Chords for Ian Hunter, Jaco Pastorius - All American Alien Boy
Tempo:
97.7 bpm
Chords used:
C#
F#
G#
E
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#]
[F#]
[G#]
[E] [F#] [C#m]
[B] [C#]
[G#m] [F#]
[G#]
[C#]
Well I've got my bag in a land of rags, cause I [F#] don't believe in empty maudry.
Don't wanna vote [G#] for the left wing, don't wanna vote for the right.
I [C#] gotta have both to make me fly.
Just a whitey from Blighty!
In that well, I got my [F#] little green pot and my bulletproof vest.
I'm going [G#] to old tube city, where the buzz is the best.
[C#] All down the line, [F#] [C#m] down the line.
[G#m] [C#]
[F#]
[G#]
[F#] [C#]
[G#m] [A#] Well [F#]
[G#]
[C#]
[F] I walked [C#] alone, I walked [F#] through the rain.
I [G#] was mean, I was gay, it's half [C#] the [F#] way, cause I was [C#] made.
[G#] [C#] Well I remember all the good times, to be a man of [E] [F#] enjoyment.
I am walking in some luminous yo-yo design.
[G#] But the future has to change, and the change I gotta destroy.
[C#] Gather round, here I come!
Hey!
[F#]
[G#]
[C#]
[F#]
[G#]
[C#]
[G] [G#] Don't you know that once you're on the ground, [F#] don't [C#] drown in the equilibrium.
[G#] Don't want to smoke when I only make show, [F#] shunk your meat, I'm [C#] vegetarian.
[G#] Don't get stuck at home, keep your smoke up, or you'll be like [C#] me!
[F#]
[G#]
[C#m] [C#]
And they're telling me that hamburger's cheaper than the other, and the television's cheaper than the other.
[F#] And they're telling me hot dogs' cheaper than the other, and the pizza's cheaper than the other.
[G#] And I don't understand all this.
[C#] Alien power!
And they're telling me rifles are shot at Glen, and cuts are done at me, pistols are shot at [F#] Westchester.
You can get a Saturday night special on Flatbush, on the Bowery, on the Bronx, on 42nd Street.
[G#] And I don't understand all this.
You know, I'm [C#] alien power!
Alien power!
I got sodium nitrate running in my guts, my head's full of oxygen, [F#] my eyes are transplanted, things are nuts.
My life is going to open, my eyes won't [G#] shut, nothing can even dig on
[C#]
me.
And the women are always raising their own price, there's always no sense in that.
[F#] There's a woman who came from heaven, and a man came out of some stuff.
[G#] And the dog knows who they are, and the dog knows what to buy.
[C#] Well, I'm an alien [F]
[C#]
[F#]
[G#]
[C#] power!
[F#] Alien power!
[G#] [C#]
[G#m]
[C#]
[F#]
[G#]
[C#]
Oh, damn bells, let's bang that big bell, oh [D#m] that big bell, ha ha man.
[F#] Tell the nice guys down there, everybody stand up, start [G#] candlelight, fight the light, don't rise under fire.
I'm a young human, gotta find me my [C#] coaches, I said coaches, coaches, run me nice and wide.
I'm an alien power, I'm a super-power, I'm a crazy hot shot.
Low-down cat-dog, yellow-armed [F#] noble, low-cost destroyer of shadows.
Low-down cat-dog, [B] I'm [G#] a master destroyer, nothing I can deny.
[E] [C#] [F#] I'm an [G#] alien [E] power!
[C#] [F#] [C#m]
[C#]
[F#]
[G#]
[E] [F#] [C#m]
[B] [C#]
[G#m] [F#]
[G#]
[C#]
Well I've got my bag in a land of rags, cause I [F#] don't believe in empty maudry.
Don't wanna vote [G#] for the left wing, don't wanna vote for the right.
I [C#] gotta have both to make me fly.
Just a whitey from Blighty!
In that well, I got my [F#] little green pot and my bulletproof vest.
I'm going [G#] to old tube city, where the buzz is the best.
[C#] All down the line, [F#] [C#m] down the line.
[G#m] [C#]
[F#]
[G#]
[F#] [C#]
[G#m] [A#] Well [F#]
[G#]
[C#]
[F] I walked [C#] alone, I walked [F#] through the rain.
