, please.
[G#] I wish I was Bono,
[A] except for the bit where everyone wants [G#] to slap me.
[C#m] I wish I was Harris [G#] Hilton,
except [E] pretty, intelligent,
[F#]
and [G#] there was a point to [E] be here.
[G#] [C#] I wish I was Percy Quick [G#]-Grip Shelley here.
[E] Oh!
[C#] [N] And Britney Spears' song, How I'm Lost,
that's supposed to know that one.
Hit me, baby, one more time.
Yes, it is quite a job.
Britney Spears.
Next song, [Fm] please.
I wish I was [C] a bird flying up
[D] and then down, down, [G] to poo
on the windscreen of Nelly [C] Furtado's house.
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
Finally, Da Da Da.
It's Da Da Da.
[G#] [D] Final song, [Am] please, Root.
[E] I wish I [F#m] was Huck Finn, not [A] Huck Tooey.
[D] I wish I was Quick-Draw [C#m] McGraw, not [Bm]
Abba Louie.
[A] I wish I was [C#m] the Shire of [F#] Aram,
not the [A] Shire of Also [D]-Ram.
I wish I was [A] Superman, [B] not [Em] Supercilious.
[A] [C#m] [F#m]
[Am] [N] She's a rich girl.
Yes, rich girl.
Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Root.
The winner of that round is Miff Dennis Cullen on five points,
Alan Donna Scott in front, eight points.
We leave you tonight with a live performance from Root
as they play an original song entitled I Wish I Was Tex Perkins.
Thanks for watching Spix and Spex.
My name's Adam Hills.
Good night, Australia.
[A]
[B] [A] [B]
I wish I was Tex Perkins.
He's a killer [F#m] with the ladies.
[B] He's [F#m] every sun-kissed Aussie [B] girl's favourite kind of shady,
[F#m] lascivious, oblivious.
[B] In his gasoline-stained Dax,
he [A] waits to meet your daughter on the wrong [F#m] side of the tracks.
[B] He's every high-flying businesswoman's idea of rough trade.
Even brainy feminists queue up to be enslaved.
He flings [A] his tradesman's ladder up to your [C#] wife's balustrade.
He goes on like that endless [B] road, he just keeps getting laid.
No meet-and-greet in suburbia for this man, if you please.
He's Tex Perkins.
[G]
He eats roots and [D] leaves.
[Dm]
[E] [D] [Bm] [D]
He's so [E] hot.
[A] Who don't [B] want some [E] breads?
And [A] the ladies [B] sure connect.
[E] [A] Tex [B] Perkins.
I [E] wish I was [B] Tex Perkins.
[Bm] [A]
Tonight, your songs are being played by Garage Punk Poets, Root!
Yay!
Song one, please.
[G#] I wish I was Bono,
[A] except for the bit where everyone wants [G#] to slap me.
[C#m] I wish I was Harris [G#] Hilton,
except [E] pretty, intelligent,
[F#]
and [G#] there was a point to [E] be here.
[G#] [C#] I wish I was Percy Quick [G#]-Grip Shelley here.
[E] Oh!
[C#] [N] And Britney Spears' song, How I'm Lost,
that's supposed to know that one.
Hit me, baby, one more time.
Yes, it is quite a job.
Britney Spears.
Next song, [Fm] please.
I wish I was [C] a bird flying up
[D] and then down, down, [G] to poo
on the windscreen of Nelly [C] Furtado's house.
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
Finally, Da Da Da.
It's Da Da Da.
[G#] [D] Final song, [Am] please, Root.
[E] I wish I [F#m] was Huck Finn, not [A] Huck Tooey.
[D] I wish I was Quick-Draw [C#m] McGraw, not [Bm]
Abba Louie.
[A] I wish I was [C#m] the Shire of [F#] Aram,
not the [A] Shire of Also [D]-Ram.
I wish I was [A] Superman, [B] not [Em] Supercilious.
[A] [C#m] [F#m]
[Am] [N] She's a rich girl.
Yes, rich girl.
Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Root.
The winner of that round is Miff Dennis Cullen on five points,
Alan Donna Scott in front, eight points.
We leave you tonight with a live performance from Root
as they play an original song entitled I Wish I Was Tex Perkins.
Thanks for watching Spix and Spex.
My name's Adam Hills.
Good night, Australia.
[A]
[B] [A] [B]
I wish I was Tex Perkins.
He's a killer [F#m] with the ladies.
[B] He's [F#m] every sun-kissed Aussie [B] girl's favourite kind of shady,
[F#m] lascivious, oblivious.
[B] In his gasoline-stained Dax,
he [A] waits to meet your daughter on the wrong [F#m] side of the tracks.
[B] He's every high-flying businesswoman's idea of rough trade.
Even brainy feminists queue up to be enslaved.
He flings [A] his tradesman's ladder up to your [C#] wife's balustrade.
He goes on like that endless [B] road, he just keeps getting laid.
No meet-and-greet in suburbia for this man, if you please.
He's Tex Perkins.
[G]
He eats roots and [D] leaves.
[Dm]
[E] [D] [Bm] [D]
He's so [E] hot.
[A] Who don't [B] want some [E] breads?
And [A] the ladies [B] sure connect.
[E] [A] Tex [B] Perkins.
I [E] wish I was [B] Tex Perkins.
[Bm] [A]
Key:
A
B
E
D
G#
A
B
E
_ _ _ [N] Teams have to buzz in and identify the tunes being performed live in the studio.
Tonight, your songs are being played by Garage Punk Poets, Root!
