| F | - | C | - | Bb | |
| F | - | C | - | G - Bb - C (drum fill) |
| *First Verse |
| F | C | D | |
| Partly | owned tudor | house |
| F | C | Bb | |
| Wooden | white picket | fence |
| F | C | G | Bb | C | |
| Mother | waits for | father | in a backless | dress |
| F | C | D | |
| Hardly | used a diap | hragm |
| F | C | Bb | |
| Put back | into it's | case |
| F | C | G | Bb | F | |
| A one-way | trip down | memory | lane and she | awaits |
| Chorus |
| (strum and pick bar chords) |
| C# | |
| I don't wanna | know |
| F | |
| Cheat | Me |
| C# | |
| I don't wanna | know |
| (drum fill) |
| *Chords are same as first verse, |
| Children play in the yard |
| Mother stares at a wall |
| Father says he's gonna be back late so don't wait up |
| 'Bout a quarter to three |
| Father stares at a wall |
| Stained thicker than water, who's gonna clean it up? |
| *Chorus is the same, but the drum part changes to a fast roll after the |
| second "I don't wanna know" and the song launches into a punk tempo. |
| *The words to the second verse are repeated as the third verse in punk |
| tempo. |
| (end chorus, still at punk beat) |
| C# | F | |
| I don't wanna | know, cheat | me |
| C# | F | |
| I don't wanna | know, cheat | me |
| C# | F | |
| I don't wanna | know, cheat | me |
| C# | F | |
| I don't wanna | know, cheat | me........ |