Song:  Kiss Off
Artist:  Violent Femmes
Album: Add It Up (1981 - 1993)

Transcribed by Doug Jones (starkid59@aol.com)
Edited by Wesley Torres <wtorres@bucknell.edu>

Intro:

   Em
e|-0---------|
B|--0--------|
G|---0-------|
D|----2------|
A|-----2-----|
E|------0----|

         Em
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-------2-------2-------2-------2-------------|
A|-------2-------2-------2-------2-------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
   v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^

Verse 1:

Em
I need someone, a person to talk to
Someone who'd care to love
            C
Could it be you
            Em
Could it be you
Situation gets rough
Then I start to panic
It's not enough
It's just a habit
        C
Hey kid you're sick
                Em
Darling this is it

(Bass tremelo picks down to C on Chorus)
Chorus:

C                D
You can all just kiss off into the air
Behind my back I can see them stare
They'll hurt me bad but I won't mind
They'll hurt me bad they do it all the time
Yeah yeah, they do it all the time

Verse 2:

Em
I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record
                          C
Oh yeah well don't get so distressed
                                 Em
Did I happen to mention that I'm impressed

Solo: (good luck)

Verse 3: (bass only)

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--0-x-0-0-x-0-x-0-0-(12/1)------|


I take one one one 'cause you left me
And two two two for my family
And 3 3 3 for my heartache
And 4 4 4 for my headaches
And 5 5 5 for my lonely
And 6 6 6 for my sorrow
And 7 7 7 for no tomorrow
And 8 8 8 I forget what 8 was for
And 9 9 9 for a lost god
                   Em         Em        Em         Em
And 10 10 10 for everything everything everything everything

Chorus:

C                D
You can all just kiss off into the air
Behind my back I can see them stare
They'll hurt me bad but I won't mind
They'll hurt me bad they do it all the time
Yeah yeah, they do it all the time (repeat)

End with Em (low E string ringing)