Intro: F Am7 C
 
Verse 1:
F
It's the guy from the one band
Am7
Cigarette in my left hand
C
Whole world in my right hand
F
Twenty-five and it's all planned
Am7
Night out and it's ten grand
C
Headlines that I can't stand
 
Pre-chorus:
          F                    Am7
But you only get half of the story
      C
The cash, the cars, and the glory
      F                        Am7
No sleep and we party 'till morning
         C
'Cause nobody cares when you're boring
 
Chorus:
C               F
I'm just like you
Am
Even though my problems look nothing like yours do
C               F
Yeah I get sad too
Am
And when I'm down I need somebody to talk to
C                  F
Yeah, I feel the same as you would do
Am
Same stress, same xxxx to go through
C              F
I'm just like you
 
If you only knew
 
Verse 2:
F                    Am7
If I had it my way, pub lunch every Sunday
C
Cheap beer and it's okay
F
I wanna lay where she lays
Am7
I wanna stay in these days
C
Gonna smoke and it's okay
 
Pre-chorus:
          F                     Am7
But you only get half of the story
      C
The cash, the cars, and the glory
             F                   Am7
Just like everyone else here before me
          C
'Cause nobody cares when you're boring
 
Chorus:
C              F
I'm just like you
Am
Even though my problems look nothing like yours do
C                F
Yeah I get sad too
Am
And when I'm down I need somebody to talk to
 C                 F
Yeah, I feel the same as you would do
 Am
Same stress, same xxxx to go through
 C              F
I'm just like you
 
If you only knew
 
Instrumental (x2): F Am7 C 
 
Bridge:
C                        F
Every heart breaks the same
                     Am
Every tear leaves a stain
 
Can't I just be the same?
 C                       F
Every heart breaks the same
                      Am
Every tear leaves a stain
 
Let me be the same
 
Chorus:
C              F
I'm just like you
Am
Even though my problems look nothing like yours do
 C              F
Yeah I get sad too
Am
And when I'm down I need somebody to talk to
C                  F
Yeah, I feel the same as you would do
Am
Same stress, same xxxx to go through
C              F
I'm just like you
 
If you only knew
 
Outro (x4): F Am7 C