C

[Verse]
F               G                     C
 Walking to the liquor store to buy a lighter

Talking to me, 1969
F                       G
 The things that people glorify are fucked up,
C
Free love, free drugs, Charlie and the Hollywood five

[Chorus]
F          G
 You always said that
C                Am
 Chelsea was the heart of the gold rush
F
 But you left
G
 New York
C               Am
 For bigger and better stuff
    F                   G
And how could I ever be enough
    C
Oh, how could I ever
Am
How could I ever
F                           G
You believe in whatever you want
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
F   G  C  Am
 Oh, Oh, Oh-h-h
F   G
Oh

[Verse]
F                G               C
 Could've been a poet in a hotel lobby

I'm just sleeping with your college degree
F                  G
 Wouldn't call you lover 'cause it's loaded
C
I had more to say but you were louder than me

[Chorus]
F
 Hopeless
G
 Wordsmith
C
 I wanted something honest
F
 And you spoke with
G
 Conviction
C
 I started singing along
    F                             G
but I was always smaller than the cause
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
F                   G
How could I ever be enough
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
F   G   C  Am
 Oh, Oh, Oh-h-h
F   G  C  Am
 Oh, Oh, Oh-h-h
F                   G
How could I ever be enough
C
 How could I ever
Am
 How could I ever
F                   G
How could I ever be enough
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
C
 How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
F                           G
You believe in whatever you want
C
I'll always be jealous,
Am
I'll always be faithless,
C
I'll always be smaller,
Am
I'll always be smaller than the cause
F    G  C   Am
 Oh, Oh, Oh-h-h
F    G  C   Am
 Hm-mm, hmm-mm-mm