Intro: A (and then the bass slides down from A to Ab to E and then F#)

F#m        Bm   E
You don't know
          A        Ab5       F#m  
You don't know how hard it's been
F#m        Bm                    E              
I tried so hard to be good but I just can't win
A  Ab5  F#m          Bm          E
         So I got no mother now
          A       Ab5    F#m
No one to slap me on the wrists
               Bm
With no one to be good for
       D     A
I just can't resist

(Bass Slide from the intro again)

E         F#m 
  Well anyways
          Bm                 D
Who's to say whats right and wrong?
        A          C#m       D             A
I've sinned to the preacher, livid to the teacher
   Bm                 A
So whose side are you on?
Bm            E
Please don't pray for me
A                 F#m
You'll waste your breath
Bm               E               Bm  A 
They don't take Jerks like me in heaven.

(Bass Slide)

Play some chords in the key of A here

End on:

Bm   A

(Bass Slide)

F#m        Bm
You don't know
E          A        Ab5      F#m
You don't know how far I've gone
                  Bm                          E             A Ab5
There's been some shit I've done that'd scare almost anyone
F#m                Bm
Sure, I made some enemies
E                A        Ab5           F#m
Some don't even know who they are just yet
                 Bm               D     A
I'm sure on that fateful day they won't forget
E                    F#m
So whats this all about?
     Bm                     D
Some half-assed cry for help
     A            C#m
It's just another ditty
D         A        Bm                A
"Oh what a pity, the boy can't help himself"
Bm                E
So please don't cry for me
A                  F#m
You'll waste your tears
Bm                 E                          D      A
You'd think I'd of learned something the past thirty years.
                                            Bm      A
You think I'd of learned something the past thirty years.