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Verse 1:

 G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)                         Em (022000@1)                   C (x32010@1)Lost my cool at a brand new school where the kids all smelled kinda strange
 
        G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)                              Em (022000@1)and I threw my chair when I caught the teachers glare as she called me 
             Alittle (x02220@1)mary jane
 G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)                    Em (022000@1)                  CAll (x32010@1)the ribbing that i god damn took from the kids left my ego in a whirl
 G (320003@1)                         D (xx0232@1)                               Em (022000@1)          
And the kids would say as i sat amd watched them play hey the kid are you a 
          Aboy (x02220@1)or a girl?

Refrain:
G (320003@1)                 B (x2444x@1)              E (022100@1)                     A (x02220@1)         G (320003@1) 
Praise the day i'm old and grey and don't look much like a girl and the kids 
     B (x2444x@1)       E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)      C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)          
all come and dance in the streets proclaiming me the king of the world
                               
                                    E (022100@1)A (x02220@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)Bridge:
  E (022100@1)                  B (x2444x@1)                          AIllistarte (x02220@1)my weekly pass comes across as feeling crass submit for credit or 
       Ejust (022100@1)share your thoughts.
 E (022100@1)                     B (x2444x@1)                                  A (x02220@1)         
Search my archive for a joke a thousand drives and beers and hopes look out 
           G (320003@1)      E (022100@1)                         B (x2444x@1)                         
god i'm gonna die.  My black candle won't stop smoking even thought i blew 
    A (x02220@1)                           E (022100@1)      E (022100@1)                B (x2444x@1)         
it out my stigmata are signs of disease.  Reputation as the finest burnt 
                    A (x02220@1)                   G (320003@1)   
your bridges to be sane look out god im gonna die.
 
  (Play the last verse in open position till it gets to C)
 G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)                       Em (022000@1)                       C (x32010@1)  
In the end i will surely transcend all the things i was never meant to be. 
     G (320003@1)                     D (xx0232@1)                Em (022000@1)                         
And with some skill and a little good will on ladies night i'll get in bars 
     Afor (x02220@1)free

(Then goes back to the refrain)