Intro: [bass synth]
Bb Bb Bb F ------------------------------------| ------------------------------------| ------------------------------------| ------------------------------------| -1h3-3-3--1h3-3-3--1h3-1h3----------| ---------------------------1h3-1h3--|
[acoustic, doubled on piano] Cm -3----------------------------------------| ---6-4-3---6-4-3-----4-3-------3----------| -----------------5-------5-3-----5-3------| -------------------------------------6-5--| ------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
Cm F
What do want from life?
G# G
To kidnap an heiress or threaten her with a knife
Cm F
What do want from life?
G# G
To get cable TV and watch it every night
Chorus 1: [faster, honky tonk]
Cm F
There you'll sit - a lump in your chair
G# G F
Where do you sleep and what do you wear when you're sleeping.
Verse 2: [original tempo]
Cm F
What do want from life?
G# G
An Indian Guru to show you the inner light
Cm F
What do want from life?
G# G A->Bb
A meaningless love affair with a girl that you met tonight
Bridge 1: [stately]
Bb F [bkgrnd]
How can you tell when you're doin' all right? (do-do-do-do)
C G G->A->Bb
Does your bank account swell while you're dreaming at night?
Bb F
How do you know when you're really in love? (do-do-do-do)
C C# G#
Do violins play when you're touching the one that you're loving?
A G#
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....
Verse 3: [modulates up a tone]
C#m F#
What do want from life? (what do you want from life)
A G#
Someone to love and somebody you can trust
C#m F#
What do want from life? (what do you want from life)
A G#
To try and be happy while you do the nasty things you must
[Bass Synth Interlude, funky, over C#]
[Wah Guitar solo over C#]
C#m F# A G#
What do want from life ? (what do you want from life ?)
C#m F# A G#
What do want from life ? (what DO you WANT from LIFE ?)
[Spoken faster & faster & faster over changes. Alternate
spoken lines between two "voices", huckster style.]
Well, you can't have THAT - BUT if you're an American
Citizen you ARE intitled to:
- a heated kidney shaped pool
- a microwave oven (don't watch the food cook)
- a DynaGym (i'll personally demonstrate it in the privacy
of your own home)
- a king-size Titanic unsinkable Molly Brown waterbed with
Polybendum
- a fool-proof plan and an air-tight alibi
- Real Simulated Indian Jewelery
- a Gucci Shoe Tree
- a year's supply of anti-biotics
- a personally autographed picture of Randy Mantooth (*)
and Bob Dylan's new unlisted phone number
- a beautifully restored 3rd reich swizzle stick
- RoseMary's Baby!
- a dream date, in kneepads, with Paul Williams
- a new Matador, a new Mastedon, a Maverick, a Mustang, a Montego
- a Merc Montclair,
- a Mark 4, a Meteor, a Mercedes, an MG or a Malibu
- a Mork Moriarti, a Maserati, a Mack Truck
- a Mazda, a new Monza, or a Moped
- a Winnibago, hell, a herd o' Winnibagos, we're givin' 'em away!
- or, how 'bout a McCullough Chain saw [vocal near manic]
- a Las Vegas wedding, a Mexican divorce [band stops]
- a solid gold Kama Sutra coffee pot [descending drums]
or, a Baby's arm holding an apple. [end cold]
(*) remember him? the 70s TV show "The Rookies"? Nurse Jill on duty
on every shift on every floor...
- another ace 70s tab from Dave Turner & Tim Willett
