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From: juhkivij@utu.fi (Juha Kivijarvi)
 Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 12:43:54 GMT
 RAMONES: Rocket To Russia
 =========================
  
  
    CRETIN HOP
    ----------
  
 [ EAE  D  (4x) ]
  
 A                                            E
 There's no stoppin' the cretins from hoppin'
     A                                                  E
 You gotta keep it beatin' for all the hoppin' cretins.
 B  E    B  E
 Cretin! Cretin!
  
 I'm gonna go for a whirl with my cretin girl
 My feet won't stop doin' the Cretin Hop.
 Cretin! Cretin!
  
 [ EAE  D  (2x) ]
  
    NC                                  EAE  D
    1-2-3-4 Cretins wanna hop some more
    NC                                     EAE  D  EAE  D
    4-5-6-7 All good cretins go to heaven.
  
 There's no stoppin'...
 I'm gonna go...
  
 [ EAE  D  (2x) ]
  
    1-2-3-4...
    
 [ EAE  D  (2x) E ]
  
  
    ROCKAWAY BEACH
    --------------
  
 1-2-3-4
 [ D ]    
  
 A
 Chewing out a rhythm on my bubble gum
  
 The sun is out and I want some.
 D
 It's not hard, not far to reach
 E
 We can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach.
  
 Up on the roof, out on the street
 Down in the playground the hot concrete
 Busride is too slow
 They blast out the disco on the radio
  
    A
    Rock Rock Rockaway Beach
    D
    Rock Rock Rockaway Beach
    A
    Rock Rock Rockaway Beach
    E
    We can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach  (2x)
    
 [ GD  FC  (2x) ]
  
       F#
       It's not hard, not far to reach
       A
       We can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach.
       F#
       It's not hard, not far to reach
       D                      E
       We can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach.
  
 Chewing out a rhythm...
 Up on the roof...
  
    Rock Rock Rockaway Beach...  (1x)
    
 [ GD  FC  (2x) D  A ]
  
    Rock Rock Rockaway Beach...  (2x)
  
 [ D  A ]
  
  
    HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW
    -------------------------
  
 D                    F#
 Oh oh oh, oh oh oh I love you
 D                    F#
 Oh oh oh, oh oh oh I love you
   E     D
 I do, I do                      (2x)
  
          D        E      F#
    But I told her why we just can't make it
      D        E         F#
    I want you still but just can't take it
        D        E       F#
    The time has come we oughta break it
    E                      D
    Someone had to pay the price
  
 Oh oh oh, oh oh oh it's over
 Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh over
 It's true, it's true            (2x)
  
    And I think of times we were together
    As time went on it seemed forever
    But times have changed now things are better
    Someone had to pay the price
  
 [ Solo: D  F#  (2x) E  D ]
  
    And I think of times we were together
    As time went on it seemed forever
    But times have changed now things are better
  
 [ D  E  F#  (2x) ]
  
    Someone had to pay the price.
  
  
    LOCKET LOVE
    -----------
    
 [ E  A  D  E  (2x) ]
  
 D
 Lovely lovely locket love
 E
 You could use a little of
 D
 Hang a chain around you
 E
  You're hangin' too
  
    A         D
    Hang on a little bit longer
    A       D
    Hang on you're a goner
  
 [ E  A  D  E  (2x) ]
  
 Lovely lovely locket love
 Cause a picture never does
 Try to expose you
 For what you put me through
  
    Hang on...
    
 [ E  A  D  E  (2x) ]
  
       D
       Never never can tell
       A
        How hard you fell
       B
       Lovely lovely locket 'cause
       E
        The best poison of
  
 [ E  A  D  E  (2x) ]
  
 Lovely lovely locket love
 You got a pocket of
 Lovely little tricks you do
 Now I'm hangin' too
  
    Hang on...
  
 [ E  A  D  E  (2x) ]
  
       Never never can tell...
  
 [ E  A  D  E  (2x) ]
  
 Lovely lovely locket love
 Tou could use a little of
 Hang a chain around you
 You're hangin' too
  
    Hang on...
  
 [ E  A  D  E  (4x) ]
  
  
    I DON'T CARE
    ------------
    
 [ AAGA GAGF G  (2x) ]
  
 A             F        G
 I don't care (he don't care)
 A             F        G
 I don't care (he don't care)
 A             F         G
 I don't care about this world
 A             F         G
 I don't care about that girl
 A             F        G
 I don't care (he don't care)
  
 [ AAGA GAGF G  (2x) ]
  
 I don't care...
  
