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Mechanical Man

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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From the movie Live Freaky! Die Freaky!
Really catchy song, there were no chords up so I worked them out ;)
Intro Melody [Listen for the rhythm]
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|--7-7-7-5-3-8---7-7-5-7-5-3--|
E|-----------------------------|
[Intro]
D  G  D A D
[Verse 1]
I Dain't a politician
I'm Gjust a bad musician
EWhatcha gonna do for Ame?
DDo you have a taste for
GSex and blood and hate, or
EReally good LSAD
I'd Dlike to start a band with Gyou
I'll sing and you can
ELearn to play the tambouArine
DHere's an invitation
No Gtime for hesitation
ECome and join my familAy
[Chorus]
I Glive inside of Dyou
But Gyou don't belong to Dme
GI'm a reflection of Dyou
EWhat's my recipAe?
DHalf a cup satanical
GTeaspoon puritanical
DStirred with a bloody Ahand
DQuarter cup messiacal
GSprinkle of maniacle
DNow I'm a meAchanical Dman
[Verse 2]
DI'll give you the heads up
Come Gon and get your legs up
EThis is called the family Ajam
ToDgether we'll stay hidden
GWait for Armageddon
EStick it to the Aman
[Chorus]
I Glive inside of Dyou
But Gyou don't belong to Dme
GI'm a reflection of Dyou
EWhat's my recipAe?
DHalf a cup satanical
GTeaspoon puritanical
DStirred with a bloody Ahand
DQuarter cup messiacal
GSprinkle of maniacle
DNow I'm a meAchanical Dman
[Verse 3]
DOpen up the curtains
GThen we'll start a-hurting
Come Eon lets do the creepy Acrawl
The Dshows about to go down
Come Gon I got the low down
ToEgether we'll make Hollywood Afall
[Chorus]
I Glive inside of Dyou
But Gyou don't belong to Dme
GI'm a reflection of Dyou
EWhat's my recipAe?
I Glive inside of Dyou
But Gyou don't belong to Dme
GI'm a reflection of Dyou
You Elook at me and what do you Asee?
DHalf a cup satanical
GTeaspoon puritanical
DStirred with a bloody Ahand
DQuarter cup messiacal
GSprinkle of maniacle
DNow I'm a meAchanical Dman
DHalf a cup satanical
GTeaspoon puritanical
DStirred with a bloody Ahand
DQuarter cup messiacal
GSprinkle of maniacle
DNow I'm a meAchanical Dman
[Outro]
D[OAne Beat Strum on each]
fun song to play!

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Mechanical Man

by Billie Joe Armstrong

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From the movie Live Freaky! Die Freaky!

Really catchy song, there were no chords up so I worked them out ;)

Intro Melody [Listen for the rhythm]

e|-----------------------------|

B|-----------------------------|

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

D|-----------------------------|

A|--7-7-7-5-3-8---7-7-5-7-5-3--|

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

[Intro]

D G D A D

[Verse 1]

I ain't a politician

I'm just a bad musician

E A

Whatcha gonna do for me?

Do you have a taste for

Sex and blood and hate, or

E A

Really good LSD

D G

I'd like to start a band with you

I'll sing and you can

E A

Learn to play the tambourine

Here's an invitation

No time for hesitation

E A

Come and join my family

[Chorus]

G D

I live inside of you

G D

But you don't belong to me

G D

I'm a reflection of you

E A

What's my recipe?

Half a cup satanical

Teaspoon puritanical

D A

Stirred with a bloody hand

Quarter cup messiacal

Sprinkle of maniacle

D A D

Now I'm a mechanical man

[Verse 2]

I'll give you the heads up

Come on and get your legs up

E A

This is called the family jam

Together we'll stay hidden

Wait for Armageddon

E A

Stick it to the man

[Chorus]

G D

I live inside of you

G D

But you don't belong to me

G D

I'm a reflection of you

E A

What's my recipe?

Half a cup satanical

Teaspoon puritanical

D A

Stirred with a bloody hand

Quarter cup messiacal

Sprinkle of maniacle

D A D

Now I'm a mechanical man

[Verse 3]

Open up the curtains

Then we'll start a-hurting

E A

Come on lets do the creepy crawl

The shows about to go down

Come on I got the low down

E A

Together we'll make Hollywood fall

[Chorus]

G D

I live inside of you

G D

But you don't belong to me

G D

I'm a reflection of you

E A

What's my recipe?

G D

I live inside of you

G D

But you don't belong to me

G D

I'm a reflection of you

E A

You look at me and what do you see?

Half a cup satanical

Teaspoon puritanical

D A

Stirred with a bloody hand

Quarter cup messiacal

Sprinkle of maniacle

D A D

Now I'm a mechanical man

Half a cup satanical

Teaspoon puritanical

D A

Stirred with a bloody hand

Quarter cup messiacal

Sprinkle of maniacle

D A D

Now I'm a mechanical man

[Outro]

D A

[One Beat Strum on each]

fun song to play!

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