Road To Ruin Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

[ A5 G5 F5 G5 ] (x2)

(verse)

A5Hanging out on F5Second AvG5enue

Eating chicken Vidallo

I just want to be with you

A5I just want to have something to do

(Chorus)

ToF5night, toG5night, tA5onight

Tonight, tonight, well all right

Tonight, tonight, tonight

Tonight, tonight, tonight

G5WaitF5-noG5w, wA5aitG5-nowF5

A5Hanging out all F5by myselfG5

I don't want to be with anybody else

I just want to be with you

A5I Just want to have something to do

ToF5night, toG5night, toA5night

Tonight, tonight, well all right

Tonight, tonight, tonight

Tonight, tonight, tonight ....

2. I Wanted Everything

(intro)

[ D G D F ] x4

(Verse)

GI heard Aabout the DEaster EBunnyD

Presents under a Christmas tree

It was dreaming and fantasy

There was no Mom or Daddy

(chorus)

E I wCanted Deverything

I wanted everything

I wanted everything

[ E G D E ]

[ D G D F ] x4

I had the world on my shoulder

But I was getting older

Knew I was ready for it

Some kind of employment

I wanted...

[ E G D E ]

[ D G D F ] x4

[ A D A E ] x4

All day working on a truck

Bringing the groceries up

not much of a salary

No tip for the delivery

I wanted....

[ E G D E ]

[ D G D F ] x4

There's no success for me

Involved in a robbery

There's money in the supermarket

And I'm goin' in after it

I wanted...

[ E G D E ]

[ D G D F ]

I wanted everything

I wanted everything

[ D G D F ]

I wanted everything

I wanted everything

[ D G D F ]

I wanted everything

I wanted everything

[ till the end ]

3. Don't Come Close

(intro)

[ D A G ] x3

(Verse)

DYou know it's generally known

GYou got everything at home

DKisses out of desperation

GBring you more aggravation

(chorus)

and you Ddon't cAome clGose

You don't come close

you don't come close

DYou bring out you souveniers

GSoak them wet with your tears

DYou lose you imagination

GOut of more aggravation

And you don't...

GYou turn red with rage

ABut act your age

GOnly thing that your regret

You Bneed more time tAo forget

[ G A ] x3

[ G B A ]

And you don't...

You don't come close

You don't come close

You don't come close

D

4. I don't want you

(intro)

[G F] x4

(verse)

GYou saFid that Gyou'd bFe true

GBaby saFid thatG you'd bD♯e true

GI don't cFare, IG don't cFare

GI don't cFare, IG don't cD♯are D

(verse)

GI don't Fwant yD♯ou

Don't want you

I don't want you anymore

[ G F ] x4

You said that you'd be mine

Baby said that you'd be mine

I don't care, I don't care

I don't care, I don't care

I don't want...

D♯I want yoFu ID♯ want youF to stayG F D♯

D♯But I guesFs that D♯it just can'Ft be thatG way F

[ G F ] x4

You said...

I don't want...

Don't want...

5. Needles and Pins

(intro)

F♯

(chorus)

F♯I saw her today, I saw her face

It was the face of D♯love, and I knew

I had to run awF♯ay

And get down on my knees and prD♯ay, that they go away

And still it beginsF♯, needles and pinD♯s

Because of all my pBride, the tears I gotta hiC♯de

Oh I thought I was smartF♯, I stole her heart

I didn't think I'd D♯do, but now I see

She's worth to him than me, F♯let her go ahead

Take his love instD♯ead, and one day she will see

Just how to say pleasF♯e, and get down on her kneeD♯s

Oh that's how it beginBs, she'll feel those needle and piC♯ns

Hurtin' her, hurtin' her

A♯Why can't stop, and tell myself I'm wrG♯ong, I'm wrong, so wrong

F♯Why can't I stand up, and tell myself I'm strFong

Because, saw her todaA♯y, I saw her face

It was the face of lovGe, and I knew

I had to run awaA♯y

And get down on my knees and praGy, that they go away

And still it beginsA♯, needles and pinGs

Because of all my pridD♯e, the tears I gotta hFide

Needle and pinA♯s

Needle and pins

Needle and pins

6. I'm Against It

[ E A D A ] x2

E AWell I'm DagainsAt it

I'm against it

Well I'm against it

I'm against it

[ A D B E ] x2

BI don't like politicsF♯

AI don't like communistsE A

BI don't like games andF♯ fun

AI don't like anyoneE A

And I'm against...

