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The Ymca Down The Street From The Clinic by The Lawrence Arms
The Ymca Down The Street From The Clinic
notes:
-The 'E' chord is played up on the 7th fret except for in the chorus. Then it is (02210x).
Riff 1
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C#m E
Click on the link for the world's biggest dick
B A
You can smell the rats are dying as the ship starts to sink
C#m A
Down beneath, the poor are in braces and tears
B A
Up against the bars, staring down their years
C#m E
You told me to kiss you because we were at the end
B A
And I said I wouldn't miss you, because baby, I'd be dead
C#m E
And that's the only way, it seems, that I could get away
B A
Otherwise, I'm nothing without you, babe
(continue chord progression)
I got a bad, sick stink, and I'm bathing in the sink
At the YMCA down the street from the clinic
And there's a sad old man with a sad, saggy ass
Just crying under the electric dryer for your hands
And he's wet, and he's dying and the spiders on his nose
Seem to indicate that he's been keeping warm out in the cold
And he's a lot like me, I guess, but we're somehow not the same
They say you really die the last time anybody says your name
Riff 2
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C#m E A B
This sweet and sticky dream was nothing that I needed
C#m E A B
Just demons to believe, poisons lined up to feed 'em
A E B
And the rings inside this tree are rotten deeper down
A B
Goddamn this fucking town, it's restless and I'm drowning
Solo
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I got these black rotten teeth, cracking off in bloody beef
And I haven't seen the dentist in at least six thousand weeks
And I'm high on this TV and these whiskeys and these dreams
That I wouldn't dare to follow because I couldn't dare succeed
So I write down shitty words, so I sit in titty bars
So I text and tweet and look at nudes and beat off in the dark
Back when I was just a boy, these were okay ways to go
But baby, I got old and somewhere I ditched my soul
(whistling is the same as riff 1)
This sweet and sticky dream was nothing that I needed
Just demons to believe, poisons lined up to feed 'em
And the rings inside this tree are rotten deeper down
Goddamn this fucking town, it's restless and I'm drowning
C#m, E, B, A
We are the lonely seeds
Adrift on burning seas
Just pour the goddamn round
And let's let these fuckers drown
A, B, C#m
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version 2
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C#m - x46654
E - 022100
B - x24442
A - x02220
Intro: C#m-E-B-A- x2
Verse 1:
C#m
Click on the link for
E
the world™s biggest dick
B
You can smell the rats
A
are dying As the ship
starts to sink Down
C#m
beneath the poor are
E
embraces and tears
B
Up against the bars
A
staring down their years
C#m
You told me to kiss you
E
because we were at the end
B
And I said I wouldn™t miss
A
you because baby, I™d be
C#m
dead And that™s the only way
E
it seems that I could get
B
away Otherwise I™m nothing
A C#m E B A
without you babe oh
Verse 2:
C#m
I got a bad sick stink
E
and I™m bathing in the
B
sink At the YMCA down the
A
street from the clinic
C#m
And there™s a sad old man
E
with a sad saggy ass
B
Just crying under the
A
electric dryer for your hands
C#m
And he™s wet, and he™s dying
E
and the spiders on his nose
B
Seem to indicate that he™s been
A
keeping warm out in the cold
C#m
And he™s a lot like me I guess
E
but we™re somehow not the same
B
They say you really die the last
A
time anybody says your name
Interlude: C#m-E-B-A-C#m-E-B-A--
Chorus 1:
C#m E
This sweet and sticky dream
A B
was nothing that I needed
C#m E
Just demons to believe and
A B
poisons lined up to feed them
A
And the rings inside this
E B
tree are rotten deeper down
A
Goddamn this fucking town
B
It™s restless and I™m drowning
Post Chorus: C#m-E-B-A- x2
Verse 3:
C#m
I got these black rotten teeth
E
Cracking off in bloody beef
B
And I haven™t seen the dentist
A
in at least six thousand weeks
C#m
And I™m high on this TV and
E
these whiskeys and these dreams
B
That I wouldn™t dare to follow
A
because I couldn™t dare succeed
C#m
So I write down shitty words
E
So I sit in titty bars
B
So I text and tweet and look
A
at nudes and beat off in the
C#m
dark Back when I was just a boy
E
These were okay ways to go
B
But baby I got old And
A
somewhere I ditched my soul Oh
Interlude:
C#m E B A
C#m-E-B-A--
Chorus 2:
C#m E
This sweet and sticky dream
A B
was nothing that I needed
C#m E
Just demons to believe and
A B
poisons lined up to feed them
A
And the rings inside this
E B
tree are rotten deeper down
A
Goddamn this fucking town
B--
It™s restless and I™m drowning
C#m E B A
We are the lonely seeds
C#m E B A
Adrift on burning seas
C#m E B
Just pour the goddamn
A C#m E B
round And let™s let
A(hold) A B C#m(hold)
these fuckers drown
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