Standard tuning
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C         C

C                                        C
poetry has no place for a heart that's a whore
C
and i'm young and i'm strong
                   C
but i feel old and tired
          C
over fired

and i've been poked and stoked
                                C
it's all smoke, there's no more fire
      D
only desire
                    Am
for you, whoever you are
                       C
for you, whoever you are

C                                           C
you say my time here has been some sort of joke
                            C
that i've been messing around
                        C
some sort of incubating period
                       C
for when i really come around
               Am
but i'm cracking up
                D
and you have no idea
                Am                  C
no idea how it feels to be on your own
            Am
in your own home
                 C
with the fucking phone
                   Am
and the mother of gloom
          C
in your bedroom
                    Am
standing over your head
                      D
with her hand in your head
                       C
with her hand in your head
              C
i will not pretend
                     C
i will not put on a smile
                     C
i will not say i'm alright for you
            D
when all i wanted was to be good
                     Am
to do everything in truth
                       C
to do everything in truth

C                                       C
oh i wish, i wish, i wish i was born a man
                          C              C
so i could learn how to stand up for myself
                       C
like those guys with guitars
                       C
i've been watching in bars
                            C                   C
who've been stamping their feet to a different beat
              D                       C
to a different beat, to a different beat

C              C
i will not pretend
                     C
i will not put on a smile
                    C
i will not say i'm alright for you
           D
when all i wanted was to be good
                    Am
to do everything in truth
                     C
to do everything in truth

C                 C
you bloody motherfucking asshole
C                 C
you bloody motherfucking asshole
C                 C
you bloody motherfucking asshole
C                 C
you bloody motherfucking asshole
C                 C             C
you bloody motherfucking asshole
   C
you bloody
C             C
i will not pretend
                     C
i will not put on a smile
                     C
i will not say i'm alright for you
           D
for you, whoever you are
           C
for you, whoever you are
                     C
for you, whoever you are

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chords used
C: 212000
C: 330023
D: 033300
Am:330220