Off The Shelf

Intro:
C  Am  C  Am 
            One, two! 
C  Am  C  Am 


[Verso 1]
 
C                   Am 
  The Harvard child poet 
C                     Am 
  Mister Machine Stickman 
C                            Am 
  I'll see you later down at Max's 
F              G 
  I call it my band 
F                C 
  We'll see what happens 
F                C 
  We'll see what grows 
F                       C               G 
  I say someday we'll retire to the Mexicos 


[Refrão]
 
Dm                 Em             F      Em 
  'Cause you can't keep it to yourself 
Dm               Em             F 
  You just can't play it by yourself 
G   N.C.                     C      Am 
  And Rock ‘n Roll's off the shelf 
        C     Am 
Off the shelf 


[Verso 2]

C                Am 
  I got my Stratocaster 
C                Am 
  I got my liner notes 
C                    Am 
  I know just who my heroes are 
          F               G 
And I can recognize Judas goats 
F                 C 
  Cause something happened 
         F                       C 
When the dollar signs got in his eyes 
F                      C                    G 
  He gained all of his losses, I was not surprised 


[Refrão]
 
Dm                 Em             F      Em 
  'Cause you can't keep it to yourself 
Dm               Em             F 
  You just can't play it by yourself 
G N.C.                      C     Am 
  Take Rock ‘n Roll off the shelf 
        C      Am 
Off the shelf 


[Ponte]

G                Am 
  A decade going down 
G                                        Am      G    F 
  Once again he heard the voices say down--town, down-town 
                    Am        G         F 
Can’t you hear that    sound, hear that sound 
             C 
You owe some dues 
              G 
To earn those blues 

Solo: 
C   F   Dm   G 
Em 
Dm      G 
Bb 
  Un dos quat now 
D#   Cm   D#   Cm 



[Verso 3]

D#                   Cm 
  So watch the child-poet 
D#                      Cm 
  Watch the Machine stickman 
D#                      Cm 
  Dickie Sohl is at the Mudd Club 
G#             Bb 
  I call it my band 
G#            D# 
  Oh see what happens 
   G#                       D# 
It died and then started to grow 
G#                     D#              Bb 
  He won’t discuss the reasons but you know, and you know 


[Refrão]

Fm               Gm             G#     Gm 
  That you can't keep it to yourself 
Fm               Gm             G#    Gm 
  You just can't play it by yourself 
Fm           Gm           G# 
  I will not play it by myself 
Bb N.C.                     D     Bm 
  Take Rock ‘n Roll off the shelf 
        D     Bm 
Off the shelf 
        D                  Bm 
Off the shelf (Oh oh-oh-oh oh) 
                D                  Bm 
Take it off the shelf (Oh oh-oh-oh oh) 
                     D                  Bm 
Just take it off the shelf (Oh oh-oh-oh oh) 
                D                  Bm 
Take it off the shelf (Oh oh-oh-oh oh) 
                     D                  Bm 
Just take it off the shelf (Oh oh-oh-oh oh) 


Solo: 
D   Em   F#m   G   F# 
Em  F#m   G 
Two Three Four 
A  G  D  Em  D 
             Five