INTRO: G  D  Am D   (2x)
 
     G                D          Am           D
Your dreams they have led to the poor side of town
          G              D       Am          D
Where you fight your way up to a hole in the ground
     Em                D            C            D
Your old friends don't pass, so you don't make a sound
   Am             C      D
It saves you from saying, hello
   Am             C       D
It saves you from saying, hello


    G            D           Am           D
You live the old saying that boys will be boys
        G        D        Am         D
But you aren't a boy, nor women your toys
           Em              D           C              D
Well then, don't bang your drum if you don't like the noise
    Am        C          D
But you bang away and complain
Am        C          D
You bang away and complain


       G            D              Am           D
You've painted your shell, faked a smell like a rose
        G           D          Am        D
So they come within reach, but never too close
Em          D        C      D
You are the one that nobody knows
Am           C               D
You let them think that they do
    Am           C               D
Oh, you let them think that they do


     G          D           Am             D
That works for awhile, then they get their fill
       G          D              Am            D
Of the red-handed thief with his tongue in the till
        Em        D       C          D
Oh, you only love you and you always will
    Am           C         D
The lines to the exits are long
    Am           C         D
The lines to the exits are long


    G             D         Am          D
You found out too late that life is too short
           G      D                Am       D
Well, your ex-paramour hauled your ass into court
     Em         D           C        D
When you didn't pay for the child support
    Am         C       D
And you always act like the man
Am         C            D
You always act like the man


INSTRUMENTAL: G  D  Am D    G  D  Am D
              Em  D  C  D   Am  C  D   Am  C  D   


       G             D            Am         D
People get more from giving, than looking to get
         G                D             Am          D
And that life you've been leading, it's leading you yet
           Em          D             C            D
There were lessons you knew that you shouldn't forget
   Am          C      D
So now you are writing them down
Am          C            D
Now you are writing them down


            G                D          Am           D
'Cause your dreams they have led to the poor side of town
          G              D       Am          D
Where you fight your way up to a hole in the ground
     Em                D             C            D
Your old friends don't pass you, you don't make a sound
   Am             C      D
It saves you from saying, hello
   Am             C          D
It saves you from saying, hello


OUTRO:
   G  D Am D
Hello
   G  D Am D
Hello
   G  D Am D 
Hello
   G  D Am D       (8x - fade to end)