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