Hey, Asshole

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C            Em
Hey, asshole
Em             Am
See the sun is shining
Am              F     C
But you are not smiling
C                G                                           C
And I don't know why, and I don't know why, and I don't know why
       C      Em
I'm an asshole
Em               Am     C
Cause the sun is shining
C            F     C
But I am not smiling
C                G                                           C
And I don't know why, and I don't know why, and I don't know why


C
I know I'm often told
Em
That there's a pot of gold
Am
But I don't see a fucking rainbow and my coffee's cold
F
I know I should be grateful
C
I know I'm good and able
G
But I don't have the strength to get up from the kitchen table
C
This kind of shot comes once
Em               Am
Another opportunity of a lifetime just slipped away
Am
And that's the fifth this month
F
But when you take a punch
C
Don't you ever forget
G
Why you get up and you put one foot in front of the next


C
Got the power of my will
C                      Em
I don't needa to win a mil
Em
But I'm looking at window sill
Am
Gotta take a bitter pill
Am
Gonna pay for what I did to my head and my heart'll foot the bill
F                                                       C
Got a foot in my mouth and because I'm kicking myself I developed a habit of knocking 
out my front tooth
G
Looking uncouth
G
Want to hear the truth
G
Give it to me straight, 151 proof


C                                                  Em
Telling myself it'll happen when I'm happy but I'm climbing up a ladder that has got no end
Am
Hung up on a rung I'll never make it to the top, I'm looking at the bottom and I must descend
F
All I want to do is buck this trend
C
Everybody need a buck to spend
G
And I'll be working on myself, til I work on someone else, til I get there Ima just pretend


C
I know I'm often told
Em
That there's a pot of gold
Am
But I don't see a fucking rainbow and my coffee's cold
F
I know I should be grateful
C
I know I'm good and able
G
But I don't have the strength to get up from the kitchen table
C
This kind of shot comes once
Em               Am
Another opportunity of a lifetime just slipped away
Am
And that's the fifth this month
F
But when you take a punch
C
Don't you ever forget
G
Why you get up and you put one foot in front of the next


C            Em
Hey, asshole
Em             Am     C
See the sun is shining
C               F     C
But you are not smiling
C                G                                           C
And I don't know why, and I don't know why, and I don't know why
       C      Em
I'm an asshole
Em               Am
Cause the sun is shining
             F     C
But I am not smiling
C                G                                           C
And I don't know why, and I don't know why, and I don't know why


C
When I'm in a crisis
Em
In a moment of silence
Am
I look under my eyelids
Am
And I'm checking my mileage
F                                C
I been using a pool of water as a mirror but not for style it's
G
So I can reach in and pimpslap my reflection for acting childish
C
Spent a half an hour
Em
Sitting at the bottom of my shower
Am
Letting the water run over my body and (dammit I wanted to get up) but I didn't have the power
F               C         G
I don't have the answer anyway yay (yay yay yay (x2)
C
Don't want to panic but I got to come clean
Em
Because the plan of the planet is just mean
Am
Knew if was tough, but dammit it's obscene
Am                                                      F
I been huffing and puffing up to the top of the summit and I'mma rough it if I have 
enough steam
C                                                        G
I'll keep on coming and coming until I'm coming with the stamina of a salmon who's 
heading upstream
G               C
Nah nah nah nah nah
Em                 Am
Nah nah nah nah nah
Am              F  C
Nah nah nah nah nah
C               G
Nah nah nah nah nah
G
Nah nah nah nah nah
G               C
nah nah nah nah nah

C            Em
Hey, asshole
Em             Am     C
See the sun is shining
C               F     C
But you are not smiling
C                G                                           C
And I don't know why, and I don't know why, and I don't know why
       C      Em
I'm an asshole
Em               Am
Cause the sun is shining
             F     C
But I am not smiling
C                G                                           C
And I don't know why, and I don't know why, and I don't know why

C, Em, Am, F, C, G x2