| D/A | A | |
| Baby I can't please | you I can't please | you, baby, ooh baby |
| D/A | A | |
| Baby I can't please | you I can't please | you, baby, ooh |
| F#m | C#m | |
| Every time you start to | criticize |
| F#m | C#m | |
| I can | see the misery | in your eyes |
| D | |
| You say | I make your pain |
| E | |
| You're trying to turn the blame | all around you |
| D/A | A | |
| Baby I can't please | you I can't please | you, baby, ooh baby |
| D/A | A | |
| Baby I can't please | you I can't please | you, baby |
| You take the words I say and make them mean |
| Everything they don't baby you?re obscene |
| You don't listen you don't hear |
| You're blinded by the fear that surrounds you |
| Baby I can't please you I can't please you, baby, ooh baby |
| Baby I can't please you I can't please you, baby, ooh |
| D | A | D | A | |
| I know | you say love | when you mean control |
| D | F#m | |
| You buy the truth | and your heart is cold |
| E | |
| So you live in | shadows |
| Em | A | D/A | A | D/A | A | |
| Baby I can?t please | you |
| You try to tell the world how it should spin |
| But you live in terror with the hollow men |
| Who stun you with their lies |
| With fever in their eyes as they drown you |
| Baby I can't please you I can't please you, baby, ooh baby, ooh baby |