Chords for The Lovin' Spoonful - Boredom
Tempo:
113.2 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
D
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] Boredom, [F] hanging by [D]
myself [G] in a bleak [C] motel, [Dm]
[G] overnighting in [C] small.
[Em]
Boredom, [F]
my mind's [D] counting time,
[Gm] trucks [G] go [C] rolling by, past [Dm] the pumps [G] and highway [C] signs.
[F]
Never was a place that felt [Dm]
less [C] like home, [D] never would've come here if I'd only [G] known.
That it's [C] a one channel town and I'm all alone, [G] I can't just sit and watch my telephone.
[C] Cause no one knows my number and it can't be found, [G] there's no good people just kicking around.
[Am] So here we are together, [D] machined and mean, [F] I feel about as local as a [G] fish in a tree is [C] bored.
[F] My mind's counting [D] time, [G] trucks go rolling [C]
by, past [Dm] the pumps [G] and highway [C] signs.
[C] [F] And in this town all the other sounds [C] have ceased, and [D] the late, late show died long ago with [G] a few words from a priest.
[Cm] [C] [F]
[D]
[G] [C]
[Dm] [G]
Boredom, [F] hanging by [D] myself [G] in a bleak motel,
[Dm] overnighting in a small [C] town.
myself [G] in a bleak [C] motel, [Dm]
[G] overnighting in [C] small.
[Em]
Boredom, [F]
my mind's [D] counting time,
[Gm] trucks [G] go [C] rolling by, past [Dm] the pumps [G] and highway [C] signs.
[F]
Never was a place that felt [Dm]
less [C] like home, [D] never would've come here if I'd only [G] known.
That it's [C] a one channel town and I'm all alone, [G] I can't just sit and watch my telephone.
[C] Cause no one knows my number and it can't be found, [G] there's no good people just kicking around.
[Am] So here we are together, [D] machined and mean, [F] I feel about as local as a [G] fish in a tree is [C] bored.
[F] My mind's counting [D] time, [G] trucks go rolling [C]
by, past [Dm] the pumps [G] and highway [C] signs.
[C] [F] And in this town all the other sounds [C] have ceased, and [D] the late, late show died long ago with [G] a few words from a priest.
[Cm] [C] [F]
[D]
[G] [C]
[Dm] [G]
Boredom, [F] hanging by [D] myself [G] in a bleak motel,
[Dm] overnighting in a small [C] town.
Key:
C
G
F
D
Dm
C
G
F
_ _ _ [C] Boredom, _ _ [F] hanging by [D]
myself _ _ [G] in a bleak [C] motel, _ _ [Dm] _
[G] overnighting in [C] small.
_ [Em] _
_ Boredom, _ _ [F]
my mind's [D] counting time, _
_ [Gm] trucks [G] go [C] rolling by, past [Dm] the pumps [G] and highway [C] signs.
_ _ [F]
Never was a place that felt [Dm]
less [C] like home, _ _ _ _ [D] never would've come here if I'd only [G] known.
_ _ _ _ _
That it's [C] a one channel town and I'm all alone, [G] I can't just sit and watch my telephone.
[C] Cause no one knows my number and it can't be found, [G] there's no good people just kicking around.
[Am] So here we are together, [D] machined and mean, [F] I feel about as local as a [G] fish in a tree is [C] bored.
_ [F] My mind's counting [D] time, _ [G] trucks go rolling [C]
by, past [Dm] the pumps [G] and highway [C] signs.
[C] _ [F] And in this town all the other sounds [C] have ceased, _ _ _ and [D] the late, late show died long ago with [G] a few words from a priest. _
_ [Cm] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _
Boredom, _ _ [F] hanging by [D] myself _ _ [G] in a bleak motel, _ _
_ [Dm] overnighting in a small [C] town.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
myself _ _ [G] in a bleak [C] motel, _ _ [Dm] _
[G] overnighting in [C] small.
_ [Em] _
_ Boredom, _ _ [F]
my mind's [D] counting time, _
_ [Gm] trucks [G] go [C] rolling by, past [Dm] the pumps [G] and highway [C] signs.
_ _ [F]
Never was a place that felt [Dm]
less [C] like home, _ _ _ _ [D] never would've come here if I'd only [G] known.
_ _ _ _ _
That it's [C] a one channel town and I'm all alone, [G] I can't just sit and watch my telephone.
[C] Cause no one knows my number and it can't be found, [G] there's no good people just kicking around.
[Am] So here we are together, [D] machined and mean, [F] I feel about as local as a [G] fish in a tree is [C] bored.
_ [F] My mind's counting [D] time, _ [G] trucks go rolling [C]
by, past [Dm] the pumps [G] and highway [C] signs.
[C] _ [F] And in this town all the other sounds [C] have ceased, _ _ _ and [D] the late, late show died long ago with [G] a few words from a priest. _
_ [Cm] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _
Boredom, _ _ [F] hanging by [D] myself _ _ [G] in a bleak motel, _ _
_ [Dm] overnighting in a small [C] town.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _