What Do You Want From Life Chords by The Tubes

Tempo:
101.5 bpm
Chords used:

G#

F#

C#m

A

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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What do you want from life? (The Tubes) chords
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[C] [G]
[G#] [Cm] What do you want from life?
[F] [G#] To kidnap an heiress?
[G] Or threaten her with a knife?
[Cm] What do you want from life?
[G#] To get cable TV [G] and watch it every [C] night?
There you sit a lump [Am] in your [F] chair.
Where do you sleep [G#] at?
What do you wear when [C] you're [G] sleeping?
[Cm] What do you [F] want from life?
[G#] An Indian guru [G] to show you the inner light?
[Cm] What do you want from [F] life?
[G#] A meaningless love affair [G] with a girl that [G#] you met [A#] tonight?
How can you tell when [F] you're doing alright?
[C] Does your bank account swell [G] while you're dreaming at night?
[F] [A#] How do you know [F] when you're really in love?
[C] Do violins play [F#] when you're touching [D#m] the one that you love?
[G#]
[A] [F#]
[G#] [A] [C#m] What do you [F#] want from life?
[A] To find the love [G#] and somebody you can [C#m] trust?
What do you [F#] want from life?
[A] To try and be happy [G#] while you do the nasty [A] things you [C#] must?
[Fm]
[F#] [C#] [G#m] [G] [C#m]
[N] [C#] [F#]
[C#] [G#] [E]
[C] [C#m]
[A] [G#m]
[A]
[C#m]
[G#]
[C#m] What do you want from life?
[F#] [D#] What do you want [A] from life?
[G#] [C#m]
What do you want from life?
[F#] [A]
What do you want [G#] from life?
What do you want from [C#m]
life?
Well you can't have [F#] that, but if you're an American citizen, you are [D#] entitled to a heated, cutesy-shaped pool, [G#] a microwave oven,
don't watch the food cook, [C#m] a diner gym, I'll personally demonstrate it in the privacy [F#] of your own home,
a king-size, [F#m] titanic, unsinkable, molly brown waterbed with [G#] polypendum, a pool, a blue-plane, and a [C#m] hotel alibi,
real simulated Indian jewelry, [F#] a Gucci shoe tree, a [D#] year's supply of antibiotics, a [C#] personally [G#] autographed picture of Randy Manthews,
and Bob [C#m] Dylan's new unlisted phone number, a beautifully [F#] restored Third Reich swizzle stick, [A] Rosemary's Baby,
a dream date in knee [G#] pads with Paul Williams, a new [C#m] Matador, a new Mastodon, a Mustang, [F#] a Montego, a Merch Montclair,
[A]
a Meteor, a Mercedes, an [G#] MG, or a Malibu, a Mortgoriarchy, a [C#m] Maserati, a Mac, a Mazda, a [F#] new Monza, or a Moped,
a [F#m] Winnebago, a Hello, Hello, Winnebago, [G#] a Las Vegas wedding, a Mexican divorce, [C] a solid gold Kamasutra coffee [A] pot, or a baby's arm holding [N] an apple.
Key:  
G#
134211114
F#
134211112
C#m
13421114
A
1231
G
2131
G#
134211114
F#
134211112
C#m
13421114
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To learn The Tubes - What Do You Want From Life chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - G#, C#m, F#, A, G#, G, Cm and F. Ease into the song by practicing at 50 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 102 BPM. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: C# Minor.

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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [G#] _ [Cm] _ _ What do you want from life?
_ [F] _ [G#] To kidnap an heiress?
[G] Or threaten her with a knife?
_ [Cm] _ What do you want from life?
_ [G#] To get cable TV [G] and watch it every [C] night?
_ There you sit a lump [Am] in your [F] chair.
Where do you sleep [G#] at?
What do you wear when [C] you're [G] sleeping?
_ [Cm] _ What do you [F] want from life?
_ [G#] An Indian guru [G] to show you the inner light?
[Cm] _ _ What do you want from [F] life?
_ _ [G#] A meaningless love affair [G] with a girl that [G#] you met [A#] tonight?
How can you tell when [F] you're doing alright?
[C] Does your bank account swell [G] while you're dreaming at night?
[F] [A#] How do you know [F] when you're really in love?
[C] Do violins play [F#] when you're touching [D#m] the one that you love?
[G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [G#] _ [A] _ [C#m] _ What do you [F#] want from life?
_ [A] To find the love [G#] and somebody you can [C#m] trust?
_ What do you [F#] want from life?
_ [A] To try and be happy [G#] while you do the nasty [A] things you [C#] must?
_ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ [G#m] _ [G] _ [C#m] _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [F#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [C] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] What do you want from life?
[F#] _ _ _ [D#] What do you want [A] from life?
[G#] _ _ _ _ [C#m]
What do you want from life?
[F#] _ _ _ _ [A]
What do you want [G#] from life?
What do you want from [C#m] _
life?
Well you can't have [F#] that, but if you're an American citizen, you are [D#] entitled to a heated, cutesy-shaped pool, [G#] a microwave oven,
don't watch the food cook, [C#m] a diner gym, I'll personally demonstrate it in the privacy [F#] of your own home,
a king-size, [F#m] titanic, unsinkable, molly brown waterbed with [G#] polypendum, a pool, a blue-plane, and a [C#m] hotel alibi,
real simulated Indian jewelry, [F#] a Gucci shoe tree, a [D#] year's supply of antibiotics, a [C#] personally [G#] autographed picture of Randy Manthews,
and Bob [C#m] Dylan's new unlisted phone number, a beautifully [F#] restored Third Reich swizzle stick, [A] Rosemary's Baby,
a dream date in knee [G#] pads with Paul Williams, a new [C#m] Matador, a new Mastodon, a Mustang, [F#] a Montego, a Merch Montclair,
[A]
a Meteor, a Mercedes, an [G#] MG, or a Malibu, a Mortgoriarchy, a [C#m] Maserati, a Mac, a Mazda, a [F#] new Monza, or a Moped,
a [F#m] Winnebago, a Hello, Hello, Winnebago, _ _ [G#] a Las Vegas wedding, a Mexican divorce, [C] a solid gold Kamasutra coffee [A] pot, or a baby's arm holding [N] an apple.

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