When playing the verses, lift your index finger off the G string for the D and G6add9 chords. D5 G69 D5 G69 Poetry is no place for a heart that's a whore D5 G69 And I'm young & I'm strong But I feel old & tired, overfired. D5 G69 And I've been poked & stoked, it's all smoke, there's no more fire A5 Only desire E5 For you, whoever you are D5 For you, whoever you are G6add9 You say my time here has been some sort of joke D5 G69 That I've been messing around some sort of incubating period D5 G5 For when I really come around I'm cracking up E5 And you have no idea G5 D5 No idea how it feels to be on your own G5 D5 In your own home with the fucking phone G5 And the mother of gloom D5 In your bedroom G5 Standing over your head E5 D5 With her hand in your head, with her hand in your head G5 D5 I will not pretend I will not put on a smile G5 A5 I will not say I'm all right for you when all I wanted was to be good G5 D5 To do everything in truth, to do everything in truth D5 G69 oh I wish, I wish, I wish I was born a man D5 G5 so I could learn how to stand up for myself D5 like those guys with guitars G5 I've been watching in bars D5 G5 who've been stamping their feet to a different beat E5 D5 to a different beat, to a different beat G5 D5 I will not pretend I will not put on a smile G5 A5 I will not say I'm all right for you when all I wanted was to be good G5 D5 To do everything in truth, to do everything in truth G5 you bloody motherfucking asshole D5 you bloody motherfucking asshole G5 you bloody motherfucking asshole D5 you bloody motherfucking asshole G5 you bloody motherfucking asshole D5 you bloody G5 D5 I will not pretend I will not put on a smile G5 I will not say I'm all right for you, A5 for you, whoever you are G5 for you, whoever you are D5 for you, whoever you are