Chords for "Weird Al" Yankovic: Off The Deep End - When I Was Your Age
Tempo:
101.95 bpm
Chords used:
D
Dm
Bb
G
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[Dm] [G] [Bb]
[Gm] [D] [Dm] [G] [Bb]
[Gm] [D] [Dm] [G] [Bb]
[Gm] [D] [Dm] [G] [Bb]
[D] Let me tell you, Sonny, let me set you straight.
[Bb] You kids today ain't never had it rough.
[Dm] [G] I was at everything, handed to you on a silver plate.
[D] You lazy brats think nothing's good enough.
Well, nobody [Dm] ever drove me to school [D] when it was 90 degrees [Bb] below.
[D] We had to walk butt naked through 40 miles [Bb] of snow.
[D] Worked in the coal mine 22 hours a day for just [Bb] half a cent.
[D] Had to sell light and turn organs [Bb] just to pay the rent.
But I [D] was garbage, [Dm] [G] [F] when [C] I [D] was garbage, [Dm] [G] [Dm] when [D] I was garbage, [G] [Dm] when I [D] was garbage.
[A]
[Db] [D] Let me tell you something, you whiny little snot.
[Bb] There's something wrong with all you kids today.
[A] [G] You just don't appreciate all the things you got.
[D] We were hungry, broke, and miserable, and we liked it fun that way.
There were 73 of us living in a [Bb] cardboard box.
[D] All I got for Christmas was a lousy bag [Bb] of rocks.
[D] Every night for dinner, we had a big old [Bb] chunk of dirt.
[D] If we were really good, we didn't [Bb] get dessert.
But I [Dm] was garbage, [Dm] [G] [Dm] when [C] I [D] was [Dm] garbage, [G] [Dm] when [C] I [D] was garbage, [Dm] [G] [F] when I [D] was garbage.
[F] Didn't have no telephone, didn't have no fax machine.
[G] All we had was a couple cans and a crummy piece of string.
[Bb] Didn't have no swimming [C] pool when I was just a lad.
[D] My name is Septic Tank, we're the closest thing we [Em] had.
[F] Didn't have no dental floss, had to use old rusty nails.
[G] Didn't have Nintendo, we just worked for the sales.
[Bb] Didn't have no water [C] bath, had to sleep on broken glass.
[A] Didn't have no lawn mower, we used a pizza cutter to dry.
[D] [Dm] [Gm]
[D] [Bb]
[Dm] [Bb]
[Dm] [G] [Bb]
[D] What's the matter now, sonny?
You say you don't believe this junk.
[Bb] You think my story is wearing kind of thin.
[G] I'll tell you one thing, I never was such a disrespectful punk.
[D] Back in my time, we had a thing called discipline.
My daddy would whip us every night till the quarter [Bb] after twelve.
[D] Then he'd get too tired, then he'd make us [Bb] whoop ourselves.
[D] Then he'd chop me into [Dm] pieces, [D] and play frisbee [Bb] with my brains.
[D] Let me tell you, junior, you never heard [Bb] me complain.
When [D] I was garbage, [Dm] [G] [Dm] when [Cm] I [D] was garbage, [Dm] [G] when I [D] was garbage, [Dm] [G] [Bb] when [Cm] I [D] was [Dm] garbage, [G] [Dm] when I [D] was garbage.
[Dm] [G] [Dm] When [Cm] I [D] was garbage.
[Dm] [G] [F] When I was [D] garbage.
[G] [F] [D] [Am] [G] [F]
[Dm] [G] [Bb]
[Gm] [D] [Dm] [G] [Bb]
[Gm] [D] [Dm] [G] [Bb]
[Gm] [D] [Dm] [G] [Bb]
[D] Let me tell you, Sonny, let me set you straight.
[Bb] You kids today ain't never had it rough.
[Dm] [G] I was at everything, handed to you on a silver plate.
[D] You lazy brats think nothing's good enough.
Well, nobody [Dm] ever drove me to school [D] when it was 90 degrees [Bb] below.
[D] We had to walk butt naked through 40 miles [Bb] of snow.
[D] Worked in the coal mine 22 hours a day for just [Bb] half a cent.
[D] Had to sell light and turn organs [Bb] just to pay the rent.
