"Aspirin Damage" by Alice Cooper
From the album Flush the Fashion (1980)
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\= slide down /=slide up .= mute chord with palm
"I get these killer headaches. I get one every day."
"I balance my Excedrin and Anacins in stacks."
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| D | 7 7 7 5 7 7 5 3 |
| A | 7 5 7 5 7 5 5 3 |
| E | 5 5 3 5 3 1 |
"I wake up with a migraine since you ran away."
"I'm a pain reliever junkie. I got a Bayer on my back."
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| D | 5 5 5 3 5 5 7 5 |
| A | 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 5 |
| E | 3 3 1 3 3 |
"I got a load of tension burning up my neck. Something's
"I went to see the doctor. He walked me down the hall. Said,
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| D | 7 7 7 5 7 7 5 3 |
| A | 7 5 7 5 7 5 5 3 |
| E | 5 5 3 5 3 1 |
"wrong with my suspension. So, pass those tablets to this wreck."
""Strip down till your naked. Your suit, your tie and all.""
(Got to Chorus two after second verse.)
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| D | 5 5 5 3 5 5 |
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| E | 3 3 1 3 |
"Aspirin damage."
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| G | 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| D | 7 7 9 9 9 9 9\ 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 |
| A | 7 5 9 9 9 9 9\ 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| E | 5 7 7 7 7 7\ |
"Aspirin damage. Kills the
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| A | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| E | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
"pain, it destroys the brain."
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| G | 5 7 |
| D | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 7 9 |
| A | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 7 5 9 |
| E | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 |
"No one told me 'bout aspirin
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| D | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 . . . . . . . . |
| A | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 |
| E | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
"damage. Sometimes I find myself shaking from the medication
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| A | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 |
| E | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
"taken, oh yeah."
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| G | . . . . 8 10 12\ |
| D | 7 7 7 7 . . . . . . . 8 10 10 12 12\ |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 10 8 12 10\ |
| E | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 8 10 |
Chorus two
"Aspirin damage."
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| G | 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| D | 7 7 9 9 9 9 9\ 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 |
| A | 7 5 9 9 9 9 9\ 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| E | 5 7 7 7 7 7\ |
"Aspirin damage. Kills the
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| A | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| E | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
"pain, it destroys the brain."
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| G | 5 7 |
| D | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 7 9 |
| A | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 7 5 9 |
| E | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 |
"Aspirin damage. My disadvantage."
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| D | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 . . . . . . . . |
| A | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 |
| E | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
"Sometimes I find myself shaking from the medication
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| D | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 5 5 |
| A | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 |
| E | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
"taken, oh yeah."
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| G | . . . . 8 10 12 |
| D | 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5\ 8 10 10 12 12 14 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5\ 6 10 8 12 10 14 |
| E | 3 3 3 3 3 3\ 8 10 12 |
"Aspirin damage."
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| D | 14 16 16\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| A | 12 16 14\ 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 |
| E | 14 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
"Aspirin damage. Kills the pain,
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| G | . . . 9 . 9 . . |
| D | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 |
| A | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| E | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
"it destroys the brain."
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| D | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 . . . . . . . . 5 2 7 4/ |
| A | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 5 2 7 4/ |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 0 5 2/ |
"No one told me 'bout aspirin
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| A | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| E | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
"damage. Sometimes I find myself shaking from the medication
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| A | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 |
| E | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 |
"taken, oh yeah."
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| D | . . . . 7 7 7 7 7 7 7\ 5 2 7 4 |
| A | 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5\ 5 2 7 4 |
| E | 5 5 5 5 3 0 5 2 |
"Aspirin damage."
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| A | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 |
| E | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
"Aspirin damage. Kills the pain,
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| D | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 |
| A | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| E | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
"it destroys the brain."
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| D | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 . . . . . . . . 5 2 7 4 |
| A | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 5 2 7 4 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 0 5 2 |
"No one told me 'bout aspirin
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| A | 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| E | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
"damage. Sometimes I find myself shaking from the medication
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| A | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 |
| E | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 |
"taken, oh yeah." (Fade out)
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| D | . . . . 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 2 7 |
| A | 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 7 |
| E | 5 5 5 5 3 0 5 |