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Mean Machine

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intro: 
e-5-5-/3-\5-5-/3-5-/3-5-8-8-5-0  x2
The chords follow the same rhythm as the intro, just in barre form.
A-A-G-A-A-G-A-A-G-A-C  
I'm mean. I'm a mean machine. I gotta be mean. Just a bad human being. 
This ain't no art from the the bottom of a hen house floor. 
Rip out your brains if ya got 'em throw 'em out the door. 
Cuz I'm mean...I can't nuthin' dull. 
I got the gloss lustre. 
I'll massacre your ass as fast as Bull offed Custer.
I'm mean...
DYa wanna go to the Devil but you don't like the Cflames. ABlood on Satan's Claw
 is my midGdle namEe. Yeah I'm mean...
improvise the little tremolo solo, and then the key change is
B-D-C#-B-A-G-E  
Rinse, repeat, enjoi.

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Mean Machine

by The Cramps

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intro:

e-5-5-/3-\5-5-/3-5-/3-5-8-8-5-0 x2

The chords follow the same rhythm as the intro, just in barre form.

A A G A A G A A G A C

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I'm mean. I'm a mean machine. I gotta be mean. Just a bad human being.

This ain't no art from the the bottom of a hen house floor.

Rip out your brains if ya got 'em throw 'em out the door.

Cuz I'm mean...I can't nuthin' dull.

I got the gloss lustre.

I'll massacre your ass as fast as Bull offed Custer.

I'm mean...

D C A

Ya wanna go to the Devil but you don't like the flames. Blood on Satan's Claw

G E

is my middle name. Yeah I'm mean...

improvise the little tremolo solo, and then the key change is

B D C# B A G E

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Rinse, repeat, enjoi.

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