Brain Stew

Words & Music:

Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Pritchard & Frank Wright

 

If you know Chicago's breakout 1970 hit "25 Or 6 To 4", you know how to play this song.  Nonetheless, it is fully transcribed in the August 2005 issue of Guitar One. The "Godzilla Remix" version is transcribed in the September/October issue of Guitar Edge.

 

A  G  F#  F  E [2x]

 

A          G                 F#  F  E  [etc.]

I'm having trouble trying to sleep.

I'm counting sheep but running out.

As time ticks by and still I try.

A                G            F#    F          E

No rest for crosstops in my mind; on my own, here we go.

 

INTRO RIFF:  [2x]

 

My eyes feel like they're going to bleed;

Dried up and bulging out my skull.

My mouth is dry, my face is numb.

Fucked up and spun out in my room; on my own, here we go.

 

INTRO RIFF:  [2x]

 

My mind is set on overdrive.

The clock is laughing in my face.

Crooked spine, senses dulled,

Passed the point of delirium; on my own, here we go.

 

INTRO RIFF:  [4x]

 

My eyes feel like they're going to bleed.

Dried up and bulging out my skull.

My mouth is dry, my face is numb.

Fucked up and spun out in my room; on my own, here we go.