I [G#] was mean, I was gay, it's half [C#] the [F#] way, cause I was [C#] made.
[G#] [C#] Well I remember all the good times, to be a man of [E] [F#] enjoyment.
I am walking in some luminous yo-yo design.
[G#] But the future has to change, and the change I gotta destroy.
[C#] Gather round, here I come!
Hey!
[F#]
[G#]
[C#]
[F#]
[G#]
[C#]
[G] [G#] Don't you know that once you're on the ground, [F#] don't [C#] drown in the equilibrium.
[G#] Don't want to smoke when I only make show, [F#] shunk your meat, I'm [C#] vegetarian.
[G#] Don't get stuck at home, keep your smoke up, or you'll be like [C#] me!
[F#]
[G#]
[C#m] [C#]
And they're telling me that hamburger's cheaper than the other, and the television's cheaper than the other.
[F#] And they're telling me hot dogs' cheaper than the other, and the pizza's cheaper than the other.
[G#] And I don't understand all this.
[C#] Alien power!
And they're telling me rifles are shot at Glen, and cuts are done at me, pistols are shot at [F#] Westchester.
You can get a Saturday night special on Flatbush, on the Bowery, on the Bronx, on 42nd Street.
[G#] And I don't understand all this.
You know, I'm [C#] alien power!
Alien power!
I got sodium nitrate running in my guts, my head's full of oxygen, [F#] my eyes are transplanted, things are nuts.
My life is going to open, my eyes won't [G#] shut, nothing can even dig on
[C#]
me.
And the women are always raising their own price, there's always no sense in that.
[F#] There's a woman who came from heaven, and a man came out of some stuff.
[G#] And the dog knows who they are, and the dog knows what to buy.
[C#] Well, I'm an alien [F]
[C#]
[F#]
[G#]
[C#] power!
[F#] Alien power!
[G#] [C#]
[G#m]
[C#]
[F#]
[G#]
[C#]
Oh, damn bells, let's bang that big bell, oh [D#m] that big bell, ha ha man.
[F#] Tell the nice guys down there, everybody stand up, start [G#] candlelight, fight the light, don't rise under fire.
I'm a young human, gotta find me my [C#] coaches, I said coaches, coaches, run me nice and wide.
I'm an alien power, I'm a super-power, I'm a crazy hot shot.
Low-down cat-dog, yellow-armed [F#] noble, low-cost destroyer of shadows.
Low-down cat-dog, [B] I'm [G#] a master destroyer, nothing I can deny.
[E] [C#] [F#] I'm an [G#] alien [E] power!
[C#] [F#] [C#m]
[C#]
Key:
C#
F#
G#
E
C#m
C#
F#
G#
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#m] _
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
Well I've got my bag in a land of rags, cause I [F#] don't believe in empty maudry.
_ Don't wanna vote [G#] for the left wing, don't wanna vote for the right.
I [C#] gotta have both to make me fly.
Just a whitey from Blighty!
_ In that well, I got my [F#] little green pot and my bulletproof vest.
I'm going [G#] to old tube city, where the buzz is the best.
_ [C#] All down the line, [F#] _ [C#m] down the line.
[G#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ [A#] Well _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ I walked [C#] alone, _ _ _ _ _ I walked [F#] through _ the rain.
_ I [G#] was mean, I was gay, it's half [C#] the [F#] way, cause I was [C#] made.
[G#] _ _ [C#] Well I remember all the good times, to be a man of [E] [F#] enjoyment.
I am walking in some luminous yo-yo design.
[G#] But the future has to change, and the change I gotta destroy.
[C#] Gather round, here I come! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hey!
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] [G#] Don't you know that once you're on the ground, [F#] don't [C#] drown in the equilibrium.
_ [G#] Don't want to smoke when I only make show, [F#] shunk your meat, I'm [C#] vegetarian.
_ [G#] Don't get stuck at _ _ _ home, keep your smoke up, or you'll be like [C#] me! _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
And they're telling me that hamburger's cheaper than the other, and the television's cheaper than the other.
[F#] And they're telling me hot dogs' cheaper than the other, and the pizza's cheaper than the other.
[G#] And I don't understand all this. _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ Alien power!
And they're telling me rifles are shot at Glen, and cuts are done at me, pistols are shot at [F#] Westchester.
