A Quake A Quake chords

[INTRO]
[N.C.](Spoken) It's a quiet, peaceful night,
[N.C.]the moon is shining bright,
[N.C.]giving not a hint of what's in store.
[N.C.]A few hours before morning,
[N.C.]Without a single warning,
[N.C.]Something strange begins to move the floor.

[VERSE 1]
[C] A [F]quake, a quake,
the [Bb]house begins to [F]shake
you're [Bb]bouncing 'cross the [F]floor
and watching [G]all your dishes [C]break.

[VERSE 2]
You're [F]sleeping there's a quake,
you're [Bb]instantly a[F]wake,
you're [Bb]leaping out of [F]bed and saying,
[G]"Oh, for heaven's [C]sake!"

[BRIDGE]
I [Bb]ran outside with [C]neighbors,
their [Bb]faces filled with [C]shocks,
[Bb]that's because I'm [C]standing there

in nothing but my socks! (Oops!)

[VERSE 3]
A [F]quake, a quake,
this [Bb]must be a mis[F]take,
just [Bb]feel the ground go [F]up and down
won't [G]someone hit the [C]brake?

[VERSE 4]
A [F]quake, a quake,
oh, [Bb]what a mess they [F]make,
the [Bb]bricks, the walls, the [F]chimney falls,
de[G]struction in its [C]wake.

[BRIDGE]
I [Bb]did not have in[C]surance,
I [Bb]called him from the [C]scene,
and [Bb]suddenly I'm [C]listening to an

answering machine saying

[VERSE 5]
"Too [Eb]late, too late,
you [Ab]shouldn't oughta [Eb]wait,
'cause [Ab]now you're stuck we [Eb]wish you luck,
here [F]comes a six point [Bb]eight."

[VERSE 6]
Whose [Eb]fault, whose fault,
[Ab]blame it on the [Eb]fault,
'cause [Ab]Mr. Richter [Eb]can't predict her
[F]kicking our [Bb]asphalt.

[BRIDGE]
Seis[Ab]mologists all s[Bb]ay tectonic
[Ab]plates are in be[Bb]tween,
an en[Ab]croaching crustal [Bb]mantle,

yeah, so what the heck's that mean?

[VERSE 7]
It means a [Ab]quake, a quake,
oh, [Db]really, yeah, no [Ab]fake,
We [Db]kind of had that [Ab]feeling when the
[Bb]ground began to [Eb]shake.

[VERSE 8]
And [Ab]so, we wait,
re[Db]sign ourselves to [Ab]fate,
be[Db]cause our lawn is [Ab]sitting on
a [Bb]continental [Eb]plate.

[BRIDGE]
We [Db]shivered through a [Eb]blizzard,
went [Db]swimming through a [Eb]flood,
then [Db]we blew off a [Eb]hurricane

and now we hear a thud of

[VERSE 9]
A [Db]quake, a quake,
how [Gb]much more can we [Db]take,
we [Gb]thought that we had [Db]seen it all but
[Eb]this one takes the [Ab]cake.

[VERSE 10]
The [Db]dirt, the rocks,
the [Gb]crazy after[Db]shocks,
it's [Gb]just the planet [Db]moving granite
[Eb]several city [Ab]blocks.

[CODA]
[Db]Now the town is falling down,
[Ab]while the ground, [Db]moves around,

we won't let it get us down,
[Ab]get beneath the [Db]door frame.

[OUTRO]
[Ab] A [Db]quake, a quake,
it's [Gb]time to pull up [Db]stake,
the [Gb]worst is over, [Db]we don't buy it,
[Gb]we're fed up, we [Db]can't deny it,
[Gb]we just want some [Db]peace and quiet,
so we're [Ab]moving to [Db]Beirut.