 [ AAGA GAGF G  (2x) ]
  
    A                        
    I don't care I don't care 
    G
    I don't care I don't care
    F
    I don't care I don't care
  
 [ AAGA GAGF G  (2x) ]
  
 I don't care (he don't care)
 I don't care (he don't care)
 I don't care about these words
 I don't care about that girl
 I don't care 
  
 [ AAGA GAGF G  (1x) AAGA ] 
  
  
    SHEENA IS A PUNK ROCKER
    -----------------------
    
 [ B->C  (4x) ]
  
          C
 Well the kids are all hopped up and ready to go
  
 They're ready to go now
         G
 They've got their surfboards
                               C
 And they're going to the discotheque a go go
 A            F
 But she just couldn't stay
 A          F
 She had to break away
 C                                 G
  Well New York City really has it all
  
 Oh yeah, oh yeah.
  
    C         F      G
    Sheena is a punk rocker
    C         F      G
    Sheena is a punk rocker
    C         F      G      C    F G
    Sheena is a punk rocker now.
    C         F      G
    Sheena is a punk rocker
    C         F      G
    Sheena is a punk rocker
    C         F      G      C    
    Sheena is a punk rocker now.
            F
    She's a punk punk, a punk rocker
    C
    Punk punk, a punk rocker
    G
    Punk punk, a punk rocker
    Bb                       
    Punk punk, a punk rocker
  
 [ B->C  (4x) ]
  
 Well the kids...
   
    Sheena is a punk rocker...
  
 [ B->C  (4x) ]
  
    C         F      G
    Sheena is a punk rocker
    C         F      G
    Sheena is a punk rocker
    C         F      G      C    F G
    Sheena is a punk rocker now.       (repeat & fade out)
  
  
    WE'RE A HAPPY FAMILY
    --------------------
  
 [ AE B (4x) F#  AB E  GA (2x) ]
  
 E             G
 We're a happy family
 E             A
 We're a happy family
 E             G
 We're a happy family
 D
 Me mom and daddy.    (2x)
  
 Sitting here in Queens
 Eating refried beans
 We're in all the magazines
 Gulpin' down thorazines.
  
 We ain't got no friends
 Our troubles never end
 No Christmas cards to send
 Daddy likes men.
  
 [ AE B (4x) F#  AB E  GA (2x) ]
  
 Daddy's telling lies
 Baby's eating flies
 Mommy's on pills
 Baby's got the chills.
  
 I'm friends with the President
 I'm friends with the Pope
 We're all making a fortune
 Selling Daddy's dope.
  
 Sitting here in Queens...
 We ain't got no friends...
  
 [ AE B (4x) F#  AB E  GA (2x) ]
  
 We're a happy family...  (repeat & fade out)
  
  
    TEENAGE LOBOTOMY
    ----------------
    
 NC                    E F# B    E F# B
 Lobotomy, lobotomy, lobotomy, lobotomy!   (3rd with bass only)
  
 [ E  DA  (4x)  AGD  (2x) ]
  
    A
    DDT did a job on me
    E
    Now I am a real sickie
    A
    Guess I'll have to break the news
    E
    That I got no mind to lose.
    A
    All the girls are in love with me
    E                       F#
    I'm a teenage lobotomy.
  
 [ B   EF#B ]
 [ E  DA  (4x)  AGD  (2x) ]
  
    Slugs and snails are after me
    DDT keeps me happy
    Now I guess I'll have to tell 'em
    That I got no cerebellum.
    Gonna get my Ph.D.
    I'm a teenage lobotomy.
  
 [ B   EF#B ]
 [ E  DA  (4x)  AGD  (2x) ]
  
 Lobotomy...
  
 [ E  DA  (4x)  AGD  (2x) ]
  
    DDT did a job on me...
    
 [ B   EF#B ]
 [ E  DA  (4x)  AGD  (2x) ]
  
  
    DO YOU WANNA DANCE? 
    -------------------
  
        A               D
 Do you wanna dance and hold my hand?
 A                     D
 Tell me baby I'm your lover man
    A     E            A
 Oh baby, do you wanna dance?
  
 Well do you wanna dance under the moonlight?
 Squeeze me baby all through the night
 Oh baby, do you wanna dance?
  
    A                           D
    Do you do you do you do you wanna dance
    A                           D
    Do you do you do you do you wanna dance
    A                    E            A      E
    Do you do you do you do you wanna dance
  
 Do you wanna dance under the moonlight...  (2x)
  
    Do you do you...
    Do you do you...  (no final E)  (2x)
    Do you do you...
    
