CHINESE DEMOCRACY

Pre-song Speech
This uh, this next song is um...something new. You know, right before I came here...when I left LA...and the movie Kundun was on about the Dali Lama. I kinda like the idea that we�re playing the House of Blues cause its kinda associated with that. That came about, I was at the House of Blues in Chicago and Vegas called and "Do you want to do a warmup gig for Rio at the House of Blues?" "Sure." So...you know I was, I was getting ready to, to leave, you know the TV was on and it was the end of the movie, and the Dali Lama is about to cross over the border, to you know, be in exile for the rest of his life from his own country. And he looks back at uh, at the men who helped him, and you know he�s escaped the Chinese government. And he, and he looks back at them and he waves and they wave at him and then they show a scene where he looks back at them again and he sees everyone of them dead. Because he knew they would be killed, they knew that in helping him they would be killed. And uh, you know the emotion, in this next song its, that�s all that�s about it. It�s not like an intelligent song; it doesn�t have the answer to anything. But it�s the title track of the record, which...God knowingly we will finish! And its not necessarily pro or con about China, its just that right now China symbolizes one of the strongest, yet most the oppressive, countries and, governments in the word. And we are fortunate to live in a free country. And so in thinking about that it just kinda upset me, and we wrote this little song called "Chinese Democracy."

Chinese Democracy
It don�t really matter
You�ll find out for yourself
No it don�t really matter
You�re gonna leave this thing to
Somebody else


You think we�re missionaries
Real time visionaries
Sitting in the Chinese stew???
To view my dis-infatu-ation
I know that I�m a classic case
Watch my disenchanted face
Blame it on the Falun Gong*
It�s to the end and it can�t hold on now


Cause it would take a lot more hate than you
To stop from fascination
Even with an iron fist
Our baby got to rule the nation but all I got is
Precious time


It don�t really matter
You�re gonna find out for yourself
No it don�t really matter
I guess you�ll do this thing to
Somebody else


Cause it would take a lot more time than you
I've got more masturbation????
Even with an iron fist
Our baby got to rule the nation but all I got is
Precious time
Our baby got to rule the nation but all I got is
Precious time


It don�t really matter
Gonna keep it to myself
No it don�t really matter
So you can hear it now from
Somebody else


(The guitars get really loud now so I have no fuckin clue!)
You think you got it all the worked up inside
And if you beat them all up they�ll die
And then you�ll walk them home for themselves
Then now you�ll dig for your road back to hell
And with your ???? makes you stop
As if your eyes were your ass you can tell??? In another time



WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
Welcome to the jungle
We've got fun 'n' games
We got everything you want
Honey, we know the names
We are the people that can find
Whatever you may need
If you got the money, honey
We got your disease 

CHORUS: 

In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your
sha na na na na na na na
knees, knees
I wanna watch you bleed 

Welcome to the jungle
We take it day by day
If you want it you're gonna bleed
But it's the price you pay
And you're a very sexy girl
That's very hard to please
You can taste the bright lights
But you won't get them for free
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my serpentine
I, I wanna hear you scream 

Welcome to the jungle
It gets worse here everyday
Ya learn ta live like an animal
In the jungle where we play
If you got a hunger for what you see
You'll take it eventually
You can have anything you want
But you better not take it from me 

CHORUS 

And when you're high you never
Ever want to come down,
suck down, suck down, suck down, YEAH! 

You know where you are You're in the jungle baby
You're gonna die 

In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your
knees, knees
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my serpentine
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your
knees, knees
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your
It' gonna bring you down-HA! 

IT'S SO EASY
I see your sister in her
Sunday dress
She's out to please
She pouts her best
She's out to take
No need to try
She's ready to make
It's so easy, easy
When everybody's tryin' to
please me, baby
It's so easy, easy
When everybody's tryin' to
please me
Cars are crashin' every night
I drink n' drive
everything's in sight
I make the fire
But I miss the firefight
I hit the bull's eye every night
It's so easy, easy
When everybody's tryin' to
please me, baby
Yeah it's so easy, easy
When everybody's tryin' to please me
So easy
But nothin' seems to please me
It all fits so right
When I fade into the night
See me hit you
You fall down
I see you standin' there
You think you're so cool
Why don't you just
Fuck off
Ya get nothin' for nothin'
If that's what you do
Turn around bitch I got a use for you
Besides you ain't got nothin' better to do
And I'm bored
It's so easy, easy
When everybody's tryin' to
please me, baby
It's so easy, easy
When everybody's tryin' to please me
So easy
But nothin' seems to please me
It all fits so right
When I fade into the night
So come with me
Don't ask me where cause I don't know
I'll try to please you
I ain't got no money
But it goes to show
It's so easy 

