When playing the verses, lift your index finger off the G string for the D and G6add9 chords. D G69 D G69 Poetry is no place for a heart that's a whore D G69 And I'm young & I'm strong But I feel old & tired, overfired. D G69 And I've been poked & stoked, it's all smoke, there's no more fire A Only desire Em7 For you, whoever you are D For you, whoever you are G6add9 You say my time here has been some sort of joke D G69 That I've been messing around some sort of incubating period D G9 For when I really come around I'm cracking up Em7 And you have no idea G9 D No idea how it feels to be on your own G9 D In your own home with the fucking phone G9 And the mother of gloom D In your bedroom G9 Standing over your head Em7 D With her hand in your head, with her hand in your head G9 D I will not pretend I will not put on a smile G9 A I will not say I'm all right for you when all I wanted was to be good G9 D To do everything in truth, to do everything in truth D G69 oh I wish, I wish, I wish I was born a man D G9 so I could learn how to stand up for myself D like those guys with guitars G9 I've been watching in bars D G9 who've been stamping their feet to a different beat Em7 D to a different beat, to a different beat G9 D I will not pretend I will not put on a smile G9 A I will not say I'm all right for you when all I wanted was to be good G9 D To do everything in truth, to do everything in truth G9 you bloody motherfucking asshole D you bloody motherfucking asshole G9 you bloody motherfucking asshole D you bloody motherfucking asshole G9 you bloody motherfucking asshole D you bloody G9 D I will not pretend I will not put on a smile G9 I will not say I'm all right for you, A for you, whoever you are G9 for you, whoever you are D for you, whoever you are