Jazz on the Autobahn — The Felice Brothers
Chords and lyrics for Jazz on the Autobahn by The Felice Brothers (key of D).
Verse 1
(From the 2021 Album FROM DREAMS TO DUST)
Verse 1
The sheriff [D]disappeared[G]
He drove in a [D]doomed Corvette[G]
Helen was in the [D]passenger seat eating melon and spitting out the [G]seeds
Feeling happy to be alone [D]but still turning a [G]saxophone as cold as stone
kinda [D][G]like[G][D]
Verse 2
She said this is what the [D]apocalypse will look like[G]
A tornado with [D]human eyes[G]
Poisoned birdbaths and torrents[D] of chemical rain
Like the heads [G]of state hyperventilating in clouds [D]of methane[G]
Sundown on the [D]human [G]heart[G][D]
Verse 3
And this is what the [D]apocalypse will sound like[G]
But it will be loud as a [D]mushroom cloud[G]
It will sound like final [D]jeopardy
But somehow be ghostly like a [G]glockenspiel
Like the testing of bombs or [D]the tapping of stiletto heels[G]
Chorus
It will sound like [D]jazz
Jazz jazz [G]jazz
Jazz on the [D]autobahn
[G] It will sound like [D]jazz
Jazz jazz [G]jazz
Jazz on the [D]autobahn[G]
Verse 4
The sheriff [D]disagreed
[G]He tried to make the distinction between [D]death and extinction
[G]They stopped off at a place called [D]Hamburger Heaven to grab a bite to eat
But [G]Helen had no appetite, she just drank [D]a 7 Up
While the sheriff tapped his coffee [G]cup to a distant beat
Interlude
[D] [G] [D] [G]
Verse 5
It won't look like those old [D]frescoes, man I don't think so
[G]There will be no angels with swords,[D] man I don't think so
[G]No jubilant beings in the [D]sky above, man I don't think so
[G]And it won't look like those old [D]movies neither
[G]There will be no drag racing through the bombed[D] out streets neither
[G]No shareholders will be [D]orbiting the earth, man neither
[G]It will be hard to recognize [D]each other through our oxygen masks
[G]The successful sons of businessmen will [D]set their desks on fire
While five [G]star generals of the free world weep in the [D]oil-choked tide
Chorus
[G]It won't sound like [D]jazz
Jazz jazz [G]jazz
Jazz on the [D]autobahn
[G]It won't sound like [D]jazz
Jazz jazz [G]jazz
Jazz on the [D]autobahn
Verse 6
[G]They agreed to [D]disagree
[G]They zoomed off in a [D]doomed Corvette
[G]The sheriff couldn't recall [D]feeling this way his entire life
As he [G]drove through the principalities of [D]unreality
On the run with somebody else's [G]wife
The heiress of [D]Texas [G]oil[G][D]
Verse 7
[D] What is freedom? He thought
[G] Is it to be empty of [D]desire?
[G]Is it to find everything I've lost [D]or have been in search of?
Or is it to [G]return to the things is which there is no more [D]returning?
Chorus
[G] Does it feel like [D]jazz?
Jazz jazz [G]jazz
Jazz on the [D]autobahn
[G]Does it feel like [D]jazz?
Jazz jazz [G]jazz
Jazz on the [D]autobahn
[G] Does it feel like [D]jazz?
Jazz jazz [G]jazz
Jazz on the [D]autobahn
[G] Does it feel like [D]jazz?
Jazz jazz [G]jazz
Jazz on the [D]autobahn
[G] Does it feel like [D]jazz?
Jazz jazz [G]jazz
Jazz on the [D]autobahn
[G] Does it feel like [D]jazz?
Jazz jazz [G]jazz
Jazz on the [D][G]autobahn[D]
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