Yay! _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Song one, please.
_ _ [G#] I wish I was Bono,
[A] except for the bit where everyone wants [G#] to slap me.
[C#m] _ I wish I was Harris [G#] Hilton,
except [E] pretty, intelligent,
[F#]
and [G#] there was a point to [E] be here. _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ [C#] _ I wish I was Percy Quick [G#]-Grip Shelley here.
_ [E] Oh! _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [N] And Britney Spears' song, How I'm Lost,
that's supposed to know that one.
Hit me, baby, one more time.
Yes, it is quite a job.
_ _ _ _ _ Britney Spears.
_ _ Next song, [Fm] please.
_ I wish I was [C] a bird flying _ up _
[D] _ _ and then _ _ _ _ down, _ down, [G] to poo
_ _ on the windscreen of Nelly [C] Furtado's house. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Finally, Da Da Da.
It's Da Da Da. _ _
[G#] _ _ [D] _ Final song, [Am] please, Root.
_ _ [E] I wish I [F#m] was Huck Finn, not [A] Huck Tooey.
[D] I wish I was Quick-Draw [C#m] McGraw, not [Bm]
Abba Louie.
_ _ _ [A] I wish I was [C#m] the Shire of [F#] Aram,
not the [A] Shire of Also [D]-Ram.
I wish I was [A] Superman, [B] not _ _ [Em] Supercilious.
[A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [N] _ She's a rich girl.
Yes, rich girl. _ _ _ _ _
Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Root. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The winner of that round is Miff Dennis Cullen on five points,
Alan Donna Scott in front, eight points. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ We leave you tonight with a live performance from Root
as they play an original song entitled I Wish I Was Tex Perkins.
Thanks for watching Spix and Spex.
My name's Adam Hills.
Good night, Australia.
_ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _
I wish I was Tex Perkins.
He's a killer [F#m] with the ladies.
[B] He's [F#m] every sun-kissed Aussie [B] girl's favourite kind of shady,
[F#m] lascivious, oblivious.
[B] In his gasoline-stained Dax,
he [A] waits to meet your daughter on the wrong [F#m] side of the tracks.
[B] He's every high-flying businesswoman's idea of rough trade.
Even brainy feminists queue up to be enslaved.
He flings [A] his tradesman's ladder up to your [C#] wife's balustrade.
He goes on like that endless [B] road, he just keeps getting laid.
No meet-and-greet in suburbia for this man, if you please.
He's Tex Perkins.
[G]
He eats roots and [D] leaves.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _
He's so [E] hot.
_ [A] Who don't [B] want some [E] breads?
And [A] the ladies [B] sure connect.
[E] _ _ [A] Tex [B] _ Perkins.
I [E] wish I was [B] Tex Perkins.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
Tonight, your songs are being played by Garage Punk Poets, Root!
Yay! _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Song one, please.
_ _ [G#] I wish I was Bono,
[A] except for the bit where everyone wants [G#] to slap me.
[C#m] _ I wish I was Harris [G#] Hilton,
except [E] pretty, intelligent,
[F#]
and [G#] there was a point to [E] be here. _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ [C#] _ I wish I was Percy Quick [G#]-Grip Shelley here.
_ [E] Oh! _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [N] And Britney Spears' song, How I'm Lost,
that's supposed to know that one.
Hit me, baby, one more time.
Yes, it is quite a job.
_ _ _ _ _ Britney Spears.
_ _ Next song, [Fm] please.
_ I wish I was [C] a bird flying _ up _
[D] _ _ and then _ _ _ _ down, _ down, [G] to poo
_ _ on the windscreen of Nelly [C] Furtado's house. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Finally, Da Da Da.
It's Da Da Da. _ _
[G#] _ _ [D] _ Final song, [Am] please, Root.
_ _ [E] I wish I [F#m] was Huck Finn, not [A] Huck Tooey.
[D] I wish I was Quick-Draw [C#m] McGraw, not [Bm]
Abba Louie.
_ _ _ [A] I wish I was [C#m] the Shire of [F#] Aram,
not the [A] Shire of Also [D]-Ram.
I wish I was [A] Superman, [B] not _ _ [Em] Supercilious.
[A] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [N] _ She's a rich girl.
Yes, rich girl. _ _ _ _ _
Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Root. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The winner of that round is Miff Dennis Cullen on five points,
Alan Donna Scott in front, eight points. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ We leave you tonight with a live performance from Root
as they play an original song entitled I Wish I Was Tex Perkins.
Thanks for watching Spix and Spex.
My name's Adam Hills.
Good night, Australia.
_ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _
I wish I was Tex Perkins.
He's a killer [F#m] with the ladies.
[B] He's [F#m] every sun-kissed Aussie [B] girl's favourite kind of shady,
[F#m] lascivious, oblivious.
[B] In his gasoline-stained Dax,
he [A] waits to meet your daughter on the wrong [F#m] side of the tracks.
[B] He's every high-flying businesswoman's idea of rough trade.
Even brainy feminists queue up to be enslaved.
He flings [A] his tradesman's ladder up to your [C#] wife's balustrade.
He goes on like that endless [B] road, he just keeps getting laid.
No meet-and-greet in suburbia for this man, if you please.
He's Tex Perkins.
[G]
He eats roots and [D] leaves.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _
He's so [E] hot.
_ [A] Who don't [B] want some [E] breads?
And [A] the ladies [B] sure connect.
[E] _ _ [A] Tex [B] _ Perkins.
I [E] wish I was [B] Tex Perkins.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _