Intro:

G Em (4x) 
C D  (2x)

Verse:

     G                        Em
I've walked down high streets looking through windows.

    G             Em        
I've been lost in crowds of strangers.

C                         D                C                      D
Searched record shops and cosmetic aisles, phone books, want ads, bus stops and libraries.

G                    Em               G                    Em
Newspaper headlines, mannequin faces, television stations, billboard advertisements.

C                        D
Your voice echoes in the back of my mind.

C                      D
I see your face when I close my eyes.


Chorus:

C                      D
Do you share the same sense of defeat?

G                 Em
Have you realized all the things you'll never be?

C              D                G                   Em
Ideals turn to resentment, open minds close up with cynicism.

C
I've got no judgment for you.

                      G   Em G Em
Come on and ache with me.

                      G   Em G Em
Come on and ache with me.


Verse:


G                         Em
Through bar rooms, cafés, jail cells and court rooms.

G                      Em
Theaters, restaurants, graveyards and churches.

    C                        D
I've spent every dollar that I've ever earned.

    C                         D
I'll bleed my heart out, I'll give every word.

G                     Em                   G                    Em
I've asked preachers, doctors and lawyers, socialites, pariahs, mothers and fathers.

C                D                      C            D
You may not find all that you're after, in the end I hope it doesn't matter.


Chorus:

C                     D
Do you share the same sense of defeat?

G                 Em
Have you realized all the things you'll never be?

C              D                G                   Em
Ideals turn to resentment, open minds close up with cynicism.

C
I've got no judgment for you.

                      G   Em G Em
Come on and ache with me.

C                     D
Do you share the same sense of defeat?

G                 Em
Have you realized all the things you'll never be?

C    
I've got no judgment for you.

                      G   Em G Em
Come on and ache with me.

                      G   Em G Em
Come on and ache with me.  

                      G
Come on and ache with me.