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Drug Test

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Dmajor
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Drug Test by Yo La Tengo
Album: President Yo La Tengo
Bass Intro is just plucked G and A:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| G   G   G   G   G   G   G  A| (x4)
Chords:
Intro:
| D   Em| G| (x2)
Verse:
| A| G| D| D|
Ate a left-over steak for breakfast
| A| G| D| D|
Watching the sun go down
| A| G  
and I’ll be lying awake till dawn now
| D|G  
I’m not ready to face that
| D| G| A  
I’m not ready to face up baby today
| G  
I wish I was high
Chorus:
| D   Em| G|
Frightened of nothing
| D   Em| G|
Smarter than nobody
| D   Em| G|
Now I’m wastin away
| D   Em| G|
| A| G| D| D|
I think of the things that matter
| A| G| D| D|
And I think of the things that don't
| A|G  
Whatever it is no matter
| D|G  
I hate feeling the way I feel
| D| G| A  
I hate feeeling the way I feel today
| G  
I wish I was high
Chorus:
| D   Em| G|
Frightened of nothing
| D   Em| G|
Smarter than nobody
| D   Em| G|
Now I’m wastin away
| D   Em| G   A|
| A| (x8, with bass soloing and dissonant guitar)
| D   Em| G  
| D   Em| G  
| A| G| D| D|
I see myself with headphones on
| A| G  
I'm listening to Wake of the Flood
| A|G  
I'm listening to Wake of the Flood and I’m
Chorus:
| D   Em| G|
high Frightened of nothing
| D   Em| G|
Smarter than nobody
| D   Em| G|
Now I’m wastin away
| D   Em| G|
and I’m
| D   Em| G|
high Frightened of nothing
| D   Em| G|
Smarter than nobody
| D   Em| G|
and I’m wastin away
| A| (x8 with G   G   G   Abass + dissonant guitar)
| D   Em| G|
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