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