tone [Am]
In my [E] life, I was Noel Gruber who worked
at [Am] Taco Bell in Uranium City, Saskatchewan.
But [E] in my [Am]dreams I played [F] a
different role. [E]I was Monique Gibeau in
[Am] post-war [F] France![E7]
Verse 1
A [E7]hooker with a heart of black [Am] charcoal
I write poems to burn by [E7]fire light
Drink champagne and guzzle [Am]gin
Good girls call me the town [E7]bicycle
Don't knock it till you’ve tried my life of [Am] sin
Oh Claude my pimp knows never mess [E7]with me
Last prick did that faded quick [Am]to black
I have no idea where to find[E7] him, officers-
But if you do please mention that I'd
Like to have returned [E]the pretty knife
That I stuck 10 times in his [Am] back
Chorus
For I sing songs [Dm] until the break [Am] of dawn
I [E7] embrace a new man every night[Am]
My life's one [Dm] never ending [Am]carnival
A [B7] world of boozy-floozy flashing [E7]light
I want to [Am]be that [E7] fucked up [Am]girl
[E7] [Am] [E7] [Am]
Verse 2
He said I think I am in love with you[E7]
I’ve heard that lie a million times before[Am]
Oh, but tonight I give in to the fantasy[E7]
Take love when you can when you're a whore[A5]
Chorus
For I sing songs[Dm] until the break [Am]of dawn
I [E7] embrace a new man every night[Am]
My life's one [Dm] never ending carnival[Am]
A [B7] world of boozy-floozy flashing light [E7]
I want [Am]to be that[E7] fucked up[Am] girl[A5]
Verse 3
So now I sell my love for opium[E7]
In some rat infested Chinese dive[Am]
At night I burn myself with cigarettes[E7]
Just to somehow prove I'm still [Am]alive[Bm] [C]
Eight months later I catch [E] typhoid [E7]flu
Kicked out I see the ugly light of [Am]day
Dying in an alley, a [E] priest kneels down to me-[E7]
(spoken)
My child, do you have any final
words to the Lord you'd like to say?
Oui! Tell him that like Him I choose
to burn out rather than fade away.
Chorus
For I sing songs[Dm] until [Am]the break of dawn[Em]
I [E7] embrace a new man every night[Am]
My life's one [Dm]never ending carnival[Am]
A [B7]world of boozy-floozy flashing light[E]
For I sing songs[Dm] until the break [Am]of dawn
I[E7] embrace a new man every night [Am]
My life's one [Dm] never ending [Am] carnival
A [B7]world of boozy-floozy flashing light[E]
I want to [Am] be that [E7] fucked[Am]up girl[A5]
I wanna be that fucked up giiiiiirl
(backgrounds while Noel ad libs)
[E7]Broken heart, a flask of gin
[Am]Tattooed with a safety pin
[E]Teeth all stained with nicotine
[Am]Running nylons, [A]shattered dreams
[E7]Super crusty, holy terror
[Am]Wild eyes and [E] black mascara
[E7]Broken heart, a flask of gin
[Am]Tattooed with a safety pin
[E]Teeth all stained with nicotine
[Am]Running nylons, shattered dreams
[E]Super crusty, holy terror
[Am]Wild eyes and black[E7] mascara
If I could have just one dream[Am]
I’d be that fucked up girl
Hey!