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Worthless

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1/12

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 12Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

From the movie, Brave Little Toaster
Intro
E|---0---0---0---0-------------|
B|--3---3---3---3--------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-2---2---2---2---------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
EmI can't take this kinda pressure
                 G-             F#m- 
I must confess one more dusty road
                Em-      Dsus2  
Would be just a road too long
 G- - Em  
Worthless...
EmI just can't, I just can't
I just can't seem to get started!
            G-              F#m-
Don't have the heart to live in the fast lane
         Em-            Dsus2  
All that has passed and gone
 G- - A  
Worthless!
                                       C- - B  
There ain't nothing you can do about it
 G- - A  
Worthless!
Pardon me while I panic!
 C- -  B-   B- -  A-  A- - G  
Worthless! Worthless! Worthless!
EmI come from KC Missouri
         G-                   F#m-
And I got my kicks down on Route 66
          Em-                  Dsus2  
Every truck stop from Butte to MO
EmMotown to Old Alabama
          G-           F#m-                Em-       Dsus2  
From Texarkana and east of Savanna from Tampa to Old Kokomo
 A- - Bm  
Worthless...
EmI once ran the Indy 500
             G-        F#m-
I must confess I'm impressed how I did
             Em-              Dsus2  
And I wonder how close that I came
EmNow I get a sinking sensation
          G-                 F#m-                  Em-
I was the top of the line, out of site out of mind
So much for fortune and Dsus2fame
 G- - A  
Worthless!
 C- - B  
 G- - A  
Worthless!
 C- -  B-   B- -  A-  A- - Gm  
Worthless! Worthless! Worthless!
GmOnce took a Texan to a wedding
Once took a Texan to a wedding
             A#-            Am- 
He kept forgetting, his loneliness letting
            Gm-                  F  
His thoughts turn to home and we turned
GmI took a man to a graveyard
      A#-                      Am-
I beg your pardon, it's quite hard enough
           Gm-                    F  
Just living with the stuff I have learned
 Am- - A#  
Worthless!
 A#- - G#m  
 G#m- - A  
Worthless!
 A- -  G-   G- -  F-  F- - Em  
Worthless! Worthless! Worthless!
EmOnce drove a surfer to sunset
     G-                    F#m-
There were bikinis and buns filled with weenies
      Em-                 Dsus2  
Believe me, just couldn't forget
            Em-
Pico, lets go up to Zuma
         Gm-
Pico, lets go up to Zuma
     A#-                       Am-           Gm-               F  
From Zuma to Yuma the rumor was I had a hand in the lay of the land
GGet up and go hit the highway
 G- - A  
 C- - B  
 G- - A  
 C- -  B-  B- -  A-  A- - G  
 Em-
EmI worked on a reservation
 Em- 
         G-                            F#m-                 Em-         Dsus2  
Who would believe they would love me and leave on a bus back to old Santa Fe?
EmOnce in an Indian nation
        G-                 F#m-
I took the kids on the skids with a Hopi
            Em-                Dsus2  
Who was happy to lie there and say
 Em- -  Dm- - Am  
"You're worthless"
Em
   G-             F#m-             Em-       D  
Em(hold)

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Worthless

by Van Dyke Parks

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F#m

Dsus2

G#m

From the movie, Brave Little Toaster

Intro

E|---0---0---0---0-------------|

B|--3---3---3---3--------------|

G|-----------------------------|

D|-2---2---2---2---------------|

A|-----------------------------|

E|-----------------------------|

I can't take this kinda pressure

G F#m

- -

I must confess one more dusty road

Em Dsus2

Would be just a road too long

G Em

- -

Worthless...

I just can't, I just can't

I just can't seem to get started!

G F#m

- -

Don't have the heart to live in the fast lane

Em Dsus2

All that has passed and gone

G A

- -

Worthless!

C B

- -

There ain't nothing you can do about it

G A

- -

Worthless!

Pardon me while I panic!

C B B A A G

- - - - - - - -

Worthless! Worthless! Worthless!

I come from KC Missouri

G F#m

- -

And I got my kicks down on Route 66

Em Dsus2

Every truck stop from Butte to MO

Motown to Old Alabama

G F#m Em Dsus2

- - -

From Texarkana and east of Savanna from Tampa to Old Kokomo

A Bm

- -

Worthless...

I once ran the Indy 500

G F#m

- -

I must confess I'm impressed how I did

Em Dsus2

And I wonder how close that I came

Now I get a sinking sensation

G F#m Em

- - -

I was the top of the line, out of site out of mind

Dsus2

So much for fortune and fame

G A

- -

Worthless!

C B

- -

G A

- -

Worthless!

C B B A A Gm

- - - - - - - -

Worthless! Worthless! Worthless!

Once took a Texan to a wedding

A# Am

- -

He kept forgetting, his loneliness letting

Gm F

His thoughts turn to home and we turned

I took a man to a graveyard

A# Am

- -

I beg your pardon, it's quite hard enough

Gm F

Just living with the stuff I have learned

Am A#

- -

Worthless!

A# G#m

- -

G#m A

- -

Worthless!

A G G F F Em

- - - - - - - -

Worthless! Worthless! Worthless!

Once drove a surfer to sunset

G F#m

- -

There were bikinis and buns filled with weenies

Em Dsus2

Believe me, just couldn't forget

Pico, lets go up to Zuma

A# Am Gm F

- - -

From Zuma to Yuma the rumor was I had a hand in the lay of the land

Get up and go hit the highway

G A

- -

C B

- -

G A

- -

C B B A A G

- - - - - - - -

I worked on a reservation

G F#m Em Dsus2

- - -

Who would believe they would love me and leave on a bus back to old Santa Fe?

Once in an Indian nation

G F#m

- -

I took the kids on the skids with a Hopi

Em Dsus2

Who was happy to lie there and say

Em Dm Am

- - - -

"You're worthless"

G F#m Em D

- - -

(hold)

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