Intro
G-Cadd9
G-Cadd9

GPulling (320003@1)on the apron strings looking up 
Cadd9
Standing on the chair to be grown up 
  EmI (022000@1)feel so little, I need my pillow 
DI (xx0232@1)hate the time, I hate the clock, I want to be a dog or I want to be a rock 
GSunday's (320003@1)pancakes Miss Mary Mack 
Cadd9
Color Polariods show my heart attack 
      GIn (320003@1)my second-hand pants and dusty shoes 
    Cadd9The (x32030@1)day that the playground laughed at my shoes 
        EmIt's (022000@1)my birthday next week and what I want please 
      DIs (xx0232@1)to turn on the heat so the fish won't freeze 
    Cadd9The (x32030@1)fish in the tank froze and died last week 
     DOh (xx0232@1)I want to be a dog or I want to be a leaf

Chorus
G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1) DQuarry (xx0232@1)miners, fishermen 
Cadd9 (x32030@1)               DIn (xx0232@1)my town of Bethlehem 
G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)      DPicket (xx0232@1)fences, church at ten 
   Cadd9
No star above my Bethlehem

GNow (320003@1)I'm only 16 and I think I have an ulcer 
    Cadd9I'm (x32030@1)hiding my sex behind a dirty sweatshirt 
     EmI've (022000@1)lost five pounds these past few days 
DTrying (xx0232@1)to be class president and get straight A's, 
      Cadd9Well, (x32030@1)who gives a shit about that anyway? 
      DI (xx0232@1)just want to be a dog or a lump of clay

Chorus
G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)    Em (022000@1) DQuarry (xx0232@1)miners, fishermen 
Cadd9 (x32030@1)               DIn (xx0232@1)my town of Bethlehem 
G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)    Em (022000@1)    DPicket (xx0232@1)fences, church at ten 
Cadd9 (x32030@1)          DNo (xx0232@1)star above my Bethlehem

Bridge
Cadd9 (x32030@1)                     EmStill (022000@1)I'm tired of standing still 
                 AmTired (x02210@1)of living still 
Cadd9 (x32030@1)    Am (x02210@1)            Cadd9-D 
Everyday I dream of leaving

DEverybody's (xx0232@1)talking about Becky's bust 
       D (xx0232@1)
The boys on the basketball team just fuck 
      EmThe (022000@1)same ten girls, who don't know who they are 
        DThey're (xx0232@1)looking for some comfort in the back of a car 
    Cadd9The (x32030@1)six-packs of beer, the locker room jeers 
      DI (xx0232@1)don't want to be me, I don't want to be here

Chorus
G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1)  DQuarry (xx0232@1)miners, fishermen 
Cadd9 (x32030@1)               DIn (xx0232@1)my town of Bethlehem 
G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1)      DPicket (xx0232@1)fences, church at ten 
Cadd9
No star above my Bethlehem 
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)       Em-D-Cadd9-D
Red brick schoolhouse
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)         Em (022000@1) DDead (xx0232@1)end dirt roads, daffodils 
Cadd9 (x32030@1)          DNo (xx0232@1)star above my Bethlehem

Coda
Cadd9 (x32030@1)                                  Cadd9I (x32030@1)want to be a dog or I want to be a rock 
        D (xx0232@1)                                       GI (320003@1)don't want to be me, I don't want to be here in Bethlehem.