Tuning: E A D G B E

HIGH PRIEST OF RHYTHMIC NOISE As recorded by Cheap Trick (From the 1980 Album ALL SHOOK UP) [Intro] D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 [Verse 1]

^D5High priest of rhytmic noise ^D5Living inside of me ^D5I been goin' round in ciricles And I've ^A#5considered first de^D5gree

[Verse 2]

^D5Just a singer in a mind choir ^D5Lives on harmony ^D5If the song don't change the choir won't sin ^D5Won't sing the same song forever

[Chorus]

^A5It's such a pity What's a ^G5poor boy ^C5to do ^A5It's such a pity What's a ^F5poor boy to ^G5do

[Verse 3]

^D5You look strange, that's what I like ^D5You look strange like me ^D5Fit to be tied, a little bedtime story ^D5Next position please

[Verse 4]

^D5Just a singer in a mind choir ^D5Lives on harmony ^D5If the song don't change the choir won't sing ^D5Won't sing the same song forever

[Chorus]

^A5It's such a pity What's a ^G5poor boy ^C5to do ^A5It's such a pity What's a^F5 poor boy to ^G5do ^A5It's such a pity What's a ^G5poor boy ^C5to do When the ^A5high priest of rhythmic noise ^A5Is inside of you

[Bridge]

[Interlude] D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 [Verse 5]

^D5Just a singer in a mind choir ^D5Lives on harmony ^D5If the song don't change the choir won't sing ^D5Won't sing the simphony

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

^G5Don't give ^A5up, get ^F5out, get ^D5down (forever is a long long time) ^A5Don't stand up, ^C5shut up, ^D5sit down (you're strange, that's what I like) ^G5Don't make a ^A5move till you ^F5hear ^D5that sound (I'm just a singer in a mind choir) ^G5Don't give ^A5up, get ^F5out, get ^D5down (high priest of rhytmic noise) ^G5Don't give ^A5up, get ^F5out, get ^D5down (forever is a long long time) ^A5Don't stand up, ^C5shut up, ^D5sit down (you're strange, that's what I like) ^G5Don't make a ^A5move till you ^F5hear ^D5that sound (I'm just a singer in a mind choir) ^G5Don't give ^A5up, get ^F5out, get ^D5down (high priest of rhytmic noise)

[Outro] D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 G5 D5

Cheap Trick - High priest of rhythmic noise