Verse 1:
[G]Somewhere out[Em]side I can
[C]hear the sound of my
[G]neighbor's Tou[Em]rette's
I wish he [C]could calm
down And [G]I just got
[Em]home from buying
[C]magazines full
of [G]bands that
[Em]I can't s[C]tand
Verse 2:
And every[G]body I [Em]know
is a [C]critic these days
And [G]everyone [Em]else
is going [C]through a
phase of living
[G]vicarious[Em]ly Through
these [C]lyrics from
aholes who [G]never
even [Em]got it [C]anyway
Interlude: G G G G C
Verse 3:
I repre[G]sent my [Em]city
but [C]not my scene
I con[G]sider my[Em]self
a [C]part of nothing
But [G]these four [Em]chords
and a [C]reason to live
Are a[G]bout all that
[Em]I could ever
[C]have to give[G]
Chorus 1:
And [G]who ever [D]said
that I had [C]something
to say? And I've
been s[G]pending all of
my [D]time this way
and I [C]feel okay
You just say [G]anyway
Verse 4:
I [G]found my way [Em]home
because [C]I was bored
And I [G]sat out[Em]side
in my [C]car as it
poured And I [G]listened
to [Em]songs that when
[C]I was young [G]Created
this [Em]world I still
[C]think I'm from
Verse 5:
And every[G]body I know
is an artist these
days Everybody you know
is an artist these days
And every[G]one I [Em]know
they all [C]seem afraid
Well [G]I'm [Em]not an [C]artist
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Interlude: G D C x4
Bridge:
[G] And all these things I
[D]hate I just [C]write them
down[G] And all the people
I [D]hate it's why I
don't [C]come around
[G] And I've been trying
these [D]days to fill
that [C]empty space
[G] I've realized it won't
[D]go a[C]way[G] And all these
people I [D]love I want
to [C]write them down
[G] And send a message that
[D]says I'm so glad [C]you're
around[G] I fell away for
some [D]time I thought I
[C]lost it[G] I started
to lose [D]hope but
then I [C]found it
Interlude: G D C
Chorus 2:
in the[G] least likely
places Where these
[D]losses kind of make
us And this [C]noise
it can replace us
but it keeps me
coming back I was
[G]searching for an
ending but I
[D]found a new beginning
And it [C]might not
be perfect but it
keeps me coming back
Outro: G D C x2 G(Hold)
[G]Somewhere out[Em]side I can
[C]hear the sound of my
[G]neighbor's Tou[Em]rette's
I wish he [C]could calm
down And [G]I just got
[Em]home from buying
[C]magazines full
of [G]bands that
[Em]I can't s[C]tand
Verse 2:
And every[G]body I [Em]know
is a [C]critic these days
And [G]everyone [Em]else
is going [C]through a
phase of living
[G]vicarious[Em]ly Through
these [C]lyrics from
aholes who [G]never
even [Em]got it [C]anyway
Interlude: G G G G C
Verse 3:
I repre[G]sent my [Em]city
but [C]not my scene
I con[G]sider my[Em]self
a [C]part of nothing
But [G]these four [Em]chords
and a [C]reason to live
Are a[G]bout all that
[Em]I could ever
[C]have to give[G]
Chorus 1:
And [G]who ever [D]said
that I had [C]something
to say? And I've
been s[G]pending all of
my [D]time this way
and I [C]feel okay
You just say [G]anyway
Verse 4:
I [G]found my way [Em]home
because [C]I was bored
And I [G]sat out[Em]side
in my [C]car as it
poured And I [G]listened
to [Em]songs that when
[C]I was young [G]Created
this [Em]world I still
[C]think I'm from
Verse 5:
And every[G]body I know
is an artist these
days Everybody you know
is an artist these days
And every[G]one I [Em]know
they all [C]seem afraid
Well [G]I'm [Em]not an [C]artist
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Interlude: G D C x4
Bridge:
[G] And all these things I
[D]hate I just [C]write them
down[G] And all the people
I [D]hate it's why I
don't [C]come around
[G] And I've been trying
these [D]days to fill
that [C]empty space
[G] I've realized it won't
[D]go a[C]way[G] And all these
people I [D]love I want
to [C]write them down
[G] And send a message that
[D]says I'm so glad [C]you're
around[G] I fell away for
some [D]time I thought I
[C]lost it[G] I started
to lose [D]hope but
then I [C]found it
Interlude: G D C
Chorus 2:
in the[G] least likely
places Where these
[D]losses kind of make
us And this [C]noise
it can replace us
but it keeps me
coming back I was
[G]searching for an
ending but I
[D]found a new beginning
And it [C]might not
be perfect but it
keeps me coming back
Outro: G D C x2 G(Hold)
