[Intro]
C

[Verse]
F G C
Walking to the liquor store to buy a lighter

Talking to me, 1969
F G
The things that people glorify are fucked up,
C
Free love, free drugs, Charlie and the Hollywood five

[Chorus]
F G
You always said that
C Am
Chelsea was the heart of the gold rush
F
But you left
G
New York
C Am
For bigger and better stuff
F G
And how could I ever be enough
C
Oh, how could I ever
Am
How could I ever
F G
You believe in whatever you want
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
F G C Am
Oh, Oh, Oh-h-h
F G
Oh

[Verse]
F G C
Could’ve been a poet in a hotel lobby

I’m just sleeping with your college degree
F G
Wouldn’t call you lover ‘cause it’s loaded
C
I had more to say but you were louder than me

[Chorus]
F
Hopeless
G
Wordsmith
C
I wanted something honest
F
And you spoke with
G
Conviction
C
I started singing along
F G
but I was always smaller than the cause
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
F G
How could I ever be enough
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
F G C Am
Oh, Oh, Oh-h-h
F G C Am
Oh, Oh, Oh-h-h
F G
How could I ever be enough
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
F G
How could I ever be enough
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
F G
You believe in whatever you want
C
I’ll always be jealous,
Am
I’ll always be faithless,
C
I’ll always be smaller,
Am
I’ll always be smaller than the cause
F G C Am
Oh, Oh, Oh-h-h
F G C Am
Hm-mm, hmm-mm-mm