Intro:
          A                        D           Gbm
Well I'm starting at an unfamiliar ceiling, and I should leave
          A                            D                   Gbm
'cause everybody here's trippin' some new drugs, except for me
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WHY? 'Cause I don't have the money and

Verse 1:
           A                         D
I've been thinking about letting my hair grow
             Gbm
I have been thinking about cuttin' it short
             A                        D
I have been thinking about dyeing it yellow
             Gbm                                             B
but I don't think I have the bone structure or wardrobe to support
Db            D   E
That kind of look

Chorus:
            D                   Gbm     A
And I will tattoo my poems all over my body
       D                   Gbm   A
They won't know who I was before
            D                    Gbm     A
And I will cut off my fingers no I.D. to find me
           D                           Gbm
When I am washed up on the New Jersey shore
A
The New Jersey shore

Interlude: D Gbm A D Gbm

Verse 2:
         A                   D
Talk to myself too much too often
        Gbm
Trying hard to figure out
         A                        D                 Gbm
Why the feelings that lie in my stomach are always pushing for my mouth
          A                    D
So I will learn to sleep on my chest
             Gbm
And I will learn to let things go
             A                D                        Gbm
And I will learn to come to terms with the things that I will never know
      B  Db   D
I'll never know
             E
I will never know

Chorus:
            D                   Gbm     A
And I will tattoo my poems all over my body
       D                   Gbm   A
They won't know who I was before
            D                    Gbm     A
And I will cut off my fingers no I.D. to find me
           D                           Gbm
When I am washed up on the New Jersey shore
A
The New Jersey shore

Bridge:
      Gbm
I'll take what I can get
      D
I'll take what I am given but
     Gbm                     D
We both know that I'll need more
            Gbm
And I will take what I can get
      D
I'll take what I am given but
    Gbm                     D
We both know that I'll need more
           Gbm
And I will take what I can get
      D
I'll take what I am given but
     Gbm                     D
We both know that I'll need more
            Gbm
And I will take what I can get
      D
I'll take what I am given but
    Gbm                     D
We both know that I'll need more
    B  Db    D              E
So much more, so much more
   
Chorus:
            D                   Gbm     A
And I will tattoo my poems all over my body
       D                   Gbm   A
They won't know who I was before
            D                    Gbm     A
And I will cut off my fingers no I.D. to find me
           D                           Gbm
When I am washed up on the New Jersey shore
A                   D
The New Jersey shore