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