Dreadlocks Of The Suburbs - Dead Kennedys

Dreadlocks Of The Suburbs

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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ACapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
F# E F# [x2]
F# E [x4]
 
[Verse]
F#
Why don't you come to my room
E F#
Had enough of being fucked by business
E F#
Ain't enough to fund my habits
E F#
Looks like alcohol so grab it
E F#
Had enough of being uncool
E F#
Loosen up like all the folks do
E F#
Like a lumberjack in my eyes
E F#
Have a bottle or two tonight
 
[Chorus]
A E F#
And oh, oh, be a dreadlock of the suburbs
A E F#
And oh, oh, be a dreadlock of the suburbs
 
[Interlude]
F# E F#
 
[Verse]
E F#
Some peyote and ferascas
E F#
And a new Havana philosophy
E F#
I don't know too much about him
E F#
He knows how to make it never-ending
E F#
With a stash that's supremo
E F#
He's got any colors going
E F#
I took out an ad in High Times
E F#
Got to keep up with the new world
 
[Chorus]
A E F#
Because oh, oh, I'm a dreadlock of the suburbs
A E F#
And oh, oh, I'm a dreadlock of the suburbs
A E F#
And oh, oh, I'm a dreadlock of the suburbs
A E E D E D
Because oh, oh, I'm a Rastafarian
 
[Bridge]
E D
Forget your social status
E D
Listen up misfit
E D
We can be so high
E D
Where you can't say a word
A G A G
Because we're so cool, we're someone
 
[Interlude]
E D E N.C.
A G A G A G A G
Okay, there it is, listen up
 
[Verse]
G A
Looking through all my pictures
G A
Especially in the South
G A
Got a stake in the promised land
G A N.C.
Until my Daddy strikes the gold
 
[Outro]
C D A
And oh, oh, be a dreadlock of the suburbs
C D A
And oh, oh, be a dreadlock of the suburbs
C D A
And oh, oh, time for the dreadlocks of the suburbs
C D A G
'Cause oh, oh, I want to hold you right now
C D A G
The more things change, the more they stay the same
C D A G
The more things change, the more they stay the same
C D A G
The more things change, the more they stay the same
C D A G
The more things change, the more they stay the same!!

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