Intro: E C#m E C#m
[E]don't pass me a comb
[C#m]cause I got me a poem runnin[B]g through my mind
[E]don't remind me you're dead
[C#m]cause i'd rather think instead of[B] the times you lived
[E]forcing the circumstance
[C#m]chasing ambulances [B]up the road
[E]was that a laugh or cough?
[C#m]please drop my cousin off
[E]he's heading home to Perth
[C#]he got his money's worth [B]in Canada
[C#m]but he sure had a lot to say [G#m]about America today
[A]she's been beaten up, she's been [E]battered down
[C#m]but we all get confused
[G#m]lose sight of those tiny clues
[A]chasing [B]ambulances
[E] [C#m] [E] [C#m]
[E]some chasing the mighty buck
[C#m]some chase till their wheels get st[E]uck
[E]some chasing piles of dirt
[C#m]some chasing a piece of sk[B]irt
[E]some chasing their own tails
[C#m]some chase till all else fails
[E]some chasing common sense
[C#m]some chasing a picket f[B]ence
[E]me, i'd rather chase you down
[C#m]don't ask me how I found the b[B]alls to say "hey, hey, hey..."
[C#m]but I sure got a lot to learn a[G#m]bout waiting for my turn
[A]but i've been beaten up, i've been [E]battered down
[C#m]but we all get confused
[G#m]lose sight of those tiny clues
[A]chasing a[B]mbulances
i'd rather c[E]hase you do[A]wn, ye[B]ah
not ambulanc[E]es, chi[A]ld, n[B]o
i'd rather c[E]hase you dow[A]n[B]
not ambu-
[E]Not a[A]mbulan[C#m]ces, child, no, [B]no...
[E]
[E]don't pass me a comb
[C#m]cause I got me a poem runnin[B]g through my mind
[E]don't remind me you're dead
[C#m]cause i'd rather think instead of[B] the times you lived
[E]forcing the circumstance
[C#m]chasing ambulances [B]up the road
[E]was that a laugh or cough?
[C#m]please drop my cousin off
[E]he's heading home to Perth
[C#]he got his money's worth [B]in Canada
[C#m]but he sure had a lot to say [G#m]about America today
[A]she's been beaten up, she's been [E]battered down
[C#m]but we all get confused
[G#m]lose sight of those tiny clues
[A]chasing [B]ambulances
[E] [C#m] [E] [C#m]
[E]some chasing the mighty buck
[C#m]some chase till their wheels get st[E]uck
[E]some chasing piles of dirt
[C#m]some chasing a piece of sk[B]irt
[E]some chasing their own tails
[C#m]some chase till all else fails
[E]some chasing common sense
[C#m]some chasing a picket f[B]ence
[E]me, i'd rather chase you down
[C#m]don't ask me how I found the b[B]alls to say "hey, hey, hey..."
[C#m]but I sure got a lot to learn a[G#m]bout waiting for my turn
[A]but i've been beaten up, i've been [E]battered down
[C#m]but we all get confused
[G#m]lose sight of those tiny clues
[A]chasing a[B]mbulances
i'd rather c[E]hase you do[A]wn, ye[B]ah
not ambulanc[E]es, chi[A]ld, n[B]o
i'd rather c[E]hase you dow[A]n[B]
not ambu-
[E]Not a[A]mbulan[C#m]ces, child, no, [B]no...
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