Bmi                   A           G Emi
Doctor Doctor what is wrong with me 
Bmi                   A           G  Emi
This supermarket life is getting long
Bmi                   A     G         Emi
What is the heart life of a colour TV 
Bmi                   A     G            D
What is the shelf life of a teenage queen

Emi  C

D D  E F#     G
Ooh western woman
D D  E F#     G
Ooh western girl

Bmi
News hound sniffs the air
    A             G         Emi
When Jessica Hahn goes down 
Bmi                          A
He latches on to that symbol 
G             Emi
Of detachment 
Bmi         A     G                     Emi
Attracted by the peeling away of feeling
Bmi          A        G                    D
The celebrity of the abused shell the belle

D D  E F#    G
Ooh western women
D D  E F#    G
Ooh western girl

D
And the children on Melrose
Strut their stuff
G
Is absolute zero cold enough
D
And out in the valley warm and clean
G
The little ones sit by their TV screens
D
No toughts to think
G
No tears to cry
A   B     Bmi
All sucked dry
Bmi         A          G
Down to the very last breath
Emi                A
Bartender what is wrong with me
Emi                 A
Why am I so out of breath
Emi                A
The captain said excuse me ma'am
Emi                A
This species has amused itself to death

D                  G
Amused itself to death
D                  G
Amused itself to death

D                 EmiF#   G
We watched the tragedy unfold
We did as we were told
We bought and sold
D             Emi    F#      G
It was the greatest show on earth
But then it was over
D
We oohed and aahed
We drove our racing cars
G
We ate our last few jars of caviar
D
And somewhere out there in the stars
               G
A keen-eyed look-out
Spied a flickering light
              D
Our last hurrah
              G
Our last hurrah

Emi                      A
And when they found our shadows
Emi                     A
Grouped around the TV sets
Emi                   A
They ran down every lead
       Emi            A  B  Bmi
They repeated every test 
                   C#     D             G
They checked out all the data on their lists
          Bmi                      C#  D
And then the alien anthropologists 
          G          F#mi       Emi
Admitted they were still perplexed
D
But on eliminating every other reason
         G
For our sad demise
D                                 G
They logged the only explanation left
                                        Bmi
This species has amused itself to death 

Emi             A
No tears to cry 
Emi              A
No feelings left 
Emi                 A                   Bmi
This species has amused itself to death 
           A       G
Amused itself to death

Bmi        A       G
Amused itself to death
Bmi        A       G
Amused itself to death
Bmi        A       G
Amused itself to death