NIGHTRAIN
Loaded like a freight train
Flyin' like an aeroplane
Feelin' like a space brain
One more time tonight
Well I'm a west coast struttin'
One bad mother
Got a rattlesnake suitcase
Under my arm
Said I'm a mean machine
Been drinkin' gasoline
And honey you can make my motor hum
I got one chance left
In a nine live cat
I got a dog eat dog sly smile
I got a Molotov cocktail
With a match to go
I smoke my cigarette with style
An I can tell you honey
You can make my money tonight 

Wake up late
Honey put on your clothes
Take your credit card
to the liquor store
That's one for you and
two for me by tonight
I'll be loaded like a freight train
Flyin' like an aeroplane
Feelin' like a space brain
One more time tonight 

I'm on the nightrain
Bottoms up
I'm on the nightrain
Fill my cup
I'm on the nightrain
Ready to crash and burn
I never learn
I'm on the nightrain
I love that stuff
I'm on the nightrain
I can never get enough
I'm on the nightrain
Never to return-no
Loaded like a freight train
Flyin' like an aeroplane
Speedin' like a space brain
One more time tonight
I'm on the nightrain
And I'm lookin' for some
I'm on the nightrain
So's I can leave this slum
I'm on the nightrain
And I'm ready to crash and burn
Nightrain
Bottoms up
I'm on the nightrain
Fill my cup
I'm on the nightrain
Whoa yeah
I'm on the nightrain
Love that stuff
I'm on the nightrain
An I can never get enough
Ridin' the nightrain
I guess I
I guess, I guess, I guess
I never learn
On the nightrain
Float me home
Ooh I'm on the nightrain
Ridin' the nightrain
Never to return
Nightrain 

OUT TA GET ME
Been hidin' out
And layin' low
It's nothin' new ta me
Well you can always find
a place to go
If you can keep your sanity
They break down the doors
And they rape my rights but
They won't touch me
They scream and yell
And fight all night
You can't tell me
I lose my head
I close my eyes
They won't touch me
'Cause I got somethin'
I been buildin' up inside
For so fuckin' long 

CHORUS: 

They're out ta get me
They won't catch me
I'm innocent
They won't break me 

Sometimes it's easy to forget where you're goin'
Sometimes it's harder to leave
And everytime you think you know just what you're doin'
That's when your troubles exceed
They push me in a corner
Just to get me to fight but
They won't touch me
They preach and yell
And fight all night
You can't tell me
I lose my head
I close my eyes
They won't touch me
'Cause I got somethin'
I been buildin' up inside
I'm already gone 

Chorus 

Some people got a chip on their shoulder
An some would say it was me
But I didn't buy that fifth of whisky
That you gave me
So I'd be quick to disagree 

Chorus 

They're out to get me
They won't catch me
I'm innocent
So you can
Suck me
Take that one to heart 

MR BROWSTONE
I get up around seven
Get outta bed around nine
And I don't worry about nothin' no
Cause worryin's a waste of my...time
The show usually starts around seven
We go on stage around nine
Get on the bus about eleven
Sippin' a drink and feelin' fine 

Chorus: 

We been dancin' with
Mr. Brownstone
He's been knockin'
He won't leave me alone 

I used ta do a little
but a little wouldn't do
So the little got more and more
I just keep tryin'
ta get a little better
Said a little better than before
I used ta do a little
but a little wouldn't do
So the little got more and more
I just keep tryin'
ta get a little better
Said a little better than before 

Chorus 

Now I get up around whenever
I used ta get up on time
But that old man
he's a real muthafucker
Gonna kick him on down the line 

PARADISE CITY
Just a' urchin
livin' under the street
I'm a hard case
that's tough to beat
I'm your charity case
So buy me somethin' to eat
I'll pay you at another time
Take it to the end of the line 

Ragz to richez or so they say
Ya gotta-keep pushin'
for the fortune and fame
It's all a gamble
When it's just a game
Ya treat it like a capital crime
Everybody's doin' their time 

Chorus: 

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home 

Strapped in the chair
of the city's gas chamber
Why I'm here I can't quite remember
The surgeon general says
it's hazardous to breathe
I'd have another cigarette
but I can't see
Tell me who you're gonna believe 

Chorus 

So far away
So far away
So far away
So far away 

Captain America's been torn apart
Now he's a court jester
with a broken heart
He said-
Turn me around and
take me back to the start
I must be losin' my mind-
"Are you blind?"
I've seen it all a million times 

