Hedwig And The Angry Inch - Wig In A Box Chords & Tabs

by Misc Musicals

[Intro]
A  E/G#    F#m  G6
D

[Verse 1]
A         E/G#     
On nights like this
F#m7     G6             D   
When the world's a bit amiss
        E             
And the lights go down
 A                 E   E7
Across the trailer park
A         
I get down
E/G#      
I feel had
F#m7          G6             D  
I feel on the verge of going mad
    E                           A    
And then it's time to punch the clock

[Chorus]
A             E      
I put on some make-up
F#m             C#m      
And turn up the tape deck
D            A              E   F#7
And pull the wig down on my head
Bm          E            
Suddenly I'm Miss Midwest
A        E/G#     G6   
Midnight Checkout Queen
A       D        
Until I head home
    E             A  GD
And put myself to bed

[Verse 2]
A          E/G#              
I look back on where I'm from
F#m7        G          D     
Look at the woman I've become
        E               
And the strangest things
    A            E   
Seem suddenly routine
A                 E/G#                 
I look up from my vermouth on the rocks
F#m            G                D  
A gift-wrapped wig still in the box
   E             A   
Of towering velveteen

[Chorus]
A             E      
I put on some make-up
F#m             C#m  
And some LaVern Baker
D            A                 E    F#7
And pull the wig down from the shelf
Bm           E            A        E/G#    G6 
Suddenly I'm Miss Beehive nineteen sixty-three
A       D      
Until I wake up
    E            A     GD
And turn back to myself

[Verse 3]
A                     E/G#        
Some girls they got a natural ease
F#m          G6           D     
They wear it any way they please
           E                
With their french flip curls
    A            E    
And perfumed magazines
A         
Wear it up
E/G#       
Let it down
F#m         G6                 D    
This is the best way that I've found
          E                A   
To be the best you've ever seen

[Chorus]
A             E      
I put on some make-up
F#m             C#m        
And turn up the eight-track
D               A                 E    F#7
I'm pulling the wig down from the shelf
Bm           E           A      
Suddenly I'm Miss Farrah Fawcett
E/G#   G6
From TV
A       D      
Until I wake up
    E              A   
And turn back to myself

[Bridge]
D                  
Shag, bi-level, bob
C                 
Dorothy Hamill do,
D                           
Sausage curls, chicken wings
     C                 
It's all because of you
          D                        
With your blow dried, feather back,
C                  
Toni home wave, too
D                      
flip, fro, frizz, flop,
     C                 
It's all because of you
     Bb                
It's all because of you
     A7                G
It's all because of you

[Chorus]
A             E      
I put on some make-up
F#m         C#m        
Turn up the eight-track
    D           A                 E    F#7
I'm pulling the wig down from the shelf
Bm          E               A   
Suddenly I'm this punk rock star
   E/G#      G6    
Of stage and screen
A           D    
And I ain't never
    E             A   
I'm never turning back