Hook

A E F#m C#
D A D E

[Verse 1]
A          E             F#m   C#
It doesn't matter what I say
D          A             D   E
So long as I sing with inflection
A              E                 
That makes you feel that I'll 
F#m   C#
convey
D          A               D   E
Some inner truth of vast reflection
A             E          F#m    C#
But I've said nothing so far
D              A        D        
And I can keep it up as long as it 
  E
takes
A            E              F#m  
And it don't matter who you are
  C#

D       A                D      
If I'm doing my job then it's 
                E
your resolve that breaks

[Hook]
            A    E          F#m  
Because the hook brings you back
   C#

D       A              D     E
I ain't tellin' you no lie
    A    E          F#m    C#
The hook brings you back
D  A              D    E
On that you can rely

[Verse 2]
A        E          F#m   C#
There is something amiss
D     A       D      E
I am being insincere
Continues after the ad
A          E          F#m      C#
In fact I don't mean any of this
D            A                 D   E
Still my confession draws you near
A              E       F#m    C#
To confuse the issue I refer
D             A         D      E
To familiar heroes from long ago
A             E                
No matter how much Peter loved 
F#m   C#
her
D              A            D    E
What made the Pan refuse to grow

[Hook]
             A    E          F#m 
Was that the hook brings you back
    C#

D       A              D     E
I ain't tellin' you no lie
    A    E          F#m    C#
The hook brings you back
D  A              D    E
On that you can rely

[Popper's Harmonica Solo]

[Verse 3]
A                                 
Suck it in suck it in suck it in 
         E
if you're Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn
F#m                               
Make a desperate move or else 
   C#
you'll win and then begin to
D                                
See what you're doing to me this MTV
A
 is not for free
      D                      
It's so PC it's killing me so 
 E
desperately I'll sing to thee of
A               E
Love, sure but also rage and hate 
and pain and
F#m               C#
fear of self, And I can't keep these
 feelings on the
D                      A
shelf, I've tried well no in fact 
I've lied
      D                          E
Could be financial suicide but I've 
got too much pride inside
   A                   E
To hide or slide I'll do as I decide
 and let it
F#m                             
ride until I've died and only then 
C#
shall I abide this tide
   D                       A
Of catchy little tunes, of hip three
 minute ditties
        D                       
I wanna bust all your balloons I 
       E
wanna burn all of youre cities
       A                    E
To the ground I've found I will not 
mess around
         F#m             C#
Unless I play then hey I will go on 
all day hear what I
D                                  
say I have a prayer to pray that's 
A
really all this was
             D                     
And when I'm feeling stuck and need
          E
 a buck I don't rely on luck because
 the

[Hook]
A    E          F#m     C#
Hook brings you back
D       A              D     E
I ain't tellin' you no lie
    A    E          F#m    C#
The hook
D  A              D      E
On that you can rely
A