The Golden Age

Cracker The Golden Age Lyrics
1.I Hate My Generation

Intro:
E-g(open 1/2)-f# (open 1/2)-a(open 1/2)
E-g(open 1/2)-f# (open 1/2)-a(open 1/2)
E yeah bm-g-d

E-bm-g-d
E-bm-g-d
E-bm-g-d
E yeah bm-g-d

E i hate bm my g gener-d-ation
E i offer bm no a-g-polo-d-gies
E oh, i hate bm my g gener-d-ation
E yeah bm-g-d

I hate my generation
I pick it up and i threw it away
I hate my a-generation yeah

E it's alright g(open 1/2) alright f# (open 1/2) alright a(open
1/2) alright
E it's alright g(open 1/2) alright f# (open 1/2) alright a(open
1/2) alright

I hate my generation
Now that i've said it i feel liberated
I hate my a-generation now

Repeat break

I hate my generation
I offer no apologies
I hate my a-generation yeah

It's alright, alright, alright
It's alright, alright, alright

I hate my
I hate my
I hate my
I hate my

I hate my
I hate my
I hate my
I hate my generation

Ending:
E


2.I'm A Little Rocket Ship

Intro & break:
G

G i'm a little f# rocket ship,
F i'll take you on a c little trip
We'll g leave this planet f# far be-f-hind c

I'm a little tired of it,
And you're a little weary
I can tell, yeah yeah eb-bb-f-c-d-eb-bb-g-f#

Well, eb i'm a little rocket ship
And bb you are queen andromeda
Of f all the stars, those with names
And c those in clusters
Eb you are unaccountedly
Bb infinite, so can't you see that
G i'm a little rocket f# ship

Break

I'm a little rocket ship
I'll take you on a little trip
And leave this planet far behind

Do you suppose that they've been here?
I don't know, but i've been there
Do you wanna come along?

I'm a little rocket ship
And you are crowned magnificent
Of all the stars, those with names
And those in dingy drag bars
They plead with you not to go
To pleiades or scorpio
And i'm a little rocket ship

Repeat break to end


3.Big Dipper

Am cigarette c and carrot juice f-g(sus4)
And get yourself a am new tattoo c for those sleeveless f days
of g(sus4) june

I'm sitting on the cafe zinho's steps with a book i haven't
started yet
Watching all the girls walk by

Could i take you f out
I'll be yours without a dm doubt
C on that big g(sus4) dipper

And if the sound of this it frightens you
We could play it real cool
And act somewhat indifferent

And hey june why did you have to come, why did you have to come
around so soon
I wasn't ready for all this nature

The terrible green green grass, and violent blooms of flowered
dresses
And afternoons that make me sleepy

But we could wait awhile
Before we push that dull turnstile
Into the passage

The thousands they had tread
And others sometimes fled
Before the turn came

Repeat section 1 x2

And we could wait our lives
Before a chance arrives
Before the passage

From the top you can see monterey
Or think about san jose
Though i know it's not that pleasant

And hey jim kerouac brother of the famous jack
Or so he likes to say 'lucky bastard'

He's sitting on the cafe xeno's steps with a girl i'm not over
yet
Watching all the world go by

Boy you are looking bad
Did i make you feel that sad
I'm honestly flattered

But if she asks me out
I'll be hers without a doubt
On that big dipper

Cigarettes and carrot juice
And get yourself a new tattoo for those sleeveless days of june

I'm sitting on the cafe xeno's steps
I haven't got the courage yet, i haven't got the courage yet,

I haven't got the ending am courage yet


4.Nothing To Believe In

F#(-e-f#-e-f#)-d-b
A-b-d-a
A-f#-d-a

Where ya going to?
If you want me let me take you
Where ya going to?
If you want me let me take you

'cause in my life
I got nothing to believe in
Except for you
I got nothing to believe in

Whatcha looking for?
If you want it i will find it.
Yeah, whatcha looking for?
If you want me let me find it.

'cause in my life
I got nothing to believe in
Except for you
I got nothing to believe in

And i feel fine
I feel fine
Yeah i feel fine
I feel fine

'cause in my life
I got nothing to believe in
Except for you
I got nothing to believe in
Except for you
I got nothing to believe in

I feel fine
Yeah i feel infe
I feel fine
I feel fine
Yeah i feel fine
Yeah i feel fine
I feel fine
Yeah i feel fine


5.The Golden Age

G-bm-c-a
G-d-c-d
G
Bm-g-bm-c-d (ending:g)

This is the golden age
It's hard to imagine
With the way i feel today
That this is the golden age
The golden age

Somewhere i failed
Somewhere i lost you
In a black crowd of crows
And shiny things
I can't remember

This is the golden age
This is the golden age
The golden age

It seems like i'm high
But baby i'm crawling
In the unbearable days
I threw away
But i should have savored
The flaxen light
Off of the dying wheat
Your rye whiskey mouth
And your dandelion teeth

This is the golden age
This is the golden age
This is the golden age


6.100 Flower Power Maximum

Tab courtesy of matt stanislawski
Section 1:
B-c-d-eb
B-c-d-eb

Section 2:
E-am-f-c
E-a-f-c

Section 3:
E-c-a-d
E-c-a-d

Repeat section 2

Section 1:
E-12-- -- -12-- -14-15---9-- ---9-10-18-17-
B-- -12-- -- -13-- -- -----10------ -- -- -
G-- -- -12-- -- -- -- ------ -9---- -- -- -

Section 2:
E-0-5-7-7b8---0-5-7-8-7-5-3-0

Section 3:
B-4545454545454545454545454545-545

Lets pick it up e-am
Lets pick it up f-c
Lets pick it up e-a
Lets pick it up f-c

Well the e year of the redneck c mama
It was an-a-nounced by the sign of a d comet
Hanging in the e sky at 3 a. c m.
Again and again a again and again d
And i say