Chorus 

MY MICHELLE
Your daddy works in porno
Now that mommy's not around
She used to love her heroin
But now she's underground
So you stay out late at night
And you do your coke for free
Drivin' your friends crazy
With your life's insanity 

Well, well, well you just can't tell
Well, well, well my Michelle 

Sowin' all your wild oats
In another's luxuries
Yesterday was Tuesday
Maybe Thursday you can sleep
But school starts much too early
And this hotel wasn't free
So party till your connection call
Honey I'll return the key 

Chorus: 

Well, well, well you just can't tell
Well, well, well my Michelle
Well, well, well you never can tell
Well, well, well my Michelle 

Everyone needs love
You know that it's true
Someday you'll find someone
That'll fall in love with you
But oh the time it takes
When you're all alone
Someday you'll find someone
That you can call your own
But till then ya better... 

Now you're clean
And so discreet
I won't say a word
But most of all this song is true
Case you haven't heard
So c'mon and stop your cryin'
'Cause we both know money burns
Honey don't stop tryin;
An you'll get what you deserve 

Chorus 

THINK ABOUT YOU
Say baby you been lookin' real good
I remember when we met
Funny how it never felt so good
It's a feelin' that I know
I know I'll never forget
Ooh it was the best time
I can remember
Ooh and the love we shared-
is lovin' that'll last forever 

There wasn't much
in this heart of mine
There was a little left
and babe you found it
It's funny how I never felt so high
It's a feelin' that I know
I know I'll never forget
Ooh it was the best thing
I can remember
Ooh and the love we shared-
is lovin' that'll last forever 

I think about you
Honey all the time
my heart says yes
I think about you
Deep inside I love you best
I think about you
You know you're the one I want
I think about you
Darlin' you're the only one
I think about you 

Somethin' changed
in this heart of mine
An' I'm so glad that ya showed me
Funny how I never felt so high
It's a feelin' that I know
I know I'll never forget
Ooh it was the best time
I can remember
Ooh and the love we shared-
is lovin' that'll last forever 

SWEET CHILD OF MINE
She's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything
Was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her face
She takes me away to that
special place
And if I stared too long
I'd probably break down and cry 

Sweet child o' mine
Sweet love of mine 

She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me
of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain
To quietly pass me by 

Sweet child o' mine
Sweet love of mine


Where do we go
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Sweet child o' mine

ROCKET QUEEN
If I say I don't need anyone
I can say these things to you
'cause
I can turn on anyone
Just like I've turned on you
I've got a tongue like a razor
A sweet switchblade knife
And I can do you favors
But then you'll do whatever I like 

Chorus 

Here I am
And you're a Rocket Queen
I might be a little young
But Honey I ain't naive
Here I am
And you're a Rocket Queen oh yeah
I might be too much
But honey you're a bit obscene
I've seen everything imaginable
Pass before these eyes
I've had everything that's tangible
Honey you'd be suprised
I'm a sexual innuendo
In this burned out paradise
If you turn me on to anything
You better turn me on tonight 

Chorus 

I see you standin'
Standin' on your own
It's such a lonely place for you
For you to be
If you need a shoulder
Or if you need a friend
I'll be here standing
Until the bitter end
No one needs the sorrow
No one needs the pain
I hate to see you
Walking out there
Out in the rain
So don't chastise me
Or think I, I mean you harm
Of those that take you
Leave you strung out
Much too far
Baby-yeah
Don't ever leave me
Say you'll always be there
All I ever wanted
Was for you
To know that I care


PATIENCE
1,2,1,2,3,4
(whistle)
Shed a tear 'cause I'm missin' you
I'm still alright to smile
Girl, I think about you every day now
Was a time when I wasn't sure
But you set my mind at ease
There is no doubt
You're in my heart now

Said, woman, take it slow
It'll work itself out fine
All we need is just a little patience
Said, sugar, make it slow
And we come together fine
All we need is just a little patience
(patience)
Mm, yeah

I sit here on the stairs
'Cause I'd rather be alone
If I can't have you right now
I'll wait, dear
Sometimes I get so tense
But I can't speed up the time
But you know, love
There's one more thing to consider

Said, woman, take it slow
And things will be just fine
You and I'll just use a little patience
Said, sugar, take the time
'Cause the lights are shining bright
You and I've got what it takes
To make it, We won't fake it,
I'll never break it
'cause I can't take it

