chords used:
 
E:     022100
C:     032010
G:     320003
B7:    224242
F7:    131211
Em:    022000
A7:    002020
Cmaj7: 032000
Em7:   022030
[Versetto]
       E             C        
I was staring at the sky, just
 G             B7 
 looking for a star 
I was staring at the sky, just looking for a star 
    E          C             G      
To pray on, or wish on, or something
        B7 
 like that 
To pray on, or wish on, or something like that 
      E                C     
I was having a sweet fix of a
 G             B7 
 daydream of a boy 
I was having a sweet fix of a daydream of a boy 
        F7                  Em      
Whose reality I knew, was a hopeless
       A7 
 to be had 
Whose reality I knew, was a hopeless to be had 
            E        C             
But then the dove of hope began its
 G         B7 
 downward slope 
But then the dove of hope began its downward slope 
        E                       C 
And I believed for a moment that my
 chances 
And I believed for a moment that my chances 
    G                  B7 
Were approaching to be grabbed 
          E         C             
But as it came down near, so did a
 G     F7 
 weary tear 
But as it came down near, so did a weary tear 
  Em               A7              
I thought it was a bird, but it was
  F7 
 just a paper bag
I thought it was a bird, but it was just a paper bag
[Ritornello]
       G            Cmaj7     F7    
Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad,
       G 
 oh it kills 
Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills 
           G        Cmaj7        
'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't
 F7 
 wanna clean up 
'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up 
         G                 Cmaj7    
I got to fold 'cause these hands are
    F7        G 
 too shaky to hold 
I got to fold 'cause these hands are too shaky to hold 
       Em7                 A7    
Hunger hurts, but starving works,
         F7               
 when it costs too much to
 G    B7 
 love
Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love
[Versetto]
E          C      G 
And I went crazy again today, 
B7            E               
Looking for a strand to climb,
 C             G         
 looking for a little hope
 B7  E 
 
Looking for a strand to climb, looking for a little hope 
C            G              B7      
Baby said he couldn't stay, wouldn't
         F7 
 put his lips to mine 
Baby said he couldn't stay, wouldn't put his lips to mine 
      Em                A7 
And a fail to kiss is a fail to cope
 
And a fail to kiss is a fail to cope 
         E              C         G  
I said, 'Honey, I don't feel so good,
              B7 
 don't feel justified 
I said, 'Honey, I don't feel so good, don't feel justified 
E             C           G         
Come on put a little love here in my
  B7 
 void,'  
Come on put a little love here in my void,'  
              E             C 
He said?'It's all in your head,'  
                  G                  
and I said, 'So's everything,' but he
      F7 
 didn't get it  
and I said, 'So's everything,' but he didn't get it  
  Em               A7 
I thought he was a man 
           F7 
But he was just a little boy
[Ritornello]
       G            Cmaj7     F7    
Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad,
       G 
 oh it kills 
Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills 
           G        Cmaj7        
'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't
 F7 
 wanna clean up 
'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up 
         G                 Cmaj7    
I got to fold 'cause these hands are
    F7        G 
 too shaky to hold 
I got to fold 'cause these hands are too shaky to hold 
       Em7                 A7    
Hunger hurts, but starving works,
         F7                G 
 when it costs too much to love 
Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love 
       Cmaj7                    F7  
Hunger hurts, but I want him so bad,
         G 
 oh it kills 
Hunger hurts, but I want him so bad, oh it kills 
           G        Cmaj7        
'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't
 F7 
 wanna clean up 
'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up 
         G                 Cmaj7    
I got to fold 'cause these hands are
    F7        G 
 too shaky to hold 
I got to fold 'cause these hands are too shaky to hold 
       Em7                 A7    
Hunger hurts, but starving works,
               F7               
 when, when it costs too much to
 G 
 love 
Hunger hurts, but starving works, when, when it costs too much to love 
           Cmaj7                   
Oh, hunger hurts, and I want him so
 F7           G 
 bad, oh it kills 
Oh, hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills 
          G          Cmaj7        
Because I know I'm a mess he don't
 F7 
 wanna clean up 
Because I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up 
         G                 Cmaj7    
I got to fold 'cause these hands are
    F7        G 
 too shaky to hold 
I got to fold 'cause these hands are too shaky to hold 
       Em7                 A7       
Hunger hurts, but starving, it works,
 F7                         G 
 when it costs too much to love
Hunger hurts, but starving, it works, when it costs too much to love
[Outro]
G   Cmaj7 F7 G
G   Cmaj7 F7 F7
G   Cmaj7 F7 G
Em7 A7    F7 F7
F7  F7    G