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