(Outtake from Reflection Studio Sessions) (Available on the bootlegs "Stab It And Steer It" and "These Days")
Notes:
Verse: The F C Bb hammer on the chords you can do the Peter buck jangles using these chord shapes but he goes back to F from Bb before Beginning the next F C Bb progression.
Chorus: Use strummed chords, not Buck-esque jangles, and unlike the verse section, the Bb's do go jangle back to F before beginning the next F C Bb phrase
{Intro}: Eb (6th fret A-shape barre) four times
F (hammer-on) C Bb A public service announcement followed me home the other day,
I bade it nevermind, go away.
The shit's so thick, you could stir it with a stick,
the paper wouldn't lie, wisdom got lost to mankind, we gloat and jeer with it
{Bridge}:
C(8th fret) Bb(6th fret) Broadcast me a joyful noise into the times, Lord, C Bb A(5th) C count your blessings, ignore the lowest fear, well you can't send us, listen,
Radio no, play the game, three words, first one short,
magazine, book, cinema, N - O - down,
many fears are gone, step down, step down,
watch a heel crush, ah this means war
F C Bb (x2)
I saw the light, it can't be right
{Bridge}:
C(8th fret) Bb(6th fret) Broadcast me a joyful noise into the times, Lord, C Bb A(5th) C count your blessings, ignore the lowest fear, well you can't send us, listen,
{Chorus}:
It's been a bad day, please don't take my picture,
It's been a bad day, please
It's been a bad day, please don't take my picture,
A public service announcement followed me home the other day,
I bade it nevermind, go away.
The shit's so thick, you could stir it with a stick,
the paper wouldn't lie, wisdom got lost to mankind, we gloat and jeer with it
F C Bb (x2)
I saw the light, it can't be right
{Bridge}:
C(8th fret) Bb(6th fret) Broadcast me a joyful noise into the times, Lord, C Bb A(5th) C count your blessings, ignore the lowest fear, well you can't send us, listen,
{Chorus}:
It's been a bad day, please don't take my picture,
It's been a bad day, please t F C Bb It's been a bad day, please don't take my picture,
It's been a bad day, please
{Ending}: Eb (6th fret A-shape barre) four times
You don't know how you move me, deconstruct me, and consume me, I'm all used up, I'm out of luck, I am starstruck, By something in your eyes. That is keeping my hope alive. - Matthew Sweet