| Dm | Am | Gm | |
| There's something | going on around | here |
| Dm | Am | Gm | |
| I could not | crawl back if I | tried |
| Dm | Am | |
| I couldn't | wait around |
| Gm | |
| I couldn't wait another second |
| Dm | Am | Gm | |
| Something | going on | around here |
| Am | Gm | |
| I left my | baby on the side of the | highway |
| Am | Gm | |
| She | just couldn't see things | my way |
| Chorus: |
| C | A# | F | C | |
| Some | day | I will treat you | good |
| C | A# | F | C | |
| Some | day | I will treat you | fine |
| C | A# | F | C | |
| Some | day | I will treat you | good |
| A# | |
| You know I | should |
| Verse 2: |
| everything that's made is made to decay |
| well I'm shrinking bones in the sun |
| won't you tell me why that |
| the beautiful ones are always crazy |
| she's whispering like morticia now |
| I left my baby on the side of the road |
| I left her with a heavy load |
| Chorus: |
| Solo: |
| Verse 3: (First two and last two lines of Verse 1) |
| something going on around here |
| I could not crawl back if I tried |
| I left my baby on the side of highway |
| she just couldn't see things my way |
| Chorus: |