(whistle)
...little patience, mm yeah, mm yeah
need a little patience, yeah
just a little patience, yeah
some more patience, yeah
need some patience, yeah
could use some patience, yeah
gotta have some patience, yeah
all it takes is patience,
just a little patience
is all you need 

I been walkin' the streets at night
Just tryin' to get it right
Hard to see with so many around
You know I don't like 
Being stuck in the crowd
And the streets don't change
But baby the name
I ain't got time for the game
Cause I need you
Yeah, yeah, but I need you
Oo, I need  you
Whoa, I need you
Oo, all this time 
(ah)


LIVE AND LET DIE
When you were young
and your heart was an open book
You used to say live and let live
you know you did
you know you did
you know you did
But if this ever changin
in which we live in
Makes you give in and cry
Say live and let die
Live and let die

What does it matter to ya
When ya got a job to do
Ya got to do it well
You got to give the other fella hell

You used to say live and let live
you know you did
you know you did
you know you did
But if this ever changin
in which we live in
Makes you give in and cry
Say live and let die
Live and let die

NOVEMBER RAIN
When I look into your eyes
I can see a love restrained
But darlin' when I hold you
Don't you know I feel the same

'Cause nothin' lasts forever
And we both know hearts can change
And it's hard to hold a candle
In the cold November rain

We've been through this auch a long long time
Just tryin' to kill the pain

But lovers always come and lovers always go
An no one's really sure who's lettin' go today
Walking away

If we could take the time
to lay it on the line
I could rest my head
Just knowin' that you were mine
All mine
So if you want to love me
then darlin' don't refrain
Or I'll just end up walkin'
In the cold November rain

Do you need some time...on your own
Do you need some time...all alone
Everybody needs some time...
on their own
Don't you know you need some time...all alone

I know it's hard to keep an open heart
When even friends seem out to harm you
But if you could heal a broken heart
Wouldn't time be out to charm you

Sometimes I need some time...on my
own
Sometimes I need some time...all alone
Everybody needs some time...
on their own
Don't you know you need some time...all alone

And when your fears subside
And shadows still remain
I know that you can love me
When there's no one left to blame
So never mind the darkness
We still can find a way
'Cause nothin' lasts forever
Even cold November rain

Don't ya think that you need somebody
Don't ya think that you need someone
Everybody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one

YOU COULD BE MINE
I'm a cold heartbreaker
Fit ta burn and I'll rip
your heart in two
An I'll leave you lyin' on the bed
I'll be out the door before ya wake
It's nuthin' new ta you
'Cause I think we've seen that movie too

'Cause you could be mine
But you're way out of line
With your bitch slap rappin'
And your cocaine tongue
You get nuthin' done
I said you could be mine

Now holidays come and then they go
It's nothin' new today
Collect another memory
When I come home late at night
Don't ask me where I've been
Just count your stars
I'm home again

'Cause you could be mine
But you're way out of line
With your bitch slap rappin'
And your cocaine tongue
You get nuthin' done
I said you could be mine

You've gone sketchin' too many times
Why don't ya give it a rest
Why
Must you find
Another reason to cry

While you're breakin' down my back n' I been rackin' out my brain
It don't matter how we make it
'Cause it always ends the same
You can push it for more mileage
But your flaps r' wearin' thin
And I could sleep on it 'til mornin'
But this nightmare never ends
Don't forget to call my lawyers
With ridiculous demands
An you can take the pity so far
But it's more than I can stand
'Cause this couchtrip's gettin' older
Tell me how long has it been
'Cause 5 years is forever
An you haven't grown up yet

You could be mine
But you're way out of line
With your bitch slap rappin'
And your cocaine tongue
You get nuthin' done
I said you could be mine
You should be
You could be mine

Yeah!

KNOCKIN'ON HEAVEN'S DOOR
Mama take this badge from me
I can't use it anymore
It's getting dark too dark to see
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door

Mama put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore
That cold black cloud is comin' down
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door

"YOU JUST BETTER START SNIFFIN' YOUR OWN RANK SUBJUGATION JACK 'CAUSE IT'S 
JUST
YOU AGAINST YOUR TATTERED LIBIDO, THE BANK AND THE MORTICIAN, FOREVER MAN 
AND IT
 WOULDN'T BE LUCK IF YOU COULD GET OUT OF LIFE ALIVE"

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
(repeated several times)

