The Kinks - Maximum Consumption: chords

                 G            D
I'll have some clam chowder, followed by
 G             D
beef steak on rye
 C             D                G
Pumpkin pie, whipped cream and coffee,
G                   D
I wanna green salad on the side,
 G                         D
Don't forget the french fries,
 C          D             G
Pizza pie, garlic and anchovie.
        D
I keep burning up calories as fast
                        E
as I keep putting them down,

I'll have two eggs, over light
Homemade apple pie
Coleslaw as a side order
I gotta stay fit, stay alive
Eat food to sustain a
Non-stop high-grade performer
The pace is continual, sure keeps running me down
Don't you know that you gotta eat food?
Don't you know that you gotta refuel?

Chorus:
       G          C         G              C
I'm a Maximum Consumption, super-grade performer.
 G        C      G
High powered machine,
     C            F         C           F
Go steady on my clutch, go easy on the hills
            G            C              G C
And you'll get a lot of mileage out of me.
        D                        Em         C  D
I'm so easy to drive, and I'm an excellent ride,

D                                       E
Excessive living sure keeps running me down
D                               G       E
You've got to learn to use the Maximum Juice
D                       G      E
That's how you get the maximum use.

Life keeps using me
Keeps on abusing me
Mentally and physically
I gotta stay fit, stay alive
Need fuel inside
Eat food to survive
Maximum Consumption sure keeps running me down
Don't you know that you gotta eat food?
Don't you know that it's good for you?

I'm a Maximum Consumption
Non-stop machine
Total automation
Perpetual motion