[Intro]
G D Em7 Cadd9 D    (x2)
[Strophe]
G      D  Em7      Cadd9        D 
Lately I,  I been headin' for a breakdown 
G      D               Em7        Cadd9             D 
Every time I leave my house, it feels just like a shakedown
[Pre-Refrain]
D 
Between the 
Em7                       D             G          Cadd9          D 
Streetsweepers and the pushers are the lawyers who may as well be butchers 
  
Between the 
Em7           D            G          Cadd9          D 
Small timing hustlers who all seem to feed upon each other
[Refrain]
Cadd9    Em7           D 
Ooooh   God, why you been 
Cadd9              Em7     D 
Hangin out in that ol' violin 
  
While I've been 
Cadd9  Em7     D 
Waitin     for you...   to pull me through
[Instrumentale]
G D Em7 Cadd9 D
[Strophe]
G      D  Em7    Cadd9          D 
Lately I,  everytime I try to lie down 
        G                D  Em7        Cadd9         D 
Well my mind just gets away,   I can't even close my eyes now
[Pre-Refrain]
D 
Between the 
Em7        D              G            Cadd9        D 
Big Fish ambition and the lovers using words as ammunition 
  
Between the 
Em7                   D          G               Cadd9                D 
Wood planks I've been pacing and this impossible dream that I been chasin'
[Refrain]
Cadd9    Em7           D 
Ooooh   God, why you been 
Cadd9              Em7     D 
Hangin out in that ol' violin 
  
While I've been 
Cadd9  Em7     D 
Waitin     for you...   to pull me through
[Instrumentale]
G D Em7 Cadd9 D    (x2)
Cadd9    Em7     D 
Ooooh   God
Cadd9    Em7     D 
Ooooh   God
[Refrain]
Cadd9    Em7           D 
Ooooh   God, why you been 
Cadd9              Em7     D 
Hangin out in that ol' violin 
  
While I've been 
Cadd9  Em7     D 
Waitin     for you...   to pull me through
[Outro]
G D Em7 Cadd9 D