The Cause

Intro 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