A                          D A
He had the creepin' peepin' baby blues
D            A           E A
Nothin' much left to lose
A                      D A
Livin' just for fantasy
D                A        E A
Be just what you want to b--e
D          A E   D          A E E7
Front page news, front page news

[Verse 2]
A                        D A
Sleepin' in a bed of lies
D                 A        E A
Know it's time to fantasize
A                        D A
Like a million other guys
         D                A       E A
With the creepin' peepin' lyin' eye-s

[Bridge]
D                A           E         A
Sold them up the river for a nickel or dime
D           A           E         A
Sold them uptown in the shoeshine line
D                A         E        A
Sold them to his lover for one more time
E              E7
Creepin' around

[Verse 3]
  A                    D A
I heard it on the radio
D              A        E A
Lovin' was the way to go
    A                   D A
The radio was good to me
D                A        E A
Be just what you want to b--e

[Verse 4]
D                A    E A
Nothin' like the radio
D                  A         E A
Take you where you want to go
D              A    E A
Love it on the radio
D              A        E A
Lovin' was the way to go

[Guitar Solo]
A D A D A E A x2

[Verse 5]
           A                          D A
He had the creepin' peepin' baby blues
D            A           E A
Nothin' much left to lose
                          D A
Like a million lovin' lies
D            A            E A
Tellin' mama grown-up lies

[Verse 6]
     D      A   E A
Whoa I'm so glad
       D         A  E A
That I didn't go mad
      D               A E A
And I bought this guitar
        D              A   E A
And I'm singin' like a star
       D               A E A
Yeah I bought this guitar
        D              A   E A
And I'm singin' like a star
              D        A   E A
Yeah you're a shootin' star
         D                A         E A
With the creepin' peepin' baby blues

[Guitar Solo]
A D A D A E A x1

[Verse 7]
  A                        D A
I heard it in a song before
D             A       E A
Folks yellin' one more
D    A   E A   D         A   E A
I obliged,   I sang till five
          D                A         E A
I had the creepin' peepin' lyin' eyes
     D              A        E A
Knew it was time to fantasize
D             A         E A
Just like the other guys
         D                A         E A
With the creepin' peepin' lyin' eyes

[Verse 8]
        D      A   E A
Hey hey I'm so glad
       D          A  E A
That I never went mad
      D               A E A
And I bought this guitar
        D              A   E A
And I'm singin' like a star
       D               A E A
Yeah I bought this guitar
       D              A   E A
Got me singin' like a star
              D        A   E A
Yeah you're a shootin' star
         D                A         E A
With the creepin' peepin' baby blues