Brett Dennen - Wrong About Me

tabbed by : kackao

tuning : standard

C D
from my humble beginning
G C
to our bitter end
D
you were the one who was pretending
G C
that i was your orphan
G C D G
in a brownstone apartment in brooklyn i found a new place to dwell
G C D G
i tore up my ticket to tennessee and checked out of the hollywood hotel

hm Em
you can call me a turncoat
C D
challenge my dignity
G D
but you were wrong about me
G D
you were wrong , all along , about me

C D
take of your plastic halo
G C
but don’t shun the monks inside your head
D
give it to the gullible grooms
G C
who drink their snake oil beside your bed
G C D G
in your conjured up courtroom my integrity is on trial
G C D G
the prosecution is gathering evidence from denial

hm Em
you can preach to the choir
C D
say that i’m guilty
G D
but you were wrong about me
G D
you were wrong , all along , about me

C
go tell all your friends
G
tell the boys back home about it
C
tell your nurses and nuns about it
G
tell all your cats about it
C G C G
you were wrong you were wrong . . .

C D
stubborn cowboys click their bootheels
G C
they’re all settling their debts
D
i’m not making any more deals
G C
i ain’t placing no more bets
G C D G
downtown on wall street where the millionaires smoke their cigars
G C D G
i traded all my savings for a new suit and an electric guitar

hm Em
you could say that i sold out
C D
but nobody works for free
G D
but you were wrong about me
G D
you were wrong , all along , about me