E:   022100    F#:  244322
D:   xx0232    F#7: 242322
C#m: x46654    Bm:  x2443x
B:   x2444x
A:   x02220


E

E         D                  C#m    B    C#m    B
I'll only ask you once more
E        D                C#m    B    C#m    B
You only want to believe

C#m         A               B               F#
This man is looking for someone to hold his hand
C#m                     A              B        F#
He doesn't quite fully understand the meaning

                  C#m
Never heard about Oscar Wilde,
                   A
Never talked about Brendan Behan,
                  B
Never think about Sean O'Casey,
                        F#
Don't care about George Bernard Shaw
                 C#m
Don't care about Samuel Beckett,
                 A
Won't talk about Eugene O'Neil,
B                F#
Edna O'Brien and Lawrence Stern.

Huh!

D                   F#
Shut it - you don't understand it
D                        F#
Shut it - that's not the way I planned it
D                   F#                      B
Shut it - shut your mouth 'til you know the truth

E

E         D                 C#m    B    C#m    B
I'll only ask you once more
E             D           C#m    B    C#m    B
It must be so hard to see

C#m         A               B               F#
This man is waiting for someone to hold him down
C#m                 A              B         F#
He don't quite ever understand the meaning

D                   F#
Shut it - you don't understand it
D                        F#
Shut it - that's not the way I planned it
D                           F#                      B
Shut it - shut your fucking mouth 'til you know the truth

B
(horns only)

C#m A E C#m A B F#
(instrumental)

                  C#m
Won't think about Oscar Wilde,
                 A
Don't know about Brendan Behan,
                  B
Can't think about Sean O'Casey,
                         F#
Woooaaaaaaaaaaaah George Bernard Shaw,
                 C#m
Can't talk about Samuel Beckett,
                     A
Doesn't talk about Eugene O'Neil,
                  B
Won't think about Edna O'Brien
                  F#
Can't think about Lawrence Stern.

C#m          A              B                    F#
Oscar Wilde, Brendan Behan, Sean O'Casey, George Bernard Shaw,
C#m             A              B                F#
Samuel Beckett, Eugene O'Neil, Edna O'Brien and Lawrence Stern.