[ A D B E ] x2

I don't like Jesus Freaks

I don't like cricus geeks

I don't like summer and sports

I don't like anything

[ E A D A ] x2

[ E G E D ] x2

[ A C D E ] x2

I don't like sex and drugs

I don't like waterbugs

I don't care about poverty

All I care about is me

And I'm against...

[ A D B E ] x2

I don't like playing ping pong

I don't like the Viet Cong

I don't like Burger King

I don't like anything

[ E G E D ] x2

[ A C D E ] x2

And I'm against...

Well I'm against it

I'm against it

7. I wanna be sedated

Intro

Guitar 1

(verse)

ETwenty-twenty-twenty four hours to goA I wanna be sedatedE

Nothin' to do and no where to go-o-oh I wanna be sedated

Chorus

Just Bget me to the airport pEut me on a plane

Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane

I can't control my fingers I can't control my brain

Oh Ano no no no Bno

Etwenty-twenty.....

Solo

Guitar 1

GuiEtar 2 A B E

[ D♯\E D#\E ]

F♯Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I Bwanna be sedatedF♯

Nothin' to do and no where to go-o-oh I wanna be sedated

Just putC♯ me in a wheelchair get F♯me to the show

Hurry hurry hurry before I go loco

I can't control my fingers I can't control my toes

Oh no Bno no no no C♯

[ F\F♯ F\F♯ ]

F♯Twenty....

F♯Ba-ba-baba-ba Ba-Bba-baba-ba C♯I wanna be sedatF♯ed

Ba-ba-baba-ba Ba-ba-baba-ba I wanna be sedated

F♯Ba-ba-baba-ba Ba-Bba-baba-ba C♯I wanna be sedatF♯ed

Ba-ba-baba-ba Ba-ba-baba-ba I wanna be sedated

8. Go Mental

[ G F A♯ C ] x2

GI'm Fgoing A♯menCtal

I'm going mental

[ C D F G ] x2

COut oDf the FhospiGtal

Out against my will

Life is so beautiful

I've gone mental

AMennnnnn-A♯tall

Mennnnnn-tall

(end)

[ C D F G ]

then fade out

9. Questioningly

[D G Bm A ] x2

DQuestioningly her Geyes looked at me

DAnd then she spoke aren't you someone I Gused to know

AndBm weren't we lovers aA long time ago?

DLooked at her close Gforced her into view

DYes, I said, you're a girl

ThatG I Bmonce may have knAew

But GI don't love you Danymore

GWhy do you want to Dtalk to me for?

GYou should have just let Dme walk by

GMemories Bmmake us Acry D

DIn the morning, GI'm at work at time

DMy boss he tells me that GI'm Bmdoing Afine

GWhen I'm going Dhome

GWhiskey bottle Dmovie on T.V.

GMemories Dmake me cry

And GI'm alone justBm me

Just Ame, questioninglDy

[ D G Bm A ] x2

But I don't...

Looked at her...

Questioningly her...

10. She's the one

[ G E ] x2

GYeah yeah she's the one E

Yeah yeah she's the one

AWhen I see her onF the street

You know she makes my life complete

GAnd you know EI told you so

AShe's the one,D she's the one

GYeah yeah she's my girl E

Yeah yeah she's my girl

AWhen I see her onF the street

You know she makes my life complete

GAnd you know EI told you so

AShe's the one,G she's the one

AKnow I'll never find a girl like youG E

ABut in my heartD I'll always love you....

EShe's the one, sAhe's the one, Dshe's the oneG

She's the one, she's the one, she's the one

She's the one, she's the one, she's the one

11. Bad Brain

[ E A D A D ] x4

[ A E B E D ] x4

[ D B F♯ ] x2

AI used to beE an A sBtudentE D

I never used to complain

I used to be a truant

But I'm still the same

ABad bEad bBrainE D

Bad bad brain

[ D B F♯ ] x2

after 2nd verse

[ E A D A D ] x4

[ D B F♯ ] x2

after 3rd

C.Bad bad brain, bad bad brain

Bad bad brain, bad bad brain

Bad bad brain, bad bad brain

DBad bBad bF♯rain, Dbad bBad bF♯rain

(till the end)

12. It's a Long Way Back

[ D♯ D C A♯ ] x4

[ G♯ A♯ ] x2

G♯You by the phD♯one

You all alone

It's a long way back to Germany

It's a long way back to Germany

[ D♯ D C A♯ ] x4

You by the...

[ D♯ D C A♯ ] x4

[ G♯ A♯ ] x4

[ D♯ D C A♯ ] x4

You by the...

[ D♯ D C A♯ ] x4