Intro
G-Cadd9
G-Cadd9
G
Pulling on the apron strings looking up
Cadd9
Standing on the chair to be grown up
Em
I feel so little, I need my pillow
D
I hate the time, I hate the clock, I want to be a dog or I want to be a rock
G
Sunday's pancakes Miss Mary Mack
Cadd9
Color Polariods show my heart attack
G
In my second-hand pants and dusty shoes
Cadd9
The day that the playground laughed at my shoes
Em
It's my birthday next week and what I want please
D
Is to turn on the heat so the fish won't freeze
Cadd9
The fish in the tank froze and died last week
D
Oh I want to be a dog or I want to be a leaf
Chorus
G D Em D
Quarry miners, fishermen
Cadd9 D
In my town of Bethlehem
G D Em D
Picket fences, church at ten
Cadd9
No star above my Bethlehem
G
Now I'm only 16 and I think I have an ulcer
Cadd9
I'm hiding my sex behind a dirty sweatshirt
Em
I've lost five pounds these past few days
D
Trying to be class president and get straight A's,
Cadd9
Well, who gives a shit about that anyway?
D
I just want to be a dog or a lump of clay
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Chorus
G D Em D
Quarry miners, fishermen
Cadd9 D
In my town of Bethlehem
G D Em D
Picket fences, church at ten
Cadd9 D
No star above my Bethlehem
Bridge
Cadd9 Em
Still I'm tired of standing still
Am
Tired of living still
Cadd9 Am Cadd9-D
Everyday I dream of leaving
D
Everybody's talking about Becky's bust
D
The boys on the basketball team just fuck
Em
The same ten girls, who don't know who they are
D
They're looking for some comfort in the back of a car
Cadd9
The six-packs of beer, the locker room jeers
D
I don't want to be me, I don't want to be here
Chorus
G D Em D
Quarry miners, fishermen
Cadd9 D
In my town of Bethlehem
G D Em D
Picket fences, church at ten
Cadd9
No star above my Bethlehem
G D Em-D-Cadd9-D
Red brick schoolhouse
G D Em D
Dead end dirt roads, daffodils
Cadd9 D
No star above my Bethlehem
Coda
Cadd9 Cadd9
I want to be a dog or I want to be a rock
D G
I don't want to be me, I don't want to be here in Bethlehem.
