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The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane by Jeffrey Lewis
The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Em
Capo:no capo
[Verse 1]
E
It was a night in July, I think six years ago
E
Why did I eat the acid? I don't know
A
I wasn't thinking and I wasn't scared
A
Why did I eat the acid? I wasn't prepared
[Chorus 1]
F# G E
The last time I did acid I went insane
[Verse 2]
E
I was hanging with some friends just getting loaded
E
When all of a sudden my mind exploded
A
I had a flash that I was gay and I got paranoid
A
I was sitting on the floor listening to Pink Floyd
[Chorus 1]
F# G E
The last time I did acid I went insane
[Verse 3]
E
And I was drawing crazy pictures and before I was done
E
The pictures started pulsing like an alien lung
A
And I said 'oh my god this has just begun'
B7
And it was twelve more hours before it was done
E
We were up on the rooftop and I'll tell you the truth
E
I was convinced I'd already fallen off of the roof
A
And these weird metal things in outer space
A
Were teleporting me from place to place
[Chorus 1]
F# G E
The last time I did acid I went insane
[Verse 4]
E
So we ran back downstairs where it was better to be
E
But I was trapped in spiral staircase infinity
A
And when we got to the door I couldn't go inside
A
'Cause it was the gates of heaven and I hadn't died
[Chorus 1]
F# G E
The last time I did acid I went insane
[Verse 5]
E
And this kid named Graham he punched a cat in the head
E
He could read my thoughts, that's what he said
A
And he described what it was like but I didn't believe it
B7
Like lifting a rug and seeing stars beneath it
[Bridge]
E C
Ooo-ooo
Am F
And the first rule of tripping was
Dm Fm
Don't be with people you don't trust
Am F
The second rule of LSD
Dm Fm
The rooftop is not a good place to be
Am F
The third rule is to be prepared
Dm Fm
The fourth rule is to not get scared
Am F
The fifth rule is to stay serene
Dm Fm
Turn off your mind and float downstream
Am F
The sixth rule's to have a good friend at hand
Dm Fm
The seventh rule, I hope that you understand
Am F
Is not to look to deep into your soul
Dm Fm
Or you might find a hideous, hopeless hole
Am F
Of hatred, hunger, infinite, idiot
Dm Fm
Mindless, meaningless, nothingness, nothingness
Am F
Nothingness, nothingness, nothingness, nothingness
Dm Fm
Nothingness, nothingness, nothingness, nothingness
C
Nothingness
E
And that's what I did
[Verse 7]
E
And every aspect of life that I selected
E
Was instantly and brutally dissected
A
I saw the horrible emptiness within
A
The reasons behind everything
[Chorus 2]
F# G E
And it was at that moment that I went insane
[Verse 8]
E
Cos I figured why bother doing anything again
E
I didn't understand my thoughts revealing themselves to be
E
The truth behind everything I'd ever wanted and believed
E
Revealed itself to be
E
Unwinding
[Outro]
E
There are things which we feel to be so terrifically true
E
That what were all but madness
E
For any good man in his own proper character
E
To utter or even hint of them
A
I've just discovered the meaning of life
A
I've just discovered the meaning of life
A
I've just discovered the meaning of life
A
I've just discovered the meaning of life
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