Ab G F F  Ab G F F  Ab G F F  Ab G F F

[Verse 1]
          Ab        G               F                   F
I want my money back, I'm down here drowning in your fat
           Ab          G           F                   F
You got me on my knees praying for everything you lack
          Ab         G            F              F
I ain't afraid of you, I'm just a victim of your fears
    Ab            G             F                   F
You cower in your tower praying that I'll disappear
       Ab         G            F            F
I got another plan, one that requires me to stand
       Ab              G                     F             F
On the stage or in the street, don't need no microphone or beat
             Ab            G              F               F
And when you hear this song, if you ain't dead then sing along
         Ab                  G               F               F
Bang and strum to these here drums 'till you get where you belong

[Chorus]
        Ab        G      F              F          Ab
I got a list of demands, written on the palm of my hands
          G                     F                   F
I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand
             Ab        G              F             F
We're living hand to mouth! You wanna be somebody?
Ab      G             F              F
See somebody? Try and free somebody?
          Ab        G   F              F          Ab
I gotta list of demands written on the palm of my hands
          G                     F                  F
I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand
             Ab      G     F F  Ab      G     F F
We're living hand to mouth!     Hand to mouth!

[Verse 2]
          Ab             G               E             E
I wrote a song for you today while I was sitting in my room
  Ab              G             E              E
I jumped up on my bed today and played it on a broom
         Ab                  G    E                   E
I didn't think that it would be a song that you would hear
           Ab              G       E            E
But when I played it in my head, I made you reappear
          Ab        G               E                   E
I wrote a video for it, and I acted out each part
           Ab        G               E                   E
And then I took your picture out and taped it to my heart
     Ab              G                      E
I've taped you to my heart, dear girl, I've taped you to my
E         Ab          G            E                    E
Heart and if you pull away from me you'll tear my life apart

[Chorus]
        Ab        G      F              F          Ab
I got a list of demands, written on the palm of my hands
          G                     F                   F
I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand
             Ab        G              F             F
We're living hand to mouth! You wanna be somebody?
Ab      G             F              F
See somebody? Try and free somebody?
          Ab        G   F              F          Ab
I gotta list of demands written on the palm of my hands
          G                     F                  F
I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand
             Ab      G     F F  Ab      G     F F
We're living hand to mouth!     Hand to mouth!

[Break]
(spoken)
Ab G   F    F         Ab    G      F        F
    Ecstasy, suffering, Echinacea, buffering
          Ab      G        F            F
We aim to remember what we choose to forget
                 Ab G        F         F
God's just a baby,   and her diaper is wet

[Verse 3]
Ab         G         F               F
Call the police! I'm strapped to the teeth
    Ab        G               F      F
And liable to disregard your every belief
Ab          G        F         F
Call on the law! I'm fixin' to draw
  Ab                G               F         F
A line between what is and seems and call up a brawl
Ab          G                F          F
Callin' 'em now! Cause it's about to go pow!
    Ab              G                F           F
I'm standing on the threshold of the ups and the downs
Ab        G                 F             F
Call up a truce! Cause I'm about to break loose
Ab         G                     F                  F
Protect ya neck, cause, son, I'm breaking out of my noose

[Chorus]
        Ab        G      F              F          Ab
I got a list of demands, written on the palm of my hands
          G                     F                   F
I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand
             Ab        G              F             F
We're living hand to mouth! You wanna be somebody?
Ab      G             F              F
See somebody? Try and free somebody?
          Ab        G   F              F          Ab
I gotta list of demands written on the palm of my hands
          G                     F                  F
I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand
             Ab      G     F F  Ab      G     F F
We're living hand to mouth!     Hand to mouth!

[Chorus]
        Ab        G      F              F          Ab
I got a list of demands, written on the palm of my hands
          G                     F                   F
I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand
             Ab        G              F             F
We're living hand to mouth! You wanna be somebody?
Ab      G             F              F
See somebody? Try and free somebody?
          Ab        G   F              F          Ab
I gotta list of demands written on the palm of my hands
          G                     F                  F
I ball my fist and you're gonna know where I stand
             Ab      G     F F  Ab      G     F F
We're living hand to mouth!     Hand to mouth!