Em F G
I make myself a promise
C D
Then break it every night
Em C Em
I'm feeling loose and life don't make no sense
C
I use my brains to build a fence
G D
'Round the claim I stake
C Em F
I take the drugs but the drugs won't take
[Verse 2]
G C Em F G
I took a pledge to grow up
G C D
Then drank enough to make me throw up
Em C Em
On all my dearly disappointed friends
C
I'm just too lazy to make amends
G D
With you anyway
C Em F
That's why the pattern still remains
[Chorus]
G Am Em
There's a half a million things that I'm supposed to be
Em D
A shelter in the nighttime
G
A punk running free
G Am Em
And if it gets too deep I reach for my guitar
D
And if I try hard
C G
I find something I can really drop into
Em D
And everything that was is just a thing that I can sing
C G
'Cause everything is something next to nothing
Em D G
As crazy as it seems, you give it up and you are free
[Verse 3]
G C Em F G
Another candle to blow out
G C D
New set of dark thoughts to shut out
Em C Em
And everybody's got their remedies
C
But nothing works like chemistry
G D
So raise a toast
C Em F
No more sipping from the fire hose
[Chorus]
G Am Em
There's a half a million things that I'm supposed to be
Em D
A shelter in the nighttime
G
A punk running free
G Am Em
And if it gets too deep I reach for my guitar
D
And if I try hard
C G
I find something I can really drop into
Em D
And everything that was is just a thing that I can sing
C G
'Cause everything is something next to nothing
Em D
As crazy as it seems, you give it up and you are free
[Break]
G Am Em D
Ooh ooh ooh, la la la, la la la la la
G Am Em D
Ooh ooh ooh, la la la, la la la la la
[Chorus]
G Am Em
There's half a million things that you're supposed to be
Em D
A virgin in the moonlight
G
A freak on the scene
G Am Em
And when it gets too deep you reach for your guitar
D
And if you try hard
G Am Em
There's a half a million things that I'm supposed to be
Em D
A shelter in the nighttime
G
A punk running free
G Am Em
And if it gets too deep I reach for my guitar
D
And if I try hard
G Am Em
There's a half a million things that I'm supposed to be
Em D
A shelter in the nighttime
G
A punk running free
G Am Em
And if it gets too deep I reach for my guitar
D
And if I try hard
