Intro: A (and then the bass slides down from A to Ab to E and then F#) F#m Bm E You don't know A Ab5 F#m You don't know how hard it's been F#m Bm E I tried so hard to be good but I just can't win A Ab5 F#m Bm E So I got no mother now A Ab5 F#m No one to slap me on the wrists Bm With no one to be good for D A I just can't resist (Bass Slide from the intro again) E F#m Well anyways Bm D Who's to say whats right and wrong? A C#m D A I've sinned to the preacher, livid to the teacher Bm A So whose side are you on? Bm E Please don't pray for me A F#m You'll waste your breath Bm E Bm A They don't take Jerks like me in heaven. (Bass Slide) Play some chords in the key of A here End on: Bm A (Bass Slide) F#m Bm You don't know E A Ab5 F#m You don't know how far I've gone Bm E A Ab5 There's been some shit I've done that'd scare almost anyone F#m Bm Sure, I made some enemies E A Ab5 F#m Some don't even know who they are just yet Bm D A I'm sure on that fateful day they won't forget E F#m So whats this all about? Bm D Some half-assed cry for help A C#m It's just another ditty D A Bm A "Oh what a pity, the boy can't help himself" Bm E So please don't cry for me A F#m You'll waste your tears Bm E D A You'd think I'd of learned something the past thirty years. Bm A You think I'd of learned something the past thirty years.