The great boredom battle

VERSE 1

D

I'm boring myself

Bm

Slowly to death

G

And I'm taking you with me

A

We've not much time left

My mother said, "Only the boring get bored"

But you need to accept some of the blame

We're in this together, this is our show

You can determine how well it goes

BRIDGE

E

I know something

G

Has to change

CHORUS

D

I'm bored by you, I'm bored by me

A

I'm bored by everything I see

G

The repetition, the carrying on

A

While we pretend there’s nothing wrong

I’m bored by love, I’m bored by hate

It’s all too slow, we’re all too late

While the sands they won’t be stopped

I need my world to be rocked

VERSE 2

I need an accident

A near-death experience

To shake me up and make me appreciate

All the things I've got

That's why I take risks

To nearly lose it all

To look over the edge into the abyss

And back at the world I'd miss

BRIDGE

CHORUS (1^st part)

CHORUS

I'm bored by travel, I'm bored by change

It makes no difference, I'm still the same

I’m the problem all along

But most of all I’m bored by this song

CHORUS (2^nd part)

The great boredom battle by thejackstaffordfoundation

Renee Vancouver

VERSE

G                                     D

I traversed the continent from East to West

C

When I finally ran out of land

The dusk streets of Vancouver were dusty and dry

The red sun dripped out of the sky

I took my meal up on main street in a greek restaurant

From a waitress with powder blue eyes

CHORUS

Em

Hey there Renee

C

Well I wish I could stay

D

But my wings will wilt quickly on the land

We'll meet up one day

In a far away place

When my feathers make a bed on the ground

VERSE

She was house-sitting in a penthouse flat

We made love to a cityscape

An aspiring actress with time on her side

Not shy of 23

10 years my junior but travel years ahead

I've only been soaring 9 months

From a cabin in the Yukon to the

Learnt the sitar in India

All in all the kind of girl than no sane man would leave

I have no case for sanity

CHORUS

MIDDLE

C                            Am/B

When I think of the faces and places

C                           Am/B

I wouldn’t have met if I didn’t take off

My heart it grows heavy

My blood rises up

That I didn't fly years ago
Years ago

VERSE

My nice shoes are worn, my zip suit is torn

And my bad back wants to lie in your bed

But every stab and crack is a reminder I have

Of a weight I'm not built to bear

CHORUS

Renee Vancouver by thejackstaffordfoundation

Super easy classic rock

VERSE 1
F
Super easy classic rock
Rudy radio never stops

It's only Classics nothing new
They've got the tunes to get you through

CHORUS

C                                  F

Ohhhhhh... classic rock radio

VERSE 2
Miles from nowhere, no CDs
Classic rock is all you need

Better like it, better choose it

It's either that or country music

CHORUS

VERSE 3
Slowing down now into town
It's time to cruise and look around

Windows down and elbows out
You know what is blasting out

CHORUS 2
C                                    F
Oh ohhhh... classic rock radio
C                                    F

Oh ohhhh... the mood to cruise

MIDDLE

Bf                                C

On a roadtrip across America

F                                          Bf

The soundtrack takes care of itself

C

Let's go

Down the road

VERSE
Super easy classic rock
Rudy radio never stops

It might be Sabbath it might be Zep
Whatever it you're always set

CHORUS

Misogyny in D

VERSE
Cm
I've travelled the world
F
Seen the wildest of things
Cm
But the creature that is woman
Dm               F
Is the meanest I've seen

CHORUS
Cm
Why are they like, the way they are?
F
Why are they so mean?
Cm
How'd they get so angry?
F
It's just so obscene

VERSE
Then you meet a new one
You think this one is nice
But wait for the dark side
There's always a price

CHORUS

MIDDLE
Cm
They love to battle, they love to fight
F
They'll rough you up, they spit and they bite
Cm
So much anger, so much hate
F
They'll work you over 'til you break

VERSE
It's just one of life's mysteries
That will never be solved
Just sit down your son
He needs to be told

CHORUS
They're just like the way they are
Insecurity and pride
Don't let them get to you
Keep cold inside

They're just like the way they are
Vindictive and petty
Enjoy it as a show
Just pick one that's pretty

The way they are by thejackstaffordfoundation

The bitch behind blue eyes

Capo 2nd

VERSE
Am
Your hard luck story
Em
Is written all over your face
Am
Doomed with trancing beauty
Em
In a worshipping world
Am
Fated with a face
Em
That pleases

BRIDGE
It's hard, it's hard, they don't realise how hard

CHORUS
Still as high as you go
NO NEED TO GROW
You can aspire to shallow
NO NEED TO KNOW
Will be forever callow
LAUGH AND GLOW
What the Gods will bestow
ANGEL DOUGH
Solo

VERSE
You don't make the mind poo
That we all wade through
You have a hardened thick skin
With a sickly heart within
You're pleasing on the eyes
Much harder on the ears

BRIDGE

CHORUS

MIDDLE
Why, should you try?
You far from needy
To try for more than beauty
Would just seem greedy

CHORUS

Bittersweetheart by thejackstaffordfoundation

Music for a mountain top

Capo 5th

VERSE
G
Maybe I'm older or maybe I'm wiser
C
And maybe me doubt myself
G
What am I playing and what am I saying?
C
I'm becoming very tired of words
A
It's time to give the people what they want

CHORUS
G
And they want music for a mountain top
C
Lyrics that mean nothing at all
Em
Ignore the indications and all the conversations
A
Avoid the complications

Just play music for a mountain top
Cliches at a dollar a pop
Just keep on the melody, subjects are a malady
Pander to the gallery

Verse 2
I've played to blank faces in all different places
All that changes is the scenery

"We came here to talk and we came here to drink
And we're not in the mood to think"

I need to give the people what they want

CHORUS

MIDDLE
Em
If you're having ideas but nobody hears
D
Are they really ideas at all?

CHORUS
Music for a mountain top
Move your head around in a bop
And don't put thought into your next rhyme, that's just a waste of time
All of it is all fine

Just play music for a mountain top
Something for the Starbuck's shop
And just sing rather quietly, mumble rather silently
I want to give it to them violently

Music for a mountain top
Smile while you look at the clock
Leave them in a good mood, don't let yourself be getting rude
Think about the good food

Music for a mountain top by thejackstaffordfoundation

Anglophone

VERSE 1
Am                                          Dm
After 5 weeks of driving round North America
Am                                          Dm
I thought I’d seen all it had to give
Am                                          Dm
But then I arrived in Riviere du Loup
Am
The way they looked, the way they talked
Dm                E
J’e suite en anglophone

VERSE 2
After 5 weeks of shows in North America
My act was perfected and refined
I told my jokes and stories for an hour and a half
But nobody cried, nobody laughed
J’e suite en anglophone

MIDDLE
E                                  Am
What kind of a place is this?
E                                                 Am
I think they’re playing a game with me
E                                                   Am
Surely they get their English from the TV
Dm                 E
I am still in North America

VERSE 3
A few days later in Montreal at the Cagibi
A beautiful young lady lands a look on me
The kind the language barrier can't hold back
“Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?”
Ja
J’e suite en anglophone