Havent Been Doing So Well

       A                    A
It's a day with a 'Y' in it so 
   Bm
obviously I'm over it
A   G                         
I'm sick and tired of being 
Dsus2  G
sick and tired
   Dsus2 A
And I've tried not to worry
   A     Bm
And I've tried being sorry
    A     G               
For being born in the wrong 
         Dsus2  G
place and wrong time


[Pre-Chorus]
                Em         D      
'Cause I've been messed up, 
       G             A
stressed out, talking to myself 
again
Em         D         G           
Locked up, left out, terrified of 
 A
everything
Em        D          G          
Wound up, found out, waiting 
                     A
around for something to give


[Chorus 1]
               Bm          G
Don't you ever wake up and suspect
              D                    
That you were simply never cut out 
   A
to be
            Bm           G
The kind of person they expect
    D                      A
Thе person you intended to bе?
      Em          D          G    
And I keep it all in with my idiot 
 A
grin
        Em       D               
And I'm doing my best but there's
G             A
 very little left
    Em         D          G      
So cut me some slack if I crawl 
    A       G
back into my shell
                           A   A 
I haven't been doing so well
Bm  A G  Dsus2 G

                   Dsus2   A   A 
I haven't been doing so well
Bm  A G  Dsus2 G



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[Verse 2]
Dsus2  A              A      Bm
I got a brand new name for an old, 
old friend
     A     G      Dsus2 G
The doctor said it's anxiety
  Dsus2 A
And it makes a lot of sense
       A    Bm
'Cause I've been so tense
A    G                     Dsus2  G
Some days I find it difficult to see


[Pre-Chorus 2]
                 Em         D     
'Cause I've been hemmed in, penned
       G             A
 down, struggling to find myself
Em        D         G     
Caved in, cut down, scared of 
         A
everybody else
Em          D             G     
Dragged in, dragged down, 
                    A
searching for a reason to live


[Chorus 2]
               Bm          G
Don't you ever wake up and suspect
               D                   
That you were simply never cut out 
   A
to be
            Bm           G
The kind of person they expect
    D                      A
The person you intended to be?
      Em         D           G    
And I keep it all in with my idiot 
 A
grin
        Em       D                
And I'm doing my best but there's 
G           A
very little left
   Em          D          G      
So cut me some slack if I crawl 
    A       G
back into my shell
                        Bm   G   
I haven't been doing so well
D   A

             Bm   G   D   A
Couldn't you tell?


[Verse 3]
            Em             D      
And if self-loathing was a sport 
        G      A
I'd be Muhammad Ali
             Em           D       
'Cause I can sting like a 
      G           A
butterfly and sink like a bee
               Em       D         
But they don't hand out medals to 
G             A
monsters like me
   G
Oh well
                        Dsus2 
I haven't been doing so well
Dsus2/G G6/E



[Bridge]
G                        Dsus2 
Maybe I can do with some help
Dsus2/G G6/E

G                       Dsus2 
I haven't been doing so well
Dsus2/G G6/E

G                        Dsus2 
Maybe I can do with some help
Dsus2/G G6/E  G



[Chorus 3]
                   Bm         
'Cause every day I wake up and 
 G
suspect
           D                       
That I was simply never cut out to 
A
be
            Bm          G
The kind of person they expect
    D                    A
The person I intended to be
           Em      D             
'Cause I'm not Joe Strummer, not 
G        A
Muhammad Ali
      Em            D
Not a teacher, not a builder
       G           A
Just uncomfortable me
    Em          D             G  
And maybe, just maybe, I'll admit
              A            G
 that I could use a little help
                        Bm
I haven't been doing so well