Introdução:
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Bm                    A           G  Em
Doctor Doctor what is wrong with me
Bm                    A           G  Em
This supermarket life is getting long
Bm                    A     G         Em
What is the heart life of a colour TV
Bm                    A     G            D
What is the shelf life of a teenage queen

Em  C

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Ooh western woman
D   Dsus2 D     G
Ooh western girl

Bm
News hound sniffs the air
    A             G         Em
When Jessica Hahn goes down
Bm                           A
He latches on to that symbol
G             Em
Of detachment
Bm          A     G                     Em
Attracted by the peeling away of feeling
Bm           A        G                    D
The celebrity of the abused shell the belle

D   Dsus2 D     G
Ooh western women
D   Dsus2 D     G
Ooh western girl

D
And the children on Melrose
    Dsus2
Strut their stuff
G
Is absolute zero cold enough
D                    Dsus2     D
And out in the valley warm and clean
G
The little ones sit by their TV screens
D              Dsus2     D
No toughts to think
G
No tears to cry
G   A     Bm
All sucked dry
             A          G
Down to the very last breath
Em                 A
Bartender what is wrong with me
Em                  A
Why am I so out of breath
Em                 A
The captain said excuse me ma'am
Em                 A
This species has amused itself to death

D   Dsus2   D     G
Amused itself to death
D   Dsus2   D     G
Amused itself to death

D              Dsus2 D     G
We watched the tragedy unfold
We did as we were told
              D
We bought and sold
             Dsus2    D       G
It was the greatest show on earth
But then it was over
D
We oohed and aahed
                  Dsus2    D
We drove our racing cars
G
We ate our last few jars of caviar
D
And somewhere out there in the stars
         Dsus2    D
A keen-eyed look-out
     G
Spied a flickering light
              D
Our last hurrah
              G
Our last hurrah

Em                       A
And when they found our shadows
Em                      A
Grouped around the TV sets
Em                    A
They ran down every lead
       Em             A    Bm
They repeated every test
                                       G
They checked out all the data on their lists
          Bm
And then the alien anthropologists
G                  F#m        Em
Admitted they were still perplexed
         D
But on eliminating every other reason
Dsus2  G
For our sad demise
D                           Dsus2  D
They logged the only explanation left
G                                     Bm
This species has amused itself to death

Em              A
No tears to cry
Em               A
No feelings left
Em                  A                   Bm
This species has amused itself to death
           A       G   Em
Amused itself to death

Bm         A       G    Em
Amused itself to death
Bm         A       G    Em
Amused itself to death
Bm         A       G
Amused itself to death