But I [D] was garbage, [Dm] [G] [F] when [C] I [D] was garbage, [Dm] [G] [Dm] when [D] I was garbage, [G] [Dm] when I [D] was garbage.
[A]
[Db] [D] Let me tell you something, you whiny little snot.
[Bb] There's something wrong with all you kids today.
[A] [G] You just don't appreciate all the things you got.
[D] We were hungry, broke, and miserable, and we liked it fun that way.
There were 73 of us living in a [Bb] cardboard box.
[D] All I got for Christmas was a lousy bag [Bb] of rocks.
[D] Every night for dinner, we had a big old [Bb] chunk of dirt.
[D] If we were really good, we didn't [Bb] get dessert.
But I [Dm] was garbage, [Dm] [G] [Dm] when [C] I [D] was [Dm] garbage, [G] [Dm] when [C] I [D] was garbage, [Dm] [G] [F] when I [D] was garbage.
[F] Didn't have no telephone, didn't have no fax machine.
[G] All we had was a couple cans and a crummy piece of string.
[Bb] Didn't have no swimming [C] pool when I was just a lad.
[D] My name is Septic Tank, we're the closest thing we [Em] had.
[F] Didn't have no dental floss, had to use old rusty nails.
[G] Didn't have Nintendo, we just worked for the sales.
[Bb] Didn't have no water [C] bath, had to sleep on broken glass.
[A] Didn't have no lawn mower, we used a pizza cutter to dry.
[D] [Dm] [Gm]
[D] [Bb]
[Dm] [Bb]
[Dm] [G] [Bb]
[D] What's the matter now, sonny?
You say you don't believe this junk.
[Bb] You think my story is wearing kind of thin.
[G] I'll tell you one thing, I never was such a disrespectful punk.
[D] Back in my time, we had a thing called discipline.
My daddy would whip us every night till the quarter [Bb] after twelve.
[D] Then he'd get too tired, then he'd make us [Bb] whoop ourselves.
[D] Then he'd chop me into [Dm] pieces, [D] and play frisbee [Bb] with my brains.
[D] Let me tell you, junior, you never heard [Bb] me complain.
When [D] I was garbage, [Dm] [G] [Dm] when [Cm] I [D] was garbage, [Dm] [G] when I [D] was garbage, [Dm] [G] [Bb] when [Cm] I [D] was [Dm] garbage, [G] [Dm] when I [D] was garbage.
[Dm] [G] [Dm] When [Cm] I [D] was garbage.
[Dm] [G] [F] When I was [D] garbage.
[G] [F] [D] [Am] [G] [F]
Key:
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[Gm] _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _
[Gm] _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _
[Gm] _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [D] Let me tell you, Sonny, let me set you straight.
[Bb] You kids today ain't never had it rough. _
[Dm] _ [G] I was at everything, handed to you on a silver plate.
[D] You lazy brats think nothing's good enough. _
Well, nobody [Dm] ever drove me to school [D] when it was 90 degrees [Bb] below.
_ [D] We had to walk butt naked through 40 miles [Bb] of snow.
_ [D] Worked in the coal mine 22 hours a day for just [Bb] half a cent.
[D] Had to sell light and turn organs [Bb] just to pay the rent.
But I [D] was garbage, _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [F] when [C] I [D] was garbage, _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Dm] when [D] I was garbage, _ _ [G] _ [Dm] when I [D] was garbage.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
[Db] _ [D] Let me tell you something, you whiny little snot.
[Bb] There's something wrong with all you kids today. _
[A] _ [G] You just don't appreciate all the things you got.
[D] We were hungry, broke, and miserable, and we liked it fun that way.
There were 73 of us living in a [Bb] cardboard box.
[D] All I got for Christmas was a lousy bag [Bb] of rocks.
[D] Every night for dinner, we had a big old [Bb] chunk of dirt.
[D] If we were really good, we didn't [Bb] get dessert.
But I [Dm] was garbage, [Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] when [C] I [D] was [Dm] garbage, _ [G] _ [Dm] when [C] I [D] was garbage, [Dm] _ [G] _ [F] when I [D] was garbage. _ _ _ _
_ [F] Didn't have no telephone, didn't have no fax machine.
[G] All we had was a couple cans and a crummy piece of string.
[Bb] Didn't have no swimming [C] pool when I was just a lad.
