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{intro} 
|     A   Bm  G|      A   Bm  G|     A   Bm  G|     A     A| 
      |         A   A7   A6   A  
I like nightmares 
            |       A   A7   A6   A  
I like being witless 
           |         A   A7   A6   A  
One for the news flash 
       |       A   A7   A6   A  
Cool eyewitness 
      |          E5F#m5      Bm            G|         D   Dsus4   D  
Eighty-one, eighty-two, eighty-three, it's happening 
          |                    A  
Gotta be a fucking fool to blame TV 
         |          D   Dsus4   D  
Don't get trapped in 
         |                    Bm   G  
If you're lucky, be the same as me 
      |     A   A7   A6   A  
I like nightmares 
      |    A   A7   A6   A  
Yes, I do 
         |             D                 G| D  
There's a simple way to die they call it news 
         |             D                 G|      A   D/A   A  
There's a simple way to fly they call it booze 
          |            G                     F| G  
There's an easy quiet escape, just sleep and cruise 
    |           G                   F|        A     A| 
It's justifiable rape, they say you choose 
And I like nightmares 
I like feeling cheekless {?} 
Lifting up my lighter {?} 
Watching life with west {?} 
'81, '82, '83, it's happening  
Can we afford strike three 
Don't trust the captain 
He's just a boy like me 
And I like nightmares, yes, I do 
There's a common way to weep, they say just smoke 
You can cry yourself to sleep, they say just toke 
There's a path that never fails, you can't get lost 
Don't need roads, you're on rails, I'll pay the cost 
And I like nightmares, yes, I do 
{bridge} 
       |                  G             C| D  
We were wasted, but you're only waylaid once 
       |            G                   C| G  
What we tasted was a voucher, pay their lunch 
               |                       C   G  
We robbed their banks and we took their gold 
       |                       Am   Bm  
And our lies in the tank must've sounded old 
      |         A   D/A| A  
But we pleaded 
               |              G              C|       D            E|    A   A  
I said, "You're honor were not chumps, after all, we only did it once." 
We like nightmares 
We taste our fitness 
All kind of goulash 
A taint in the midwest 
'81, '82, '83, it's happening  
Nothing votes interest free 
Don't care what it's wrapped in 
You can be abreast like me 
          |        A   A7   A6   A  
And I like nightmares 
      |   A   A7   A6   A  
Yes, I do 
 Bm    G|           A   Bm   G|      A    A|| 
I like nightmares

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I Like Nightmares

by The Who

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Dsus4

D/A

{intro}

A Bm G A Bm G A Bm G A A

| | | | |

A A7 A6 A

I like nightmares

A A7 A6 A

I like being witless

A A7 A6 A

One for the news flash

A A7 A6 A

Cool eyewitness

E5 Bm G D Dsus4 D

| F#m5 |

Eighty-one, eighty-two, eighty-three, it's happening

Gotta be a fucking fool to blame TV

D Dsus4 D

Don't get trapped in

Bm G

If you're lucky, be the same as me

A A7 A6 A

I like nightmares

A A7 A6 A

Yes, I do

D G D

| |

There's a simple way to die they call it news

D G A D/A A

| |

There's a simple way to fly they call it booze

G F G

| |

There's an easy quiet escape, just sleep and cruise

G F A A

| | |

It's justifiable rape, they say you choose

And I like nightmares

I like feeling cheekless {?}

Lifting up my lighter {?}

Watching life with west {?}

'81, '82, '83, it's happening

Can we afford strike three

Don't trust the captain

He's just a boy like me

And I like nightmares, yes, I do

There's a common way to weep, they say just smoke

You can cry yourself to sleep, they say just toke

There's a path that never fails, you can't get lost

Don't need roads, you're on rails, I'll pay the cost

And I like nightmares, yes, I do

{bridge}

G C D

| |

We were wasted, but you're only waylaid once

G C G

| |

What we tasted was a voucher, pay their lunch

C G

We robbed their banks and we took their gold

Am Bm

And our lies in the tank must've sounded old

A D/A A

| |

But we pleaded

G C D E A A

| | |

I said, "You're honor were not chumps, after all, we only did it once."

We like nightmares

We taste our fitness

All kind of goulash

A taint in the midwest

'81, '82, '83, it's happening

Nothing votes interest free

Don't care what it's wrapped in

You can be abreast like me

A A7 A6 A

And I like nightmares

A A7 A6 A

Yes, I do

Bm G A Bm G A A

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I like nightmares

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