THE DEAD MILKMEN
City Of Mud

from Bucky Fellini

Tabbed by: Ben Gladdle (moose9377@hotmail.com)


This is a great song. That's about all I have to say on the matter.
My favourite bit is the second chorus (the first half anyway)...
Hell, all of it's great!

That said, the chords for the verse are somewhat suspect, as
I've pretty much followed the bass. The guitar is actually playing
a riff I haven't figured out yet, but the chords will work very
nicely all the same. I think it sounds great anyway... :) I'll try
do the bass as well, cause there's some cool walks in there.


Chorus:
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Bm
Built ourselves a city
    A  G
And we made it out of mud
   Bm
We dried it off this morning
    A     G             D
Out there in the desert sun
       A     G     D
And we never do no working
     A       G      D
Just sit and watch TV
        A       G       F#
Well, I finally found a city
                         Bm
Full of people just like me


Verse:
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           G                D
Well we're gonna drag Bruce Springsteen
       F               C
By his axe through our streets
       Am                  Em
By the time we're done The Boss
          F              C
Will look like a side of beef
          G               D
We've got plans for other wankers
    Bm                     C
Who might come through our town
             D                F
Y'know we're going to rid the world
         C      Am
Of those Top-40 clowns
           Em                F
Then we're going to buy some bombs
     C                 G
Just like the big boys have
                 D
So don't call us losers
       A
Or you might just make us mad!


chorus:
Built ourselves a city
And we propped it up with wood
We were drunk when we made it
Hell! We did the best we could
And still we don't do no working
Just sit and watch TV
Well, I finally found a city
Full of people just like me

verse:
Someone tried to build a health spa
But we quickly burned it down
'Cause we don't want any healthy people
Ruining our town
Y'know, we used to have a K-Mart
We burnt that sucker too
'Cause they wouldn't let you in
Without a shirt or shoes
And we never paved the roads
We just got VCR's
When you got the movies
Hell, you don't need any cars


Last Chorus:
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Bm
Built ourselves a city
    A  G
And we called it WiseGuyVille
       Bm
And we made a few mistakes
        A    G               D
Like putting children on the pill
       A     G     D
And we never do no working
       A      G      D
'Cause we got cable TV
        A       G       F#
Hell, I finally found a city
                          Bm
Full of people just like me

Bm    A G
Bm    A G    D

    A         G      D
Someday we'll have a new land
     A      G       D
From sea to shining sea
    A         G      F#
Someday we'll have a country
                         Bm
Full of people just like me

End on Bm.


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