| F | Em | Am | |
| Well you can | walk like a stranger, | head back in your | hair |
| F | Em | Am | |
| Bringing | gifts, while you act | so sin | cere |
| F | Em | Am | F | Em | Am | F | Em | Am | |
| Bringing | gifts, oh boy | , he~s five | years |
| F | Em | Am | |
| A game for | rocks and | traini...i | ng wheels |
| F | Em | Am | F | Em | Am | Am | C | G | F | G | Em | |
| Well I don~t re | member | you from | any | of those | books |
| C | G | F | G | Em | E | |
| Ashes to | ashes, and | six feet | under face | down in a | box |
| F | Em | Am | |
| Where~d you ever | learn to treat me like | that |
| F | Em | Am | F | Em | Am | F | Em | Am | |
| You don~t | see that, baby a | hh..., that famous | stuff |
| F | Em | Am | |
| You know the | Harvard folds | law, that penniless | rough |
| F | Em | Am | F | Em | Am | F | Em | Am | |
| Your | bad luck follows | you like a heart at | tack |
| F | Em | Am | |
| Twist your | fingers, soon as | break your | back |
| F | Em | Am | F | Em | Am | Am | C | G | F | G | Em | |
| Well I don~t re | member | you from | any | of those | books |
| C | G | F | G | Em | E | |
| Ashes to | ashes, and | six feet | under face | down in a | box |
| F | Em | Am | |
| Where~d you ever | learn to treat me like | that |
| F | Em | Am | F | Em | Am | |
| It~s | coming from another withered | mother who~s just like | yours |
| F | Em | Am | |
| Bringing you | aches and all thos | e mental | sores |
| F | Em | Am | |
| Take a little half, so | need some for your | self |
| F | Em | Am | |
| Like an | itty in the gritty, they al | ways seem by them | selves |
| F | Em | Am | |
| Well you | must be, had-to-be | , one of | these |
| F | Em | Am | |
| Honey, on the | shed on the | open t | ree |
| F | Em | Am | |
| Didn~t I meet you | once in a liquor | store |
| F | Em | Am | |
| I think I saw you | hanging by the | stage | door |
| F | Em | Am | |
| Handing out | programs to the | family thea | ter |
| F | Em | Am | |
| Deprive the | row, so you | don~t miss her | or treat her |
| Am | Am | Am | Am | |
| You take it |
| Am | |
| Why take it? |
| G | |
| Fast and ever |
| F | Em | Dm | |
| If you | gave your | self a c | hance... |
| C | G | F | G | Em | |
| Well | I don~t re | member | you from | any of those | books |
| C | G | F | G | Em | E | |
| Ashes to, ashes and | six | feet un | der faced | down in a | box |
| F | Em | Am | |
| Where~d you ever | learn to treat me like | that? |
| F Em Am... |
| (the song fades out on these chords) |