Lagu tersebut dimuat dalam debut album mereka yang bertajuk Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out).
Album yang diproduseri oleh John Cale tersebut dirilis pada tahun 1987 melalui label Factory Records.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Olive Oil” dari Happy Mondays.
[Intro]
G D G G
C D G G C D
[verse]
G Em G Em
Which one of you, has got to be so sad for,
G
And what'd ya look ashamed about,
E C D G Em G
Always on downer, that just sounds like you.
Em G Em G
And your waiting for some things to jump out of that tree,
Em G Em
And you earned hundreds atleast for free
Em
I'm so green,
G G
I've got to be seen to believe.
C D G Em G
I had to ask mister fiiiiiiix it,
G G
Everybody on this stagecoach likes robbin' an' bashin'
G Em
Big blacks and blonds smokin' miles and miles of hash,
G
That's sweet,
Em G C
The bigger the tree the better the time.
D G C G C G C G
Yeah I can see now, how your looking for someone still,
C G C
A lot more funkier,
G C
A lot more oh,
G C G C C C
Well that's the way it seems is what the way you are.
[Bridge]
G C G C G C
G C C C G C
G C G C D G
G C G
[verse]
D G G
Cause we cleaning that room and the roof drops in,
G G C G
And said hello goodbyes and a few months later your mine,
G C
At this rate even sooner,
G G G
Still a lot more funkier, still a lot more you.
[Outro]
C G C D G C
D G C G C G
C G
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