Standard (EADGBE)

Chords

Verse 1

We took the freeway out of town

We found a place to settle down

We bought a driveway and a swingset and a dog

 You got your very own bathroom

 I got my very own workshop in the basement

 We sit around staring at the wall-to-wall

 Take field trips to our favorite mall

Waiting for the day when all the kids grow up and leave us here

Chorus

 If you need me

 I'll be downstairs

 With the shop vac

 You can call but I probably won't hear you

 Because it's loud with the shop vac on

 (for heaven's sake it's really loud with the shop vac on)

 But you'll be OK

 Cause you'll be upstairs

 With the TV

 You can cry and I probably won't hear you

 Because it's loud with the shop vac on

Verse 2

We hung a flag above the door

Checked out the gourmet grocery store

I bought a mower I can ride around the yard

 But we haven't got real friends

 And now even the fake ones have stopped calling

 Maybe if you forget to hide the keys

 I'll take a ride to Applebee's

 I'll come home drunk on daiquiris and throw up on the neighbor's lawn

Chorus

 If you need me

 I'll be downstairs

 With the shop vac

 You can call but I probably won't hear you

 Because it's loud with the shop vac on

 (for heaven's sake it's really loud with the shop vac on)

 But you'll be OK

 Cause you'll be upstairs

 With the TV

 You can cry and I probably won't hear you

 Because it's loud with the shop vac on

Bridge

I like the Starbucks here that's better than the other one

 Cause the other one's not as good

They really need to put a light there cause it's hard to turn

 It's hard to make a left turn

[Vincent's Guitar Solo]***

Verse 3

And when it's time to go to bed

I'm still awake inside my head

I'm floating up above the house and looking down

 I guess I gotta go back there

 I guess there never was any other answer

 And as the freeway hums the cars go by

 The headlights roll across the sky

Many miles away but I can see them speeding through the dark

Chorus

 If you need me

 I'll be downstairs

 With the shop vac

 You can call but I probably won't hear you

 Because it's loud with the shop vac on

 (for heaven's sake it's really loud with the shop vac on)

 But you'll be OK

 Cause you'll be upstairs

 With the TV

 You can cry and I probably won't hear you

 Because it's loud with the shop vac on