Verso 1:
G Cm
Heidi, there are things you couldn't possibly know
C G
It's a race of angels, a line in the snow
G Cm
A flame in the dark, a prayer to Saint Jude
C
He's the patron saint of nothingness
G
There's nothing he can do
Ponte:
Em7 D C
'Cause it's out of his hands
Em7 D C
He's not a god, no he is merely a man
Am7 D Am7 D
And so I'm telling everybody, "I will not come undone"
Am7 D Am7 D7
But being so superior is just no fuckin' fun, no!
F C G Gsus2
If I had a gun, I think I'm able
F C G Gsus2
If I had a gun, I'd know what to do
F C G
If I had a gun, I would be perfectly unstable
Em A
Well nothing really changes, then, that's true
Am D
Oh Heidi, I am many things, but I thank God I'm not like you
Verso 2:
G Gsus2
'Cause kids of today
Cm
They think they're so damn profound
C
You give them one slim book of Kerouac
G
And they're ready to expound
G
On the way of the world
Cm
On what makes things art
C
They couldn't find their way around Kentucky
G
On the map of a human heart
Ponte:
Em7 D C
So it's out of my hands
Em7 D C
I'm not a god 'cause I will never be a man
Am7 D Am7 D
And so I'm telling everybody, "I've learnt to fill the hole"
Am7 D Am7 D7
I'm baking cakes on Sunday for the teatime of my soul
F C G Gsus2
If I had a gun, I think I'm able
F C G Gsus2
If I had a gun, I'd know what to do
F C G
If I had a gun, I would be perfectly unstable
Em A
Well nothing really changes, then, that's true
Am D
Oh Heidi, I am many things, but I thank God I'm not like you
Middle 8
Gm/C
'Cause I have a heart
G
I think it beats
Gm/C G
I don't say things I do not mean
Cm
To appear clever
G D F
Heidi, I'm not you
G D F
Maybe that's strange to you
G D F Fmaj7 Fmaj9
Maybe I'm just strange...
Guitar solo, same as first lines of Chorus
F C G Gsus2
If I had a gun, I think I'm able
F C G Gsus2
If I had a gun, I'd know what to do
F C G
If I had a gun, I would be perfectly unstable
Em A
Well nothing really changes, then, that's true
Am D
Oh Heidi, I am many things, but I thank God I'm not like you