 [ A ]
    
    
    I WANNA BE WELL
    ---------------
    
 [ A ]
  
 D    G  A        D
 Yeah, I wanna be well
 G A        D
 I wanna be well
 G A
 I wanna be
  
 I want I want I want I want I want I want I want I want   (2x)
  
    G#
    my
    G A  D
    LSD, golly gee,
    G A  D
    DDT, wowee!
    G       A
    Daddy's broke
    D
    Holy smoke
    G           A
    My future's bleak
    C
    Ain't it neat?
  
 Yeah, I wanna be well...  (2x)
  
    my LSD...
    
 Yeah, I wanna be well
  
 I wanna be well (4x)
  
  
    I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING
    -------------------------
    
 1-2-3-4
  
 [ C  F  C  G  (2x) ]
  
 G
 You  better know what you want
 F
 You know how little I got
 G                C  G
 I can't give you anything.
 G                C  G
 I can't give you anything.
 G                C  G
 I can't give you anything.
  
 [ C  F  C  G  (2x) ]
  
 You better know...
  
 [ C  F  C  G  (2x) ]
  
    F   C     G
    You think I'm real cute
    F   C           G
    But who's gonna bring home the loot?
    F    C       G
    Make up your mind about
    F    C   G
    Hope you don't doubt, that
    G C              F  C
    I can't give you anything.
    G C              F  C
    I can't give you anything.
    G C              F  C
    I can't give you anything.
  
 [ C  F  C  G  (2x) ]
  
 You better know...
  
 [ C  F  C  G  (2x) ]
  
    You think I'm...
    
    G C              F  C
    I can't give you anything.  (repeat & fade out)
    
  
    RAMONA
    ------
    
 [ C   FC  (2x) ]
  
 C
 Hey Johnny, hey Dee Dee
 F              G
 Little Tom and Joey
 C
 You know we're goin' over
 F           G
 Sweet sweet little Ramona
 F
 You're getting better and better
 C
 It's getting easier than ever
 F
 Hey you kids in the crowd
 G
 You know you like it when the music's loud.
  
 Sweet sweet little Ramona
 she always wants to come over
 Sweet sweet little Ramona
 I think I'll try and phone her
 I let her in if you're wondering why
 Cause she's a spy for the BBI
 I let her in and I started to cry
 And then I knew I wanted to die
  
    Bb             F
    Oooh, little Ramona. (3x)
    Bb   C    FC     FC
    Oooh
  
 Sweet sweet little Ramona...
  
    Oooh, little Ramona...
    
  
    SURFIN' BIRD
    ------------
    
 NC
 Well everybody's heard about the bird
  
 A
 Bird bird bird bird is a word  (8x)
 E
 Don't you know about the bird
      D
 Well everybody knows that the bird is a word
  
  
 Bird bird bird...
  
    A
    Bird bird bird bird is a word
  
 Well everybody's heard about the bird
  
 Bird bird bird... 
  
    Bird bird bird bird is a word
    
       NC
       Surfin' bird! Papa-papa-papa...
       
    NC
    Papa-ooma-mow-mow
  
    A
    Papa-ooma-mow-mow (24x)
    
 Don't you know...
  
    Papa-ooma-mow-mow  (repeat & fade out)
  
  
    WHY IS IT ALWAYS THIS WAY?
    --------------------------
  
 B  C# F#  
 uu uu u   (2x)
  
  
 B   C#  F#
 Hey hey hey
 B   C#    F#
 Why is it always this way?   (2x)
  
    B    C#     F#
    Last time I saw her alive
            B C#    F#
    She was wavin', wavin' bye bye
            B      C#     F#
    She was contemplating suicide
              B          C#        F#
    Now she's lying in a bottle of formaldehyde.
  
           E
       And oh, I just don't know
       F#                     B A
       Why I can't let her go
       E                     C#  B  A  B  A  B C#
       Oh I just don't know.
  
  
 Hey hey hey
 Why is it always this way?  (2x)
  
    Last time I saw her alive
    She was going to the wash and dry
    She was outside hitchin' a ride
    Now she's lying
    In a bottle of formaldehyde.
  
       And oh, I just don't know...
       
 Hey hey hey...  (repeat & fade out)
  
  
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 All songs by Ramones except
 Do You Wanna Dance?  by Freeman
 Surfin' Bird  by White/Frazier/Harris/Wilson
  
 Chords are mostly 5's but indicating this all the time would be a mess.
 They're mostly 'major-like' anyway except for F#5 in Here Today, Gone
 Tomorrow, which may even be F#m. 
 NC means no chord.
  
 Lyrics are from uwp and were sent by Eric Wincentsen.
                                                               
 If you find an error, I'd be glad to hear about it.           "
                                                     Juha Kivijarvi
                                                     juhkivij@utu.fi
 

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