Jets To Brazil - Rocket Boy

jets to brazil
rocket boy
perfecting loneliness
2002 jade tree records
submitted by : jeremyunderground41@yahoo . com

key : C

tuning : standard eadgbe

chords used :
C – x32010
G – 320003
F – 133211
Fm – 133111
Dm – xx0231
G# – 466544
Am – x02210
C/E – 032

xxxintro : C – – F – – x4

verse 1 :
C Dm F C
headlights and red eyes
C Dm F
a warm beer between your
C C Dm
thighs mess of pills
F C C
hollywood hills the
Dm F
red lights read
C
me my rights

chorus 1 :
F C
going in a circle getting
G F
tighter every turn
F
think you’re getting
C
better but you’re
G F
never quite sure
F C
say it’s all ahead of
G ( hold )
you how far can you
F Fm
see? you’re
C F C F
living on your knees

verse 2 :
C Dm
driver please
F C
find your feet
C Dm
the light’s green
F
but you spaced the
C C
keys you’re going
Dm F
fast but it won’t
C C
last you’re all
Dm F C
speed and no gas

chorus 2 :
F C
going in a circle never
G F
getting to the point
F C
burning up the atmosphere
G F
my rocketship boy
F C
you say there’s a finish
G ( hold )
line but you’re already
F Fm ( hold )
beat you’re
C G F
living on your knees

bridge 1 :
C G F
rocket boy my only
C G F C G F
son you look so sad
C G F
but you’re so young
C G F
you get so high
C G
you’re all alone
F Fm C F C/E F
rocket boy come home

verse 3 :
C Dm F
notebook some
C
notes you took
C Dm
a big hit with
F C
a crooked hook
C Dm
your best friend
F C
is you A – gain
C Dm F
you can’t win but
C
you won’t give in

chorus 3 :
F C
going in a circle
G
getting lower
F
every time
F C
say it isn’t hurting
G F
but i never see you smile
F C
asking for the doctor and
G ( hold ) F
i’m calling you a priest
Fm
you’re living
C G F
on your knees

bridge 2 :
C G F
rocket boy you
C G F
burn so bright
C G F
and i believe you
C G F
lie so beautifully
C G F
when you get high
C G
you’re all alone
F
rocket boy
Fm C – –
come home

bridge 3 :
F G C
dad it’s me again
G
i hate to call
F G
could you come down?
G# C F
there’s been an accident
C Am F Fm
“were you in – volved?”
C F C F
“yes sir no sir
Dm F
they say i was”

interlude : C – – F – – x4

verse 4 :
C Dm F
got home cried
C C Dm
alone the video
F C
will surely show
C Dm
no one knows
F C
i came this close
C Dm F
to being me but
C
i lost us both

chorus 4 :
F C
going in a circle and
G F
it’s keeping you around
F C
you’ve been here forever
G F
but you’ve never been found
F C
you didn’t want a witness
G ( hold ) F Fm
and i didn’t want to see
C G F
you living on your knees

outro :
C G F
rocket boy my only
C G F C G F
son you look so sad
C G F
but you’re so young
C G F
you get so high
C G
you’re all alone
F Fm ( hold ) < - - spaceship effects rocket boy come home