From: DTURNER@ngco.com Subject: t/tubes/what_do_you_want_from_life Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 13:38:00 -0500 What Do You Want From Life ? Spooner/Evans the Tubes ============================ Intro: [bass synth] Bb Bb Bb F ------------------------------------| ------------------------------------| ------------------------------------| ------------------------------------| -1h3-3-3--1h3-3-3--1h3-1h3----------| ---------------------------1h3-1h3--| [acoustic, doubled on piano] Cm -3----------------------------------------| ---6-4-3---6-4-3-----4-3-------3----------| -----------------5-------5-3-----5-3------| -------------------------------------6-5--| ------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------| Verse 1:

^Cm What do want from ^Flife? To ^G#kidnap an heiress or ^Gthreaten her with a knife ^Cm What do want from ^Flife? To ^G#get cable TV and ^Gwatch it every night

Chorus 1: [faster, honky tonk]

^CmThere you'll sit - a ^Flump in your chair Where do you ^G#sleep and what do you ^Gwear when you're sleep^Fing.

Verse 2: [original tempo]

^Cm What do want from ^Flife? An ^G#Indian Guru to ^Gshow you the inner light ^Cm What do want from ^Flife? G# G A->Bb A meaningless love affair with a girl that you met tonight

Bridge 1: [stately] Bb F [bkgrnd] How can you tell when you're doin' all right? (do-do-do-do) C G G->A->Bb Does your bank account swell while you're dreaming at night?

^Bb How do you know when you're ^Freally in love? (do-do-do-do) Do ^Cviolins play when you're ^C#touching the one that you're ^G#loving? ^AAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh^G#hhhhhhhhh.....

Verse 3: [modulates up a tone]

^C#m What do want from ^F#life? (what do you want from life) ^ASomeone to love and ^G#somebody you can trust ^C#m What do want from ^F#life? (what do you want from life) To ^Atry and be happy while you ^G#do the nasty things you must

[Bass Synth Interlude, funky, over C#] [Wah Guitar solo over C#]

^C#m What do want from ^F#life ? (^Awhat do you want from ^G#life ?) ^C#m What do want from ^F#life ? (^Awhat DO you WANT from ^G#LIFE ?)

[Spoken faster & faster & faster over changes. Alternate spoken lines between two "voices", huckster style.] Well, you can't have THAT - BUT if you're an American Citizen you ARE intitled to: - a heated kidney shaped pool - a microwave oven (don't watch the food cook) - a DynaGym (i'll personally demonstrate it in the privacy of your own home) - a king-size Titanic unsinkable Molly Brown waterbed with Polybendum - a fool-proof plan and an air-tight alibi - Real Simulated Indian Jewelery - a Gucci Shoe Tree - a year's supply of anti-biotics - a personally autographed picture of Randy Mantooth (*) and Bob Dylan's new unlisted phone number - a beautifully restored 3rd reich swizzle stick - RoseMary's Baby! - a dream date, in kneepads, with Paul Williams - a new Matador, a new Mastedon, a Maverick, a Mustang, a Montego - a Merc Montclair, - a Mark 4, a Meteor, a Mercedes, an MG or a Malibu - a Mork Moriarti, a Maserati, a Mack Truck - a Mazda, a new Monza, or a Moped - a Winnibago, hell, a herd o' Winnibagos, we're givin' 'em away! - or, how 'bout a McCullough Chain saw [vocal near manic] - a Las Vegas wedding, a Mexican divorce [band stops] - a solid gold Kama Sutra coffee pot [descending drums] or, a Baby's arm holding an apple. [end cold] (*) remember him? the 70s TV show "The Rookies"? Nurse Jill on duty on every shift on every floor... - another ace 70s tab from Dave Turner & Tim Willett

Tubes - What do you want