You can get a Saturday night special on Flatbush, on the Bowery, on the Bronx, on 42nd Street.
[G#] And I don't understand all this.
You know, I'm _ [C#] alien power!
_ _ _ Alien power!
I got sodium nitrate running in my guts, my head's full of oxygen, [F#] my eyes are transplanted, things are nuts.
My life is going to open, my eyes won't [G#] shut, nothing can even dig on _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
me.
And the women are always raising their own price, there's always no sense in that.
[F#] There's a woman who came from heaven, and a man came out of some stuff.
[G#] And the dog knows who they are, and the dog knows what to buy.
[C#] Well, I'm an alien _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ power! _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] Alien power! _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, damn bells, let's bang that big bell, oh [D#m] that big bell, ha ha man.
[F#] Tell the nice guys down there, everybody stand up, start [G#] candlelight, fight the light, don't rise under fire.
I'm a young human, gotta find me my [C#] coaches, I said coaches, coaches, run me nice and wide.
I'm an alien power, I'm a super-power, I'm a crazy hot shot.
Low-down cat-dog, yellow-armed [F#] noble, low-cost destroyer of shadows.
Low-down cat-dog, [B] I'm [G#] a master destroyer, nothing I can deny. _ _
[E] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ I'm an _ [G#] alien _ [E] power!
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#m] _
[B] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
Well I've got my bag in a land of rags, cause I [F#] don't believe in empty maudry.
_ Don't wanna vote [G#] for the left wing, don't wanna vote for the right.
I [C#] gotta have both to make me fly.
Just a whitey from Blighty!
_ In that well, I got my [F#] little green pot and my bulletproof vest.
I'm going [G#] to old tube city, where the buzz is the best.
_ [C#] All down the line, [F#] _ [C#m] down the line.
[G#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ [A#] Well _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ I walked [C#] alone, _ _ _ _ _ I walked [F#] through _ the rain.
_ I [G#] was mean, I was gay, it's half [C#] the [F#] way, cause I was [C#] made.
[G#] _ _ [C#] Well I remember all the good times, to be a man of [E] [F#] enjoyment.
I am walking in some luminous yo-yo design.
[G#] But the future has to change, and the change I gotta destroy.
[C#] Gather round, here I come! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hey!
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] [G#] Don't you know that once you're on the ground, [F#] don't [C#] drown in the equilibrium.
_ [G#] Don't want to smoke when I only make show, [F#] shunk your meat, I'm [C#] vegetarian.
_ [G#] Don't get stuck at _ _ _ home, keep your smoke up, or you'll be like [C#] me! _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
And they're telling me that hamburger's cheaper than the other, and the television's cheaper than the other.
[F#] And they're telling me hot dogs' cheaper than the other, and the pizza's cheaper than the other.
[G#] And I don't understand all this. _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ Alien power!
And they're telling me rifles are shot at Glen, and cuts are done at me, pistols are shot at [F#] Westchester.
You can get a Saturday night special on Flatbush, on the Bowery, on the Bronx, on 42nd Street.
[G#] And I don't understand all this.
You know, I'm _ [C#] alien power!
_ _ _ Alien power!
I got sodium nitrate running in my guts, my head's full of oxygen, [F#] my eyes are transplanted, things are nuts.
My life is going to open, my eyes won't [G#] shut, nothing can even dig on _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
me.
And the women are always raising their own price, there's always no sense in that.
[F#] There's a woman who came from heaven, and a man came out of some stuff.
[G#] And the dog knows who they are, and the dog knows what to buy.
[C#] Well, I'm an alien _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ power! _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] Alien power! _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, damn bells, let's bang that big bell, oh [D#m] that big bell, ha ha man.
[F#] Tell the nice guys down there, everybody stand up, start [G#] candlelight, fight the light, don't rise under fire.
I'm a young human, gotta find me my [C#] coaches, I said coaches, coaches, run me nice and wide.
I'm an alien power, I'm a super-power, I'm a crazy hot shot.
Low-down cat-dog, yellow-armed [F#] noble, low-cost destroyer of shadows.
Low-down cat-dog, [B] I'm [G#] a master destroyer, nothing I can deny. _ _
[E] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ I'm an _ [G#] alien _ [E] power!
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _