HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
WIG IN A BOX
by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask

[For the first verse and chorus, the guitars are silent.]

One night like this
When the world's a bit amiss
And the lights go down
Across the trailer park
I get down, I feel had
I feel on the verge of going mad
And then it's time to punch the clock

I put on some make-up
And turn on the tape deck
And pull the wig back on my head
Suddenly I'm Miss Midwest Midnight Checkout Queen
Until I head home
And I put myself to bed

riff:
e---0--3--5-----0--3--5----0--3--5p--
B------------------------------------

verse 2:
A               Amaj7
 I look back on where I'm from
A7            A13          D
  look at the woman I've become
        E
and the strangest things seem
A            E
 suddenly routine
A                     Amaj7
 I look up from my Vermouth on the rocks
A7               A13              D
  a gift-wrapped wig still in the box
   E             A
of towering velveteen.

chorus:
A              E
 I put on some make-up
F#m                C#m
   and some LaVern Baker
D             A                 E      F#
 and pull the wig down from the shelf
Bm            E             A        E     Em
  Suddenly I'm Miss Beehive nineteen-sixty-three
A13        D
   Until I wake up
    E            A
And turn back to myself

riff:
e---0--3--5-----0--3--5----0--3--5p--
B------------------------------------

[verse 3 and chorus are the same as verse 2 and chorus]

verse 3:
Some girls they have natural ease
they wear it any way they please
with their French flip curls
and perfumed magazines
Wear it up
Let it down
This is the best way that I've found
to be the best you've ever seen

chorus:
I put on some make-up
and turn up the eight-track
I'm pulling the wig down from the shelf
Suddenly I'm Miss Farrah Fawcett
from TV
until I wake up
and turn back to myself

[Let the A from '-self' ring and then keep playing it
throughout this next part until the change]

Shag, bi-level, bob
Dorothy Hamill do,
Sausage curl, chicken wings
It's all because of you
With your blow dried, feather backed
Toni home wave, too
Flip, for, frizz, flop
It's all because of you
     Bb
It's all because of you
     A
It's all because of you
G
ooh-ooh..

(okay...everybody...)

N.C.
I put on some make-up
Turn up the eight track
I'm pulling the wig down from the shelf
A            E               A
 Suddenly I'm this punk rock star
   E         Em
Of stage and screen
            D
And I ain't never

I'm never turning back

ending riff (guitar 1)
e-|----------------------|
B-|----------------------|
G-|--------------2-------|
D-|-----------2----------|
A-|--0--0--4--------0--3-|
E-|----------------------|

guitar 2 just plays A until the song ends
guitar 1 joins it at some point.

chords used:

   A Amaj7 A7 A13 D E
e--0--0----0---2--2-0--
B--2--2----2---2--3-0--
G--2--1----0---0--2-1--
D--2--2----2---2--0-2--
A--0--0----0---0--x-2--
E--x--x----x---x--x-0--

  F#m C#m F# Bm Em  Bb G
e--2---4--2--2--0---1--3--
B--2---5--2--3--0---3--0--
G--2---6--3--4--0---3--0--
D--4---6--4--4--2---3--0--
A--4---4--4--2--2---1--2--
E--2---x--2--x--0---1--3--

tabbed by Siena