100 flower power maximum
100 flower power maximum
100 flower power maximum
Lets pick it up
Lets pick it up

Repeat section 1

Repeat section 3

Well the year of the redneck mama
It was announced by the sign of a comet
Hanging in the sky at 3 a.m.
That's right

Repeat section 3

Lets pick it up
Lets pick it up
Lets pick it up
Lets pick it up

100 flower power maximum
100 flower power maximum
100 flower power maximum
100 flower power maximum
Lets pick it up (maximum)


7.I Can't Forget You

F#m-e-d-a-f#m-d-a-e7

F#mgold e summer d wheat
A it sways in the f#m breeze
D till it fades in the a autumn
To e7 brown

Cool summer grass
It beckons and calls
And i lie here with you
In my heart

Chorus:
Bm i can't c#m for-d-get you
A i can't for-f#m-get you
Bm i can't c#m for-d-get you
At a all e7

A-birds take to the sky
They never alight
They circle around
Forever

Now i tried but i failed
To hide and disguise
This one simple
Sentiment

Chorus:

I can't forget you
I can't forget you
I can't forget you
No no

Chorus: i can't forget you
I can't forget you
I can't forget you
At all, no no


8.Sweet Thistle Pie

E
E(7)-d(7)-a(7)-g-d
E-g-a-e
E-g-a-d

It's been a long time since i had sweet thistle pie
It's been a long time since i had sweet thistle pie
She claps her hands and snaps her fingers
Knows my name but calls me ginger
It's been a long time since i had sweet thistle pie

Hey hey hey yeah

Sweet thistle pie
Sweet thistle pie
Sweet thistle pie

It's been a long time since i've been so very low
It's been a long time since i've been so very low
When i was young you were no stranger
Around the world and slip through my fingers
It's been a long time since i've been so very low

Hey hey hey yeah

Sweet thistle pie
Sweet thistle pie
Sweet thistle pie


9.Useless Stuff

A-e(bass g#)-f#m-e-d-e-a
D-f#m-e-d-bm-e(7-sus4)-d-f#m-e-d-e-a
(ending:d-e-ax2
D-a-e-a)

I'm so fucking sick
I'm the king of the world
I'm a genius of useless stuff

Some people they gotta work
Well i just hang around
Dreaming up useless stuff

So if i call you from time to time
I said my life is such a drag
I feel like a hag please shut me up

Girl would you like to live my life
And i'll be with you tonight
I'll be your useless stuff

Now everybody wants to be our friend
So we act real zen
And hang around with movie stars

So if i call you from time to time
I said my life is such a drag
I feel like a hag kick me in the ass

Girl would you like to live my life
And i'll be with you tonight
I'll be your useless stuff
I'll be your useless stuff
Can i be your useless stuff?


10.How Can I Live Without You

Preamble:
G# ?? on up, and there's a stub on the sky

Intro & break:
Fm-c#-g#-g#7-g#6
Fm-c#-g#-g#7-g#6
Fm-c#-g# oooh g#7-g#6
Bbm-f#

Fm you can still c# come and bring me coffee in the g# morning
g#7-g#6
Fm you can still c# come and make me chicken fried g# steak
g#7-g#6
Fm you can live your c# life with whomever you g# please to
g#7-g#6
Bbm a slong as someone takes good care of f#me
You know i don't c# mind

Chorus:
F# how can i c# live with-g#-out you eb
F# if it means i c# gotta get a g# job? eb
F# how can i c# live with-g#-out you eb
F# if it means i c# gotta get a g# job? eb

You can still come and bring me those fancy pastries
You can still come and crawl into my bed
You can live your life with whomever you please to
As long as someone takes good care of me
You know i don't mind

Chorus
Yeah!

Break

Chorus

F# (how can) how can i c# live with-g#-out you eb
F# if it means i c# gotta get a g# job? eb
F# (how can) how can i c# live with-g#-out you eb
F# if it means i c# gotta get a g# jo-o-o-ob?


11.Bicycle Spaniard

C-bm-am-g-f-c-g
And it's a c long, long bm way am to the g top
But when you come f down c it's one headlong g rush

You've got an itch to scratch the shiny bits of light
Hanging like stars, hanging like stars

Repeat section 1

Section 2:
F-c-g

And mary says, you're such a restless soul
My bicycle spaniard, my magyar of cold

You've got an itch to find what's best left lost and cold
My bicycle spaniard, my poor restless soul
My bicycle spaniard, my poor restless soul

Repeat section 1

Repeat section 2 x2


12.Dixie Babylon

Section 1:
A-e-f#m-(slide down to e)-d(sus4)
A-e-f#m-(slide down to e)-d(sus4)

Section 2:
D-e-f#m-c#m-d-bm-e(7)
D-e-f#m-c#m-d-bm-e(7)

A we went down to the e old part of town
By the f#m stinking canal and the cotton (slide down to
e)-d(sus4) mill
Under a a ghetto palm with her e bicycle shorts on
With a f#m gesture she (slide down to e) said to d(sus4) me

D i e really must con-f#m-fess
C#m i'd like to d get undressed bm with e(7) you
D and though the e thought had never really f#m crossed my mind,
C#m oh, but d that was a lie bm so we went a-e(7)-long

We ran out under the turning leaves
And the fetid earth, it was damp and cool
Autumn's feeble light on her salty neck
All innocence it was lost

I really must confess
I'm feeling quite distressed, my stars are always crossed
But i have always taken more than i have given back
And as a matter of fact, i've given nothing up

Repeat section 1

Repeat section 2 to finish

End chord: a