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