This is one of the best proofs of "rocky-punk styled" pop songs performed by Blondie.
Perfect lyrics and continuous drum beat.Teenagers' dream and softpunk queen, Debbie Harry
is marvellous on vocals, even screamin'.
"Eat to the Beat" is the weird and funny title of Blondie's 4th album. After the great selling
success that "Parallel Lines" was, the band took a little time for writting new songs and
prepare the new album. Songs like "Slow Motion", "Atomic", "Dreaming","Die Young, Stay
pretty" and "Union City Blue" were written under the influence of many different cultural
ambients like "Studio 54", the mytical disco, or Andy Warhol, the Pop Art genius, that was
good friend of Debbie Harry and Chris Stein.
"Eat to the Beat" was launched in 1979 and became quickly a new selling success for the band.
Many songs were Hit Singles and everyday they were more popular.
"Living in the real world" is a quite popular song, written by Jimmy Destri, the keyboards
player. The song has got a rocky melody and you can see the Punk influence on lyrics and
part of the melody (such as when Debbie starts screaming).
INTRO:(screamin':one, two, one, two,three, waaaaaa)
GGGG/Bdim
(this intro with organ would be played:)
Chords: G =G+B+D
G/Bdim =G+B+D+FGEm
Every day you've got to wake up
AC
and disappear behind your makeup
GEm
Take away your calendar watch and
AC
you can't keep track until your heart attack
GEmAC
Hey I'm living in a magazine page to page in my submarine!
GEmA
Hey now Cindy you can't get to me need an elevator
C
Hey I'll see you later 'cause
FCG
I'm not living in the real world
FCG
I'm not living in the real world
FCGAC
I'm not living in the real world no more, no more
C
Yeah
GEm
I can be whatever I want to
AC
I talk to me I even agree
GEm
Every day's a holiday
AC
You can look through the glass and take a photograph
GEm
You will never ever walk on the moon
AC
leave your body and float through the room
GEm
You could never conquer me 'cause
AC
I'm not here and you're not there and
FCG
I'm not living in the real world
FCG
I'm not living in the real world
FCGAC
I'm not living in the real world no more, no more
C
Yeah
FC
Didn't I ever tell you I was gone?
FG
Didn't I ever tell you I was gone?
G
Bye, bye!
GUITAR SOLO: A- G- A- C- D
GEm
I can do anything at all
AC
I'm invisible and I'm twenty feet tall
GEm
Pull the plug on your digital clock
AC
and it all goes dark and the bodies stop
GEmAC
Hey I'm living in a magazine page to page in my teenage dream
GEmAC
Hey now Mary you can't follow me without a satellite I'm on a power flight '
C
cause
(SCREAMING :i'm not livin', i'm not livin'...)
FCG
I'm not living in the real world
FCG
I'm not living in the real world
FCGAC
I'm not living in the real world no more, no more
FCG
I'm not living in the real world
FCG
I'm not living in the real world
FCGACG
I'm not living in the real world no more, no more, no more
ACG
No more, no more, no more
ACG
No more, no more, no more.
AND STOP.
Peace, Love and Zen to everybody.
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