Use an Open E tuning (E B E Ab B E)

Uses a Bo-Diddley Strum

Chords
Intro:F#    F#   F#      A    B 
      
         F#                     A               B          F#
I am the son and the heir, of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
F#                                             A           B
I am the son and heir of nothing in particular

D                    A                        C#m  E                   F#
     You shut your mouth, how can you say ...  I go  about things the wrong way?
     D                       A    C#m         E             F#    F#   F#      A     B 
I am Human and I need to be loved just like everybody else does

(Repeat Verse + Chorus)

D                               A                      C#m     E          F#
There's a club if you'd like to go ... You could meet somebody who really loves you
       D                               A
So you go, and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own
        C#m               E                      F#    F#   F#      A     B 
And you go home, and you cry, and you want to die

D                                A       C#m         E              F#
When you say it's gonna happen now ... well, when exactly do you mean?
            D                 A       C#m  E               F#
See I've already waited too long ...  and  all my hope is gone