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 | This RC song    = "Chess"<br>(RC# 162)
 | RC's next song  = "[[Holiday]]"<br>(RC# 163)
-| Album           = Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
 | Album type      = demo
 | Previous track  = "[[Buddy Holly]]<br>(5)
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 "'''Chess'''" is the sixth track from ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''.
+===Appearances===
+*''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]'' (2007)
+==Liner notes==
+{{Alone liner notes|In 1992, I had written about half the songs that would end up on ''The Blue Album'', including "the Sweater Song" and "Say It Ain't So". It was clear that we were going to get a record deal and make a record. But then the songs stopped coming. I felt more and more pressure to write the rest of the record, to write top notch Weezer-style songs. Finally, I shook off all expectations, from both myself and from everyone else, and let myself write whatever came naturally upon strumming a D major chord over and over on an acoustic guitar. The result was "Chess". I knew it wouldn't work for Weezer, but it at least got me creating again and having fun. Within two months, I wrote the rest of the songs for ''The Blue Album''.
-==Liner notes==
+The "Sex and drugs and Rock and Roll" line I got from a song I happened to hear one night out on the town in which the singer says "sex and drugs and rock and roll" over and over with a British accent. I thought it was kind of weird so I wanted to use it. [I just looked it up online and learned that the song is by Ian Dury.]}}
- In 1992, I had written about half the songs that would end up on ''The Blue Album'', including "the Sweater Song" and "Say It Ain't So". It was clear that we were going to get a record deal and make a record. But then the songs stopped coming. I felt more and more pressure to write the rest of the record, to write top notch Weezer-style songs. Finally, I shook off all expectations, from both myself and from everyone else, and let myself write whatever came naturally upon strumming a D major chord over and over on an acoustic guitar. The result was "Chess". I knew it wouldn't work for Weezer, but it at least got me creating again and having fun. Within two months, I wrote the rest of the songs for ''The Blue Album''.
- The "Sex and drugs and Rock and Roll" line I got from a song I happened to hear one night out on the town in which the singer says "sex and drugs and rock and roll" over and over with a British accent. I thought it was kind of weird so I wanted to use it. [I just looked it up online and learned that the song is by Ian Dury.]
 == Personnel ==
 * [[Rivers Cuomo]] – lead guitar, lead vocals, percussion, rhythm guitar, bass guitar
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 'Cause you got a lot to prove
-La la la, la la la
+La la la
-La la la, la la la
-La la la, la la la
-La la la, la la la
 Sex and drugs and rock and roll
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 'Cause you've got a lot to do
-La la la, la la la
+La la la
-La la la, la la la
-La la la, la la la
-La la la, la la la
-La la la, la la la
-La la la, la la la
-La la la, la la la
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 </poem>
 == See also ==
 * [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
 [[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]]
 [[Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list]]