Intro: D A/C# Bm A
Verse 1:
[Am] Mr. Hughes how [F]are
you? I [Dm]know it's
been a [G]while But
I've been [C]dying
trying to [Am]capture
a billion s[F]miles
[Am] People like us
[F]we are al[Dm]ways
misunders[G]tood
Though there's
[C]ups and downs
the [Am]bad outshines
the [F]good
Refrain:
[Am]Howard you're a
[F]10 but I'm [Am]not
sure this [F]ends
well [Em]Hold it
[F]close [G]to your heart
Chorus 1:
[C] What ever happened
to [Em]Howard [F]Hughes?[G]
[C] I guess life wasn't
[Em]good to [F]you [G]you
[Am]gave it all you [C]got
And still they [Em]threw
you [F]out [G]for being [Am]you
[B]Even[C] if our success
was as [Em]good as [F]dead[G]
[C] our worst critics
were [Em]in our [F]head
[G]So[Am]ciety don't [C]accept
me or [Em]you and [F]all
our [G]friends a[Am]gree[B]
Interlude: C Em F G# x2 C--
Verse 2:
[Am] People say we're
[F]done for we're
[Dm]liabili[G]ties But
I brought [C]property
on [Am]nothing left
between [F]genius and
insanity You [Am]wrote
the books on [F]brains
and wealth and [Dm]looks
But hell in [G]both
our times free
[C]thinkers only
[Am]thrive in
history [F]books
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
[C] Ho[Em]ward [F]my dear [G#]was
it [C]films and [Em]planes
that [F]made you [G#]this
[C]way Ho[Em]ward [F]my dear[G#]
[C]they spoke[Em] and
[F]we're jokes[G#]
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
[C] What ever happened
to [Em]Howard [F]Hughes?[G]
[C] I guess life wasn't
[Em]good to [F]you [G]you
[Am]gave it all you [C]got
And still they [Em]threw
you [F]out [G]for being [Am]you
[B]Even[C] if our success
was as [Em]good as [F]dead[G]
[C] our worst critics
were [Em]in our [F]head
[G]So[Am]ciety don't [C]accept
me or [Em]you and [F]all
G Am B(hold)
our friends agree
Verse 1:
[Am] Mr. Hughes how [F]are
you? I [Dm]know it's
been a [G]while But
I've been [C]dying
trying to [Am]capture
a billion s[F]miles
[Am] People like us
[F]we are al[Dm]ways
misunders[G]tood
Though there's
[C]ups and downs
the [Am]bad outshines
the [F]good
Refrain:
[Am]Howard you're a
[F]10 but I'm [Am]not
sure this [F]ends
well [Em]Hold it
[F]close [G]to your heart
Chorus 1:
[C] What ever happened
to [Em]Howard [F]Hughes?[G]
[C] I guess life wasn't
[Em]good to [F]you [G]you
[Am]gave it all you [C]got
And still they [Em]threw
you [F]out [G]for being [Am]you
[B]Even[C] if our success
was as [Em]good as [F]dead[G]
[C] our worst critics
were [Em]in our [F]head
[G]So[Am]ciety don't [C]accept
me or [Em]you and [F]all
our [G]friends a[Am]gree[B]
Interlude: C Em F G# x2 C--
Verse 2:
[Am] People say we're
[F]done for we're
[Dm]liabili[G]ties But
I brought [C]property
on [Am]nothing left
between [F]genius and
insanity You [Am]wrote
the books on [F]brains
and wealth and [Dm]looks
But hell in [G]both
our times free
[C]thinkers only
[Am]thrive in
history [F]books
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
[C] Ho[Em]ward [F]my dear [G#]was
it [C]films and [Em]planes
that [F]made you [G#]this
[C]way Ho[Em]ward [F]my dear[G#]
[C]they spoke[Em] and
[F]we're jokes[G#]
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
[C] What ever happened
to [Em]Howard [F]Hughes?[G]
[C] I guess life wasn't
[Em]good to [F]you [G]you
[Am]gave it all you [C]got
And still they [Em]threw
you [F]out [G]for being [Am]you
[B]Even[C] if our success
was as [Em]good as [F]dead[G]
[C] our worst critics
were [Em]in our [F]head
[G]So[Am]ciety don't [C]accept
me or [Em]you and [F]all
G Am B(hold)
our friends agree