| E | G#m | A | B | |
| The demands made | upon you are h | ard to live | up to |
| E | G#m | A | B | |
| It's futile to | try and d | eny |
| E | G#m | |
| And the things you hold | dearly |
| A | B | |
| Are | scoffed at and | yearly |
| E | G#m | F#m | B | |
| Judged once and | then tossed | aside' |
| A | |
| Cause they're | blind |
| F#m | A | |
| They | hold you too close to the | light |
| F#m | E | |
| And I see what they only | might |
| G#m | |
| If they'd l | earn |
| F#m | B | |
| but they're | letting you | burn |
| E | G#m | A | B | |
| Cause they're b | lind |
| E | G#m | |
| To the brown-eyed | beholder |
| A | B | |
| See the ch | ip on your | shoulder |
| E | G#m | A | B | |
| The fools don't | want to | believ | e |
| E | G#m | |
| that you're so | hard to | talk to |
| A | B | |
| And so | easy to r | ead through |
| E | G#m | F#m | B | |
| And nobody | looks past your | sleeve |
| A | |
| Cause they're b | lind |
| F#m | A | |
| They hold you too close to the | light |
| F#m | E | G#m | |
| And I see what they only | might if they l | earn |
| A | B | |
| but they're | letting you | burn |
| E | G#m | A | B | |
| Cause they're | blind |
| A | |
| They only like what they can see |
| And what they don't, they just don't agree |
| E | E7 | |
| If you'll run to me, run, | run |
| F#m | |
| Only like a day with him |
| Just one day with him |
| D | |
| Then you'll run back |
| B | E | |
| Then you'll run back | blind |
| SOLO |
| A | |
| An old man said to me |
| Go and take it easy now |
| E | E7 | |
| You'll run to me, run, | run |
| F#m | |
| Only like a day with him |
| Just one day with him |
| D | |
| Then you'll run back |
| B | E | G#m | |
| Then you'll run back | blin | d |
| F#m | B | E | G#m | |
| They hold you too | close to the li | ght |
| F#m | B | E | G#m | |
| And I see what | they only mi | ght if they lea | rn |
| A | B | |
| but they're | letting you | burn |
| E | G#m | |
| Cause they're | blind |
| A | B | |
| letting you | burn |
| E | G#m | A | B | E | |
| Cause they're | blin | d |
| From Kelly Willis "What I Deserve" |
| RYKO Records 1999 |
| WB Music(ASCAP)/Nah Music(ASCAP) |