(Bass)
F#
Got on the train come
C#
She went out to the city
B F#
Lookin' for a better job
F#
He was in trouble
C#
He said over the siren
B F#
"I love you, but I'm just a slob"
F#
This is hardage
C#
Its something to remember
B F#
The theatre is for wasting time
F#
Working is lousy
C#
And college is for quitters
B F#
Some symmetry is hard to find
(enter piano and guitar)
F#
I'm tired and battered
B
Worn the sole off my shoes
F#
I'm rustled and torn
B
Short of nothing to lose
F#
I'm tired and battered
B F#
Sick of all these people
F#
Go out your front door
C#
You'll never be so sorry
B F#
The city life can make you born
F#
When I was a child
C#
I never stop to question
B F#
Just what on earth I do this for
F#
Looking in the corner
C#
A quiet television
B F#
Remember when you saw me there?
F#
Kissing your ass for
C#
A 100 thousand questions
B F#
I miss it, but I just don't care
F#
I'm tired and battered
B
Worn the sole off my shoes
F#
I'm rustled and torn
B
Short of nothing to lose
F#
I'm tired and battered
B B
Sick of all these people
B
They never mean what they say
A#m
They never say they mean
G#m
They only want you to give in
G#m
I wish to god that I could meet somebody
F# B
That I could just spend
F# B B
Somebody that I could just spend
(guitar solo)
F# C# B F# C# B F# C# B F# C# B
F#
I'm on the new love
C#
I'm looking to get better
B F#
Think maybe you could show me how?
F#
If you really love me
C#
Quit petting for affection
B F#
And burn the fucking house down now
F#
I'm tired and battered
B
Worn the sole off my shoes
F#
I'm rustled and torn
B
short of nothing to lose
F#
I'm tired and battered
B B
Sick of all these people
B
They never mean what they say
A#m
They never say they mean
G#m
They only want you to give in
G#m
I wish to god that I could meet somebody
F# B
That I could just spend
F# B B
Somebody that I could just spend
F#
I'm tired and battered
B
Worn the sole off my shoes
F#
I'm rustled and torn
B
Short of nothing to lose
F#
I'm tired and battered
B B
Sick of all these people
B
They never mean what they say
A#m
They never say they mean
G#m
They only want you to give in
G#m
I wish to god that I could meet somebody
F# B
That I could just spend
F# B B
Somebody that I could just spend (Repeat this and end on F#m)