Am
		Bust my back on the Levy - broke my strings on the BBC
		Dm                                C               E7  G
		Found my chops on Eel Pie Island - paid my dues at the Marquee
		        Am                          Dm
		Slagged off by the N.M.E. - lost my stash and my virginity
		        Dm         E7   Am
		In this Cockamamie Business
		       Am
		Got my face on Ed Sullivan - broke my heart on the Soul Train
		     Dm                           C                  E7     G
		Introduced to Bad Company - lost cells down at Brain Drain
		      Am                           Dm
		And before I could mend - lost the missus, missed the girlfriend
		        Dm         E7  Am
		In this Cockamamie Business
		        Am
		Now we like to air condition - though the air has no ozone ring
		Dm                           C
		Still they're chopping down the forest for McDonalds and the Burger
		E7  G
		King
		       Am                                   Dm
		Eating cows with such persistance - doesn't offer much resistance
		        Dm         E7   Am
		To this Cockamamie Business
		          Am
		There are too many things - stressing out the nervous system
		Dm                        C                          E7   G
		Girls you used to know - fellas that may have kissed'em
		         Am                                 Dm
		Some got rabies - Some got fleas - some got incurable diseases
		          Dm         E7  Am
		From this Cockamamie Business
		Am
		Everybody's after as many points as they can get
		                    Dm
		As long as it's not them that has to pay
		       C                E7   G
		No one really minds the Debt
		       Am                           Dm
		5-Star actors, tax inspectors, film producers and directors
		           Dm         E7  Am
		With their Cockamamie Business
		          Am
		Well you do what you can - can't do much more than that
		(No you can't do what he just said)
		     Dm                             C                  E7      G
		Some days you're pretty sharp - on other days you feel half dead
		(While you make your daily bread)
		       Am                         Dm
		Didn't want to be a star - wanted just to play guitar
		        Dm         E7  Am
		In this Cockamamie Business