Intro
E B/D# C#m B
Verse 1:
Bm G
Mr. Hughes how are
Em
you? I know it's
A
been a while But
D
I've been dying
Bm
trying to capture
G
a billion smiles
Bm
People like us
G Em
we are always
A
misunderstood
Though there's
D
ups and downs
Bm
the bad outshines
G
the good
Refrain:
Bm
Howard you're a
G Bm
10 but I'm not
G
sure this ends
F#m
well Hold it
G A
close to your heart
Chorus 1:
D
What ever happened
F#m G A
to Howard Hughes?
D
I guess life wasn't
F#m G A
good to you you
Bm D
gave it all you got
F#m
And still they threw
G A Bm
you out for being you
C# D
Even if our success
F#m G A
was as good as dead
D
our worst critics
F#m G
were in our head
A Bm D
Society don't accept
F#m G
me or you and all
A Bm C#
our friends agree
Interlude: D F#m G A# x2 C--
Verse 2:
Bm
People say we're
G
done for we're
Em A
liabilities But
D
I brought property
Bm
on nothing left
G
between genius and
Bm
insanity You wrote
G
the books on brains
Em
and wealth and looks
A
But hell in both
our times free
D
thinkers only
Bm
thrive in
G
history books
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
D F#m G A#
Howard my dear was
D F#m
it films and planes
G A#
that made you this
D F#m G A#
way Howard my dear
D F#m
they spoke and
G A#
we're jokes
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
D
What ever happened
F#m G A
to Howard Hughes?
D
I guess life wasn't
F#m G A
good to you you
Bm D
gave it all you got
F#m
And still they threw
G A Bm
you out for being you
C# D
Even if our success
F#m G A
was as good as dead
D
our worst critics
F#m G
were in our head
A Bm D
Society don't accept
F#m G
me or you and all
A Bm B(hold)
our friends agree