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