Punkhouse
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(C) 1989 Screeching Weasel
from the Punkhouse 7" EP and the Lookout! Records release Kill the Musicians
(LK 95 LP/CS/CD)
transcribed by Mike Ripplinger (openface@aol.com)
[Notes]:
* sl. = slide
* Lyrics are my best guess, as a sheet isn't included with the album.
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["Punkhouse"]
Lead riff A
E---3--3-3-3-2-0-0--3--3-3-3-2-0-0--3--3-3--3--3-3----------|
B--------------------------------------------------3--3-3-3-|
G-----------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
[C / D / G / G / C / D / G / D] x2 (with lead riff A)
[F# sl. G / F# sl. G / C# sl. D]
G C D C
If you need a place to stay, welcome to the punkhouse
G C D C
It's a party every night living in a punkhouse
D G D C
Stay a while and sit and smoke a cigarette
D G
Well la la la
C D C
There's always something happening when you're in the punkhouse
G C D C
Take a leave and took a beer (???) are always in the punkhouse
D G D C
Jump up and down, dance on the couch, stuff a potato in your mouth
D
Well la la
A C G
Life goes by way too fast to spend it working for somebody else
D
It don't make any sense
A C
If you like it here why don't you stay?
G
Don't wanna work? Well that's okay
A D
Cause no one else here wants to get a real job
[C / D / G / G / C / D / G / D] x2 (with lead riff A)
[F# sl. G / F# sl. G / C# sl. D]
G C D C
Come on down, hang out with us, hang out at a punkhouse
G C D C
Don't mind all the filth and grime and mud cause it's just a punkhouse
D G D C
Steady stains on the walls and creepy insects in the halls
D G
We'll have a ball
C D G D C
Young ones are poor and having fun and we're never growing up
D G
Never growing up
[G / C / D] Repeat this progression till end, with lead riff B and "never
growing up"s.
Lead riff B
G C D (on rhytm guitar)
E---------------------------------------------|
B------------3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5--|
G-------5-------------------------------------|
D--5----5-------------------------------------|
A--5----3-------------------------------------|
E--3------------------------------------------|
How to play Punkhouse
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is C. 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.