[D] My name is Septic Tank, we're the closest thing we [Em] had.
[F] Didn't have no dental floss, had to use old rusty nails.
[G] Didn't have Nintendo, we just worked for the sales.
[Bb] Didn't have no water [C] bath, had to sleep on broken glass.
_ [A] Didn't have no lawn mower, we used a pizza cutter to dry.
_ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [D] What's the matter now, sonny?
You say you don't believe this junk.
[Bb] You think my story is wearing kind of thin. _
_ [G] I'll tell you one thing, I never was such a disrespectful punk.
[D] Back in my time, we had a thing called discipline. _
_ My daddy would whip us every night till the quarter [Bb] after twelve.
[D] Then he'd get too tired, then he'd make us [Bb] whoop ourselves.
[D] Then he'd chop me into [Dm] pieces, [D] and play frisbee [Bb] with my brains.
[D] Let me tell you, junior, you never heard [Bb] me complain.
When [D] I was garbage, [Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] when [Cm] I [D] was garbage, [Dm] _ _ [G] _ when I [D] was garbage, [Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Bb] when [Cm] I [D] was [Dm] garbage, _ [G] _ [Dm] when I [D] was garbage.
_ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Dm] When [Cm] I [D] was garbage.
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ [F] When I was [D] _ garbage.
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _
[Gm] _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _
[Gm] _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _
[Gm] _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [D] Let me tell you, Sonny, let me set you straight.
[Bb] You kids today ain't never had it rough. _
[Dm] _ [G] I was at everything, handed to you on a silver plate.
[D] You lazy brats think nothing's good enough. _
Well, nobody [Dm] ever drove me to school [D] when it was 90 degrees [Bb] below.
_ [D] We had to walk butt naked through 40 miles [Bb] of snow.
_ [D] Worked in the coal mine 22 hours a day for just [Bb] half a cent.
[D] Had to sell light and turn organs [Bb] just to pay the rent.
But I [D] was garbage, _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [F] when [C] I [D] was garbage, _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Dm] when [D] I was garbage, _ _ [G] _ [Dm] when I [D] was garbage.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
[Db] _ [D] Let me tell you something, you whiny little snot.
[Bb] There's something wrong with all you kids today. _
[A] _ [G] You just don't appreciate all the things you got.
[D] We were hungry, broke, and miserable, and we liked it fun that way.
There were 73 of us living in a [Bb] cardboard box.
[D] All I got for Christmas was a lousy bag [Bb] of rocks.
[D] Every night for dinner, we had a big old [Bb] chunk of dirt.
[D] If we were really good, we didn't [Bb] get dessert.
But I [Dm] was garbage, [Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] when [C] I [D] was [Dm] garbage, _ [G] _ [Dm] when [C] I [D] was garbage, [Dm] _ [G] _ [F] when I [D] was garbage. _ _ _ _
_ [F] Didn't have no telephone, didn't have no fax machine.
[G] All we had was a couple cans and a crummy piece of string.
[Bb] Didn't have no swimming [C] pool when I was just a lad.
[D] My name is Septic Tank, we're the closest thing we [Em] had.
[F] Didn't have no dental floss, had to use old rusty nails.
[G] Didn't have Nintendo, we just worked for the sales.
[Bb] Didn't have no water [C] bath, had to sleep on broken glass.
_ [A] Didn't have no lawn mower, we used a pizza cutter to dry.
_ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [D] What's the matter now, sonny?
You say you don't believe this junk.
[Bb] You think my story is wearing kind of thin. _
_ [G] I'll tell you one thing, I never was such a disrespectful punk.
[D] Back in my time, we had a thing called discipline. _
_ My daddy would whip us every night till the quarter [Bb] after twelve.
[D] Then he'd get too tired, then he'd make us [Bb] whoop ourselves.
[D] Then he'd chop me into [Dm] pieces, [D] and play frisbee [Bb] with my brains.
[D] Let me tell you, junior, you never heard [Bb] me complain.
When [D] I was garbage, [Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] when [Cm] I [D] was garbage, [Dm] _ _ [G] _ when I [D] was garbage, [Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Bb] when [Cm] I [D] was [Dm] garbage, _ [G] _ [Dm] when I [D] was garbage.
_ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Dm] When [Cm] I [D] was garbage.
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ [F] When I was [D] _ garbage.
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ [F] _