[Bm] [Bm] [E] [A] 4×
[VERSE 1]
[F#m]Inside every teenage girl there's[E] a fountain
[F#m]Inside every young pair of pants [E]there's a mountain
[Bm]Inside every mother's eyes is To[E]mmy Tinkrem's bed [A] [F#m]
[Bm]Inside every candidate waits a [E]grateful dead [A] [F#m] [E] [E]
[CHORUS 1]
[Bm]I make it a thing, when I'm on[F#] my own to relieve myself [A] [A]
[Bm]I make it a thing, when I gaze[F#]lle on stage to believe in [A]myself [A]
[Bm]I make it a thing, to glance [F#]in window panes and look pleas[E]ed with myself [E]
[A]Yeah, and pretend I'm walking [F#]home (Bm)
[Bm] [Bm] [E] [A] 2×
[VERSE 2]
[F#m]I took it so bad, I sat in the c[E]orrection room
[F#m]Took me a fag, and a kick in the [E]moon
[Bm]Well, I ain't gonna suck no radar[E] wing because inside this [A]tin is tin [F#m]
[Bm]Would you like to technoplate '[E]cause I'm your candidate, oh[A] yeah [F#m] [E] [E]
[CHORUS 2]
[Bm]It's a matter of life
And the[F#] way you walk, you've got a [A]ByrlCream queen [A]
[Bm]It's a matter of tact
In the[F#] things you talk, that keeps [A]his passport clean [A]
[Bm]A matter of fact
That a cock[F#] ain't a cock on a twelve inch[E] screen [E]
[A]So I'll pretend I'm walking ho[F#]me [Bm]
[Bm] [Bm] [E] [A] 4×
[VERSE 3]
[F#m]You don't have to scream a lot to[E] keep an age in tune
[F#m]You don't have to scream a lot to[E] predict monsoons
[Bm]You don't have to paint my contac[E]t black
Now I've hustled a[A] pair of jeans [F#m]
[Bm]Do I have to give your money back[E] when I'm the Fuhrerling? [A] [F#m] [E] [E]
[CHORUS 3]
[Bm]I'll make you deal
I'll say[F#] I came from Earth and my ton[A]gue is taped [A]
[Bm]I'll make you a deal
You can [F#]get your kicks on the candid[A]ate [A]
[Bm]I'll make you a deal
For your[F#] future's sake, I'm the candi[E]date [E]
[A]Let's pretend we're walking ho[F#]me [Bm]
[OUTRO]
[Bm]Uhhuh, uh [Bm] [E] [A]
[Bm]I'm the candidate [Bm] [E] [A]
[Bm]Make way for the candidate [Bm] [E] [A]
[Bm]Vote now for the candidate [Bm] [E] [A]
[Bm] [Bm] [E] [A] 2×
[VERSE 1]
[F#m]Inside every teenage girl there's[E] a fountain
[F#m]Inside every young pair of pants [E]there's a mountain
[Bm]Inside every mother's eyes is To[E]mmy Tinkrem's bed [A] [F#m]
[Bm]Inside every candidate waits a [E]grateful dead [A] [F#m] [E] [E]
[CHORUS 1]
[Bm]I make it a thing, when I'm on[F#] my own to relieve myself [A] [A]
[Bm]I make it a thing, when I gaze[F#]lle on stage to believe in [A]myself [A]
[Bm]I make it a thing, to glance [F#]in window panes and look pleas[E]ed with myself [E]
[A]Yeah, and pretend I'm walking [F#]home (Bm)
[Bm] [Bm] [E] [A] 2×
[VERSE 2]
[F#m]I took it so bad, I sat in the c[E]orrection room
[F#m]Took me a fag, and a kick in the [E]moon
[Bm]Well, I ain't gonna suck no radar[E] wing because inside this [A]tin is tin [F#m]
[Bm]Would you like to technoplate '[E]cause I'm your candidate, oh[A] yeah [F#m] [E] [E]
[CHORUS 2]
[Bm]It's a matter of life
And the[F#] way you walk, you've got a [A]ByrlCream queen [A]
[Bm]It's a matter of tact
In the[F#] things you talk, that keeps [A]his passport clean [A]
[Bm]A matter of fact
That a cock[F#] ain't a cock on a twelve inch[E] screen [E]
[A]So I'll pretend I'm walking ho[F#]me [Bm]
[Bm] [Bm] [E] [A] 4×
[VERSE 3]
[F#m]You don't have to scream a lot to[E] keep an age in tune
[F#m]You don't have to scream a lot to[E] predict monsoons
[Bm]You don't have to paint my contac[E]t black
Now I've hustled a[A] pair of jeans [F#m]
[Bm]Do I have to give your money back[E] when I'm the Fuhrerling? [A] [F#m] [E] [E]
[CHORUS 3]
[Bm]I'll make you deal
I'll say[F#] I came from Earth and my ton[A]gue is taped [A]
[Bm]I'll make you a deal
You can [F#]get your kicks on the candid[A]ate [A]
[Bm]I'll make you a deal
For your[F#] future's sake, I'm the candi[E]date [E]
[A]Let's pretend we're walking ho[F#]me [Bm]
[OUTRO]
[Bm]Uhhuh, uh [Bm] [E] [A]
[Bm]I'm the candidate [Bm] [E] [A]
[Bm]Make way for the candidate [Bm] [E] [A]
[Bm]Vote now for the candidate [Bm] [E] [A]
[Bm] [Bm] [E] [A] 2×
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