Barenaked Ladies - Get In Line

a great song recorded for the “king of the hill” soundtrack , and later released on bnl’s
greatest hits album “disc one : all their greatest hits” . extremely simple song .

standard tuning

no capo

the chords are played as follows :
E : 022100
A : x0222
xbsus : x24400
C#m : x46654
G# : 466544
B7 : x21202

[ verse 1 ]
E
everywhere i go someone’s tryin’ to by my girlfriend’s best friend .
( E )
i try to pretend i’m relaxed , but i’m playing castanets with my knees .
A
i try to be cool and give her space but a guy’s always there ready
( A )
to jump right up and take my place .
( A )
everyone in this room seems to want to make a big fool out of me .

[ chorus ]
A Bsus
everybody open your mouth ,
A E
everybody just say “ahh” .
( E ) Bsus
everything will be alright
A
if you play along .

[ verse 2 ]
everywhere i go there’s someone in a trenchcoat staring at me .
when i’m not at home i’m sure someone’s rumaging through my trash .
whatever could they want from me?
is it just a part of a giant government conspiracy?
i gotta go see my doctor about this itchy pentagram shaped rash .

[ chorus ] ( x2 )
everybody open your mouth ,
everybody just say “ahh”
everything will be alright
this won’t hurt at all .
everybody get in line ,
everybody turn and cough ,
everything will be alright ,
if you just lay off .

[ bridge ]
C#m A E
dictate a memo to myself ,
C#m A E
try to find if i’m the only one in complete health .
C#m A E
consult contemporaries if there are some to see .
C#m A G# A
there really isn’t anyone who’s in my league
B7
but me . .

[ verse 3 ]
every night in the lane someone thinks
they’ve got to find beyond me .
i try to take three deep breaths
as i lock in on my mini – van .
everyone says i’m looking great ,
but it’s hard to stand up
let alone to try to concentrate .
i wish that everyone i knew hadn’t
sold out to the man .

[ chorus ] ( x2 )
everybody open your mouth ,
everybody just say “ahh”
everything will be alright
this won’t hurt at all .
everybody get in line ,
everybody turn and cough ,
everything will be alright ,
if you just lay . .
everything will be alright if you just lay . .
everything will be alright if you just lay off

[ end on E ]