Intro: D G 

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

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

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

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

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

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