Verse
Gm Dm
Man you look like old man's eyes
C F
When I saw you in that room
Em Am
And now you're on tour
C Bm B
They booked you in the asylum
Verse
Gm Dm C F
You work so hard at being a buffoon
Em Am
And now you ain't got no incentive left
C Bm B
You popped your own balloon
C G
You wanted to be somebody
F C B
But you ain't nobody
C
You ain't got no body
G
You're just a head
C G
You're just a pothead
Bridge
A
I heard one day they said you got so high
D
You ate up a chicken head and it was still alive
A
I have some friends who swear you did so don't deny
D
Some day you're gonna get so messed up
You'll eat the head off your kid
A
And won't you be sorry, pothead
Verse
Gm Dm
You brag to all your friends
C F
About the fun you had last night
Em Am C Bm B
I wonder if you realise you forgot to brush your teeth
Gm Dm
And then you'll come a-bummin'
C F
Asking for some money
Em Am
You even tried to roll the sacred pages
C Bm B
And you burnt your lip
Verse
Gm Dm
That lip is has a trench in it
C F
Where that wild weed sits
Em Am
Sucking like a parasite
C Bm B
Of any sense you might have left
Verse
Gm Dm
You say that you are happy
C F
And you like stormy weather
Em Am
Well I think that you're just dumb
C Bm B
And you don't know any better
Verse
Gm Dm
You play your rock and roll guitar
C F
You say you're gonna be a big star
Em Am
But everyone in this neighborhood
C Bm B
Knows just who you are
Verse
Gm Dm
No I ain't tryin' to be hard
C F
I don't mean to be cruel
Em Am
I'm just tryin' to say something that'll shock
C B
You into going back to school
C
Or maybe at least reality
G
In this year
C
Pothead
Outro
C G
You wanted to be somebody
F C
But you ain't nobody
B C
You ain't got no body
G
You're just a head
C G