{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":70819,"song":"Blank Generation","artist":"Richard Hell & The Voidoids","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11545073-blank-generation-chords-by-richard-hell-the-voidoids/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/70819?type=chord","rating":4.42548,"votes":22,"content":"Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 18:16:02 -0700\r\nFrom: Gabriel Legba Wintermute \r\nSubject: TAB: Blank Generation by Richard Hell\r\n\r\nThis song is very very similar to the Stray Cats' \"Stray Cat Strut\" in\r\npacing and feel, though this is played with a distortion guitar. The\r\nlyric pacing is weird--if you have the album, you might want to listen\r\nto it a few times before you attempt to sing it.\r\n\r\nThere is an intro which is lead; I don't play lead, and I couldn't even\r\nfigure out the chords. If anybody knows them, let me know. The main part\r\nof the song seems to be power strummed chords. Anyway, here it is...\r\n\r\nRichard Hell and the Voidoids--Blank Generation\r\n\r\n\r\nI was sayin' let me out of here\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nBefore I was even born\r\n [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\nIt's such a gamble when you get a face\r\n [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nIt's fascinatin' to observe what the mirror does\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nBut when I die it's to the wall that I set my face\r\n [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nChorus: I belong to the blank generation, and\r\n [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nI can take it or leave it each time, well\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nI belong to the ----- generation\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nI can take it or leave it each time\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\nOooo oooo oooo oooo(same notes as chords)\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nTriangles falling at the window as the doctor cursed\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nHe was a cartoon, long forsaken by the public eye\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nThe nurse adjusted her garters as I breathed my first\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nThe doctor grabbed my throat and said, \"God's consolation prize!\"\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n\r\nOooo oooo oooo oooo(same notes as chords)\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n(repeat)\r\n\r\nTo hold the TV to my lips, the air so packed with cash\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nThen carry it up flights of stairs and drop it in your vacant--lot\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nThen lose my train of thought and fall into your arms' tracks\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nAnd hold beneath my eyelids every passing thought\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n\r\nCHORUS (quietly)\r\n\r\nOooo oooo oooo oooo\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nOooo oooo oooo oooo\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nWaah oooooooo\r\n[ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] (pick strings)","plain_text":"Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 18:16:02 -0700\nFrom: Gabriel Legba Wintermute \nSubject: TAB: Blank Generation by Richard Hell\n\nThis song is very very similar to the Stray Cats' \"Stray Cat Strut\" in\npacing and feel, though this is played with a distortion guitar. The\nlyric pacing is weird--if you have the album, you might want to listen\nto it a few times before you attempt to sing it.\n\nThere is an intro which is lead; I don't play lead, and I couldn't even\nfigure out the chords. If anybody knows them, let me know. The main part\nof the song seems to be power strummed chords. Anyway, here it is...\n\nRichard Hell and the Voidoids--Blank Generation\n\n\nI was sayin' let me out of here\nEm D C B\n\nBefore I was even born\n Em D\n\nIt's such a gamble when you get a face\n C B\n\nIt's fascinatin' to observe what the mirror does\nEm D C B\n\nBut when I die it's to the wall that I set my face\n Em D C B\n\nChorus: I belong to the blank generation, and\n Em D C B\n\nI can take it or leave it each time, well\nEm D C B\n\nI belong to the ----- generation\nEm D C B\n\nI can take it or leave it each time\nEm B7 Em Em\n\nOooo oooo oooo oooo(same notes as chords)\nEm D C B\n\n\nTriangles falling at the window as the doctor cursed\nEm D C B\n\nHe was a cartoon, long forsaken by the public eye\nEm D C B\n\nThe nurse adjusted her garters as I breathed my first\nEm D C B\n\nThe doctor grabbed my throat and said, \"God's consolation prize!\"\nEm D C B\n\n\nCHORUS\n\nOooo oooo oooo oooo(same notes as chords)\nEm D C B\n\n(repeat)\n\nTo hold the TV to my lips, the air so packed with cash\nEm D C B\n\nThen carry it up flights of stairs and drop it in your vacant--lot\nEm D C B\n\nThen lose my train of thought and fall into your arms' tracks\nEm D C B\n\nAnd hold beneath my eyelids every passing thought\nEm D C B\n\nCHORUS\n\nCHORUS (quietly)\n\nOooo oooo oooo oooo\nEm D C B\n\nOooo oooo oooo oooo\nEm D C B\n\nWaah oooooooo\nB7 Em (pick strings)","chords":["Em","D","C","B","B7"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}