Year: 1990 - Album: Ritual de lo Habitual
Written by Perry Farrell/Jane's Addiction
A Of course this land is dangerous! All of the animals are capably murderous When I was a boy, my big brother held onto my hands Then he made me slap my own face I looked up to him and still do He was trying to teach me something A7 And now I know what it was! Now I know what he meant! Now I know what it is oh oh D Oh oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh A oh ah D One must eat the other Who runs free Before him, Put them right in his A Mouth D While fantasizing the beauty of his movements A sensation not unlike A D Slaping yourself in the face A D Slapping yourself in the face A E/D Slapping yourself in the face D One must eat the other Who runs free Before him, Put them right in his A Mouth D While fantasizing the beauty of his movements A sensation not unlike A D Slaping yourself in the face A D Slapping yourself in the face A D Slapping yourself in the A D Slapping yourself in the A D Slapping yourself in the A face You fake the violin part by hammering up on the high E string E F# G A Bb and back down again