The stories behind Before You Blame the Chip

• Liner Notes: The Stripped-Down Take on "Before You Blame the Chip" — Same face-palm joke, but this version trades the electric rockabilly snap for a slower acoustic shuffle.
• Before You Blame the Chip: The Oldest Lesson on the Bench — A cheeky rockabilly romp about checking the plug first is built around a real essay on common-sense troubleshooting.

Lyrics

Machines actin' screwy, actin' strange and not I said, must be the processor my bosses gave a nod

I had the whole board pulled, meter in my hand

Talkin' about firmware like a real smart man

She walked right over, didn't say a word

Followed the cable to a plug, hangin' is how absurd

Before you blame the chip, check the plug

Before you blame the chip, give the cord a tug

Before you call it, straight before you call it I check the simple thing and give yourself a

knock

Now I check the setting, now I check the switch

Now I check the cable for a loose little hitch

So many thoughts are walking to my day

Are simple things a rookie finds and puts away

Before you blame the chip, check the plug

Before you blame the chip, give the cord a tug

Before you call it straight, before you call it I check the simple thing and give yourself a

nod

The fancy theory sounds so good

The simple fix works like it should

Before you blame the chip, check the plug

Before you blame the chip, give the card a tug

Before you call it strange, before you call it odd

Check the simple thing and give yourself a nod

Check the plug

That was that