THE DEAD MILKMEN
The Thing That Only Eats Hippies

from Eat Your Paisley

tabbed by Ben Gladdle (moose9377@hotmail.com)


I mucked around with the chorus chords for ages and never
really was happy with them as such. However, Bucky Lewis
(lordamisthar@hotmail.com) has helped me out with them and
I'm a little more certain now :)


Verse:   Just G and F, like so
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E|---3-------3--1--3-----
B|---3-------3--1--3-----
G|---4-------4--2--4-----
D|---5-------5--3--5-----
A|---5-------5--3--5-----
E|---3-------3--1--3-----

Wendel brought it to life
In the guest-room bathtub
It was a special project for his 4-H club
But it broke loose out in the middle of the night
And now it's eating flower children left and right!


Chorus:
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E       D         G     A               <verse riff>
All the punks are gonna scream yippie
      E        D          G    A       B      F      C
Cause it's the thing that only eats hippies


Verse:
First it cruised on out to Malibu
And ate a couple of surfers who were too tough to chew
Then it slithered it's way out to old Irvine
And ate a couple of hippies and they tasted just fine

Chorus:
Now it's got a sweet tooth for long hair
So Bob and Greg and Grant you should beware


Other bit:
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G             D             Am          C
Following the Dead is how it  gets it's kicks
G               D         Am  C
Shame it wasn't born in 19 - 66
G              D        Am          C
Listens to the music and  begins to sway
G            D          Am           C
Dreamin acid dreams of a  hippie souffle
        D
Hey hey hey!


Verse:
What do they taste like?
Some kind of treat?
How many hippies can this monster eat?
It ate Stills and Nash before they could shout
Then it chewed on David Crosby but it spit him out

Chorus:
All the punks are gonna scream yippie
Cause it's the thing that only eats hippies

There it goes
Gonna send em all to the big folk festival in the sky
So long suckers!

Ending:
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     G        F  G  Bb
E|---3-3-3-3--1--3--1--
B|---3-3-3-3--1--3--3--
G|---4-4-4-4--2--4--3--
D|---5-5-5-5--3--5--3--
A|---5-5-5-5--3--5--1--
E|---3-3-3-3--1--3-----

End on Bb.


From the Dead Milkmen Guitar Tab Project
http://www.geocities.com/dmtabs/
