Intro:
G C G
C G
C G D
VERSE 1:
G
27 years, 27 years old
C
Only thing I know, the only thing I get told
G
I gotta sell out if I want to get sold
D
Don't want the devil to be taking my soul
G
I write songs that come from my heart
C
I don't give a fuck if they get into the chart, oh no
G
Only way I can be, is to say what I see
And have the shadow hanging over me
D
I don't know where I'm running but I know how to run
C G C G
'Cause, running's the thing I've always done
D
I don't know what I'm doing but I know what I've done
C G C G D
I'm a hungry heart, I'm a loaded gun
VERSE 2:
G G C
27 years, 27 years now, only thing I know, I know that I don't know how
To please everybody all of the time
G D
'Cause everybody always fucking changes their mind
G
A little bit jaded, a little bit faded
C
Don't want to stop, won't be persuaded
G
To write words I can't believe in, to see my face on a video screen
D
I don't know where I'm running but I know how to run
C G C G
'Cause, running's the thing I've always done
D
I don't know what I'm doing but I know what I've done
C Em
I'm a hungry heart, I'm a loaded gun
BRIDGE:
(D) G Gsus4 G
Oh oh, oh,
C G
oh, oohoh oh, ooh,
Em (D) G Gsus4 G
oh, oh oh, oh,
C G
oh, oohoh oh, ooh
Em
27 years, 27 years done
(D) G
Written 600 songs, only 12 get sung
C
87,000 cigarettes have passed through these lungs and
G D
Every single day I wish I'd never smoked 1
Em (D)
A week brushing my teeth and a week getting my haircut
G
8 years sleeping, I'm still tired when I wake up
C
A whole year eating and I still lost weight fuck
G D
5 proper girlfriends and 5 messy breakups
C
27 birthdays, 27 new years
G
30,000 quid, just so I could have a few beers
C
Ever dying old hopes, ever growing new fears
D
Don't know where I'm going, but I know how I got here
C
Don't know where I'm running but I know how to run
G C G
'Cause, running's the thing I've always done
D
Said I don't know what I'm doing but I know what I've done
C G
I'm a hungry heart, I'm a loaded gun