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