19 Nervous Breakdown
View chords used in this chart
INTRO (RIFF 1): -- 2x's
B Esus4 Esus4 E ; B Esus4 Esus4 E (IMPLIED CHORDS)
E -----------------------------------------------
B -------10--10---9-----------10--10---9---------
G --------9---9---9--------9-------9---9---------
D -----------------------------------------------
A ---7-----------------7-------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------
VERSE 1:
E
You're the kind of person you meet
At certain dismal dull affairs.
A
Center of a crowd, talking much too loud
E
Running up and down the stairs.
A
Well it seems to me that you have seen
Too much in too few years.
E
And though you've tried you just can't hide
Your eyes are edged with tears.
CHORUS:
B Esus4 Esus4 E ; B Esus4 Esus4 E
You better stop,
(RIFF 2)
E -------------- *NOTE: strike the note on
A B -------------- the 5th fret first,
Look around, G ---------7--5- then place finger
D --*5--7------- on the 7th fret
A -------------- without striking.
E --------------
E
Here it comes, here it comes,
A
Here it comes, here it comes.
E
Here comes your nine-teenth nervous breakdown.
VERSE 2:
When you were a child you were treated kind
But you were never brought up right.
You were always spoiled with a thousand toys
But still you cried all night.
Your mother who neglected you
Owes a million dollar tax.
And your father's still perfecting ways
Of making ceiling wax.
CHORUS:
BREAK:
B E
Oh, who's to blame, that girl's just insane.
A
Well nothing I do don't seem to work,
B
It only seems to make matters worse.
E
Oh please.
VERSE 3:
You were still in school when you had that fool
Who really messed your mind.
And after that you turned your back
On treating people kind.
On our first trip I tried so hard
To rearrange your mind.
But after a while I realized
You were disarranging mine.
CHORUS:
FIRST GUITAR: start with (RIFF 3) -- 3x's
(RIFF 3)
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G ------------------------------------
D ------9-----9------9---------9------
A ---------9----------------9---------
E ---7------------7------7------------
2nd GUITAR : start INTRO (RIFF 1) last 2 times of FIRST GUITAR
playing (RIFF 3).
BREAK:
VERSE 2:
OUTRO CHORUS:
B Esus4 Esus4 E ; B Esus4 Esus4 E
You better stop,
A play (RIFF 2) once then (RIFF 3) -- 2x's
Look around,
A
Here it comes.
E
Here comes your nine-teenth nervous breakdown
*Here comes your nine-teenth nervous breakdown. *NOTE: use stacatto
*Here comes your nine-teenth nervous breakdown. type picking
*Here comes your nine-teenth nervous breakdown. running the
*Here comes your nine-teenth nervous breakdown. low E string
*Here comes your nine-teenth nervous breakdown. from the 7th
fret to the
1st fret.
(SURF SOUND
a la
DICK DALE)
----------------- Acordes -----------------
A = X 0 2 2 2 0
B = X 2 4 4 4 2
E = 0 2 2 1 0 0
Esus4 = 0 2 2 2 0 0
How to play 19 Nervous Breakdown
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is B. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.