Who Do You Want to Be — Oingo Boingo

Chords and lyrics for Who Do You Want to Be by Oingo Boingo (key of F).

Intro 1

[Em] [G] [A] [Em] [A] [Em] [G]

Verse 1

[Em]Who do you want to be today?
[A]Who do you want to be?
[Em]Who do you want to be today?
[A]Do you want to be just like
[G]someone on TV?

Verse 2

[G]Oh boredom is so terrible,
[Em]it's like a dreaded disease
[A]Nothing could be worse than
[Em]when there's nothing on TV
[Em]I'd rather be a cowboy
[G]than to stare blank at the walls
[A]I've been reborn so many times,
[Em]I can't remember them all
[F]

Verse 3

[Em]Who do you want to be today?
[A]Who do you want to be?
[Em]Who do you want to be today?
[A]Do you want to be just like
[G]someone on TV?
[D] [A]
[Em]Just like someone on TV

Interlude 1

[Em] [A] [Em] [G] [Em]

Verse 4

[Em]I think I'll be a teddy boy,
I think I'll be a hunk
[A]I think I'll be a tough guy
[Em]and I think I'll be a punk
[Em]I might just be a fashion star
[G]all dressed in frilly rags
[A]Or perhaps I'll cross the other side
[D]and walk around in drag!
[G] [Em]

Verse 5

[Em]Who do you want to be today?
[A]Who do you want to be?
[Em]Who do you want to be today?
[A]Do you want to be just like
[G]someone on TV?
[D] [A]
[Em]Just like somebody on TV

Verse 6

[A]
[Em] [G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[G] [A] [Em] [G]
[Em] [G] [A] [Em]
[G]
[Em]Like to be just like a rock
In the middle of the sea
Do you want to suffer by yourself
In a pool of blissful misery

Verse 7

[Em]Do you want to feel like
a saint in artists' clothes
[G]With a rosary in your hand
[A]Do you want to be crazy like Van Gogh
[Em]Like a stranger in a strange, strange land
[F]

Verse 8

[D]
[Em]Push the buttons
And be feared by all humanity
[G]
[A]Or perhaps you'd like to be a bum
[Em]Do you wanna be stupid,
[G]just like me

Verse 9