Ab                      Eb
I'm a Cadillac tramp at the end of his road
            Bb                    Eb
a swap meet rat who's sitting on gold, yeah baby
Ab            Bb                 Eb
I'm a guitar gangster without a tune
                 Ab                     Eb
I'm the baseball bat that's waiting to swing
                 Bb                     Eb
Your loan shark friend with the broken knees yeah baby
Ab               Bb                    Eb
I'm a penthouse pauper with nothing to do

[Chorus]
Ab                 Bb                     Eb
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm chasing nickles and dimes
Ab               Bb             Eb
The rest of the world passes me by
Ab             Bb                      Eb
Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah I'm just wasting my time
Ab                Bb                Eb
I'm just sitting here and wondering why

[Verse 2]
                      Ab                  Eb
I'm the high rolling creep that's in too deep
                       Bb                  Eb
with the slicked back hair and the silver teeth, yeah baby
Ab              Bb                 Eb
I'm a vagabond king with a stolen crown
                 Ab                Eb
I'm a jailhouse poet, a genius, a fool
        Bb                 Eb
I'm the pimp who lost his cool, yeah baby
Ab                    Bb                     Eb
I've got first class taste in a second class town

[Chorus]
Ab                 Bb                     Eb
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm chasing nickles and dimes
Ab               Bb             Eb
The rest of the world passes me by
Ab             Bb                      Eb
Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah I'm just wasting my time
Ab                Bb                Eb
I'm just sitting here and wondering why YEAH

{Solo]
Ab  Bb  Cm  Eb  Ab  Bb  Cm  Eb
Ab  Bb  Cm  Eb  Ab  Bb  Eb


[Verse 3]
             Ab                  Eb
I'm a loaded gun pointed at the mirror
              Bb                 Eb
A drugstore cowboy whose end is near, yeah baby
Ab              Bb                       Eb
I'm a big time schemer with broken down dreams
                Ab              Eb
I'm a derelict rebel without a cause
            Bb                     Eb
I ain't the cat with the sharpest claws, no baby
Ab               Bb                      Eb
Cause sometimes life just ain't what it seems

[Chorus]
Ab                 Bb                     Eb
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm chasing nickles and dimes
Ab               Bb             Eb
The rest of the world passes me by
Ab             Bb                      Eb
Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah I'm just wasting my time
Ab                Bb                Eb
I'm just sitting here and wondering why
Ab                Bb                Eb
I'm just sitting here and wondering why
Ab             Bb               Eb
And just like you I'm wondering why