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