Subject: more alt. country tabs III (Bottle Rockets) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 00:53:42 -0400 From: christopher.gehrz@yale.edu (Christopher Allan Gehrz) To: settler@mailer.uni-marburg.de "Welfare Music" By Scott Taylor and Brian Henneman From The Bottle Rockets' 1994 East Side Digital release THE BROOKLYN SIDE © Seven Shades Music (BMI) INTRO: G | C - G | G | D | G | C - G | G | D - G | G | G VERSE ONE: [G] Quit school when she was [C]seven[G]teen [G]Senator on TV calls her [D]welfare queen [Em] Used to be daddy's [C]little [G]girl VERSE TWO: Buys cassette tapes in the bargain bin Loves Carlene Carter and Loretta Lynn Tries to have fun on a Saturday night Sunday mornin' don't shine too bright CHORUS: It's [G]welfare [C]mus[G]ic [G]Watch the baby [D]dance To the [Em]welfare [C]music [G]Will she ever [D]stand a [C]chance? repeat INTRO VERSE THREE: Takes two to make three But the one ain't there Still chasin' women and drinkin' beer Says nobody understands how he feels But that don't pay the monthly bills VERSE FOUR: Angry fat man on the radio Wants to keep his taxes way down low Says there oughta be a law Angriest man you ever saw repeat CHORUS VERSE FIVE: Baby dancer goes on the floor Round and round just like before Baby fall down, baby get up Baby needs a drink from a lovin' cup repeat CHORUS [x2] ------------------