OH MY GOD
It's not how you're thinking 
Like you've been right 
You've been living a trade-off 
Believe you're a legend 
Leave you in favor 
And drain out your soul 
What can I do when there's so many liars 
That crawl through your veins 
Like millions of spiders 
That seek out their victims 
And no one's the wiser 
- Watch out 
- Gotcha 
Oh my god 
I can't deny this 
I've been taught just to kill and fight this 
To bury it deeper where nobody can find it 
Like nobody wanted to know 
So give it away 
Like they're not gonna fuck you 
How much can you beg them 
To come back and haunt you 
To burn past your demons 
And cause you to suffer 
You're starting to bleed 
They don't give you up 
Before it's too late 
What will you offer 
In ways of healing 
You are so confused 
- Abused 
- Misused 
Oh my god 
I can't deny this 
I've been taught just to kill and fight this 
To bury it deeper where nobody can find it 
Cause nobody wanted to know 
Ooh 
If it opens your eyes 
Well then it's better than a strong compromise 
I was willing to be lost in the shuffle 
If only you had let me know 
Ooh 
If it opens your eyes 
Well then it's better than lost compromise 
I was willing to be lost in the shadows 
If only you had let me know 
[guitar solo] 
And they won't give in 
Cause they know what they're after 
A kick in the face 
Like it's all that would matter and ... 
Whhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaoooooow 
[guitar solo] 
Oh my god 
I can't deny this 
I've been taught just to murder and fight this 
To bury it deeper where nobody can find it 
Cause nobody wanted to know 
Ooh 
If it opens your eyes 
well then it's better than a good compromise 
I was willing to be lost in the shuffle 
If only you had let me know 
Ooh 
Well then it's on with the show 
Like the tides out on the ocean 
The wave's already set in motion 
The only one in the game who's lost is you 

THE BLUES
All the love in the world couldn�t save you
All the innocence inside
You know I tried so hard to make you
Oh, to make you change your mind

And it hurts too much to see you
And how you left yourself behind
No I didn�t want to meet you???
I'm in a hell I can�t describe

So now I wonder through my aches???
And try to find my brakes???
To the feelings that have come
It�s gonna be you or no one else???
And no its ????
I know it�s gone
????
????
The taste that�s bittersweet
That�s called you

I don�t know this world I seclude
Everywhere I go, I see you
You know it�s what we planned
But ????
What I thought was beautiful
???? inside of you
Anymore


I don�t know this world I seclude
Everywhere I go, I see you
You know it�s what we planned
But ????
What I thought was beautiful
???? inside of you
Anymore

What this means to me is more
Than I know you believe
What I�ve found is you now
As stars fall down ????
What I thought was true ????
????
What I�ve found in you
Is all in mem-o-ries
It�s getting hard

SILK WORMS
Listen motherfuckers to this song 
That should be heard
Thrown down in the gutter???
It�s more than you deserve
????
You know that�s what you are
Pussy for a maggot???
????

What can I do
With a bitch like you
You know that it�s true
All I can find is ????
How we ????
If it�s not true
A bitch like you

???? with your head down in ????
Fuck you little schemer
Got yourself a broken heart
????
Baby I know who you are
Parasitic demons
Sucking acid through your heart

Oh what can I do
With a bitch like you
You know that it�s true
All I can find is
How we ????
If it�s not true
A bitch like you

MADAGASCAR
I won�t be told anymore
That I�ve been brought down in this storm
And live so far out from the shore
And I can�t find my way back
My way anymore
Oh no I, won�t be told anymore
That I�ve been brought down in this storm
And live so far out from the shore
But I can�t find my way back
My way anymore

Forgive them
They teared out my soul
???? might grow old
And dreaming forgot that they know???
That it�s never
Too late
Gonna make times
What seem like
A memory
I�ve searched and found the ways you use to know
I�ve found a way
???? had to be
My indenial 
Is so hard to break
If we ever find it true
That I ???? with you
????
We�d live forever

I won�t be told anymore
That I�ve been brought down in this storm
And live so far out from the shore
And I can�t find my way back
My way anymore
Oh I, won�t be told anymore
That I�ve been brought down in this storm
And live so far out from the shore
And I can�t find my way back
My way anymore
Oh no
AXL THANKING BETA, HIS ASSISTANT

I've been supported, taking care of, looked out for, part for her...the band has been taken care of... she has walked every step of the way...throught rehearsals, recording, contracts, and what a pain in the fucking ass i am... I've been taking care over the last seven years by a brazilian family. This is Elizabeth Lebeis, Beta, my assistant and her three amazing children: Alex, Vanessa and Fernando ... she has been a mother to me, my manager, my other assistants and anyone else in the band who ever needed her at any time... i thank her and i thank all of you for her... Peace, i love you and we will be here next summer with a whole bunch of new songs...be good to each other, and we will see you then. Good night.