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Bull In A China Shop
Barenaked Ladies
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BULL IN A CHINA SHOP - Barenaked Ladies
Standard Tuning, Capo on 5th Fret
Intro:
D Em9/A Bmb6
D Em9/A Bmb6
Verse 1:
D G (G/F#)
I'm a kid in a candy store
Em A7 A7sus4
I'm a bull in a china shop
D Bm
I'm a tired old metaphor
G A7
For everything you can't afford
Em A7 D Em9/A Bmb6
And everything you can't afford to be
Verse 2:
D G (G/F#)
I'm a public embarrassment
Em A7 A7sus4
I'm a bottle of diet poison
D Bm
I'm a walking advertisement
G A7
For everything I never meant
Em A7 D Em9/A Bmb6
And everything I never meant to be
Chorus:
D Em9/A Bmb6
I can't hear a thing
D Em9/A Bmb6
'Cause I've stopped listening
Verse 3:
D G (G/F#)
I'm the reason I don't go out
Em A7 A7sus4
I'm afraid I might tell me something
D Bm
I'm the shadow of every doubt
G A7
I'm the product this song's about
Em A7 D Em9/A Bmb6
I'm the product this song's about to be
Chorus:
D Em9/A Bmb6
I can't hear a thing
D Em9/A Bmb6
'Cause I've stopped listening
D Em9/A Bmb6
I can't hear a thing
D Em9/A Bmb6
'Cause I've stopped listening
Bridge:
G Em A7 A7sus4
Every morning
G Em A7 A7sus4
Since I was born
Bm Asus2 G
It's been hard to look in the mirror
Em G A7sus4
And see my face for the horns
Verse 4:
D G (G/F#)
All the fun that the law allows
Em A7 A7sus4
All the fun but with half the meaning
D Bm
Come on over, I'll show you how
G A7
If you lived here you'd be home by now
Em A7 D Em9/A Bmb6
If you still lived here you'd be home now with me
Chorus:
D Em9/A Bmb6
I can't hear a thing
D Em9/A Bmb6
'Cause I've stopped listening
D Em9/A Bmb6
I can't hear a thing
D Em9/A Bmb6
'Cause I've stopped listening
Outro:
D Em9/A Bmb6
D Em9/A Bmb6
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