D   D   D   D   C   G
D   D   D   D   C   G
D   D   D   D   C   G
D   C   Bb  C   D   N.C.

[Verse 1]
        D               C  G           D                      F
I don't care about your karma, I don't care about what's hip,
   G                   Bb              D   F
No space cadet's gonna tell me what to do.
        D              C   G            D              F
I won't swim in your jacuzzi, you can't make me settle down,
           G                 Bb                   D
I'd rather kick and jump and bite and scratch and scream until I'm blue.
  G              A        Bm                A G
I may as well be hyper as long as I'm still around,
                 D               D4      D             G             D
'Cause I'll have lots of time to be laid back when I'm six feet underground.

[Chorus]
                        A             G                             D
I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead.
                        A             G                             D
I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead.
             G        D             G                   A
When are you   cosmic cowboys gonna get it through your heads?
                        Bm                   A        G             A               D
I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead.

[Interlude]
D   C   Bb  C   D

[Verse 2]
        D                  C     G          D                   F
I can't stand the smell of incense, I don't really like to jog,
   G             Bb             D    F
No Joni Mitchell 8-tracks in my car, ooh...
       D          C   G       D                    F
I hate anything organic, even health food makes me sick.
          G                Bb           D
You won't catch me sipping Perrier down in some sushi bar, I tell you!
G                 A              Bm        A   G
Now's the time to go for all the gusto you can grab,
            D                 D4     D               G               D
You'll have plenty of time to be low-key when you're laid out on the slab.

[Chorus]
                        A             G                             D
I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead.
                        A             G                             D
I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead.
             G        D             G                   A
When are you   cosmic cowboys gonna get it through your heads?
                        Bm                   A        G             A               D
I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead.
               A        Bm                   A        G             A               D
I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead.

[Solo]
D   D   C   G
D   D   C   G
D   D   C   G
D   D   N.C.

[Bridge]
N.C.            A7                                     D
I don't want no part of that vegetarian scene, I won't buy me a pair of designer jeans,
   A7      Am7     A7                D                           D7
No redwood hot tub to my name, I got all that I want and if it's all the same to you.
  G7                                       F#7            Bm
I don't need a course in self-awareness to find out who I am.
N.C.                     A7                                   A                 D
And I'd rather have a, a Big Mac or a Jumbo Jack than all the bean sprouts in Japan.

[Interlude]
D   D   D   D   C   G
D   D   D   D   C   G
D   D   D   D   C   G
D   C   Bb  C   D   N.C.

[Verse 3]
         D               C  G          D                       F
So don't ask me what I'm into, I don't need to prove I'm cool,
     G                     Bb               D     F
I'll break your arm if you ask me what's my sign.
        D                 C       G          D              F
I won't tell you where my head's at, I don't need to see no shrink,
   G             Bb                   D
Psychosis may be in this year but I'm really not that kind.
              G           A          Bm             A    G
And I'm in no hurry to be casual, in fact, I think, I'll wait.
          D                      N.C.
Until I'm pushing up the daisies like wow, man, can you relate?

[Outro Chorus]
N.C.                    Bm                   A        G             A               D
I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead.
               A        Bm                   A        G             A               D
I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead.
               A        Bm                   A        G             A               D
I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead.
               A        Bm                   A        G             A               D
I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead, I'll be mellow when I'm dead.