G#m B
G# Pulitzer prize
D#m F#
G# Oscar or two
G#m B
Are things I won't get
D#m F#
Things I won't get
G#m B
G# Bentley or Benz
D#m F#
Well don't hold your breath
G#m B
Of things I won't get
G#m D#
Things I won't get
G#m B
G# fares with a star
D#m F#
Who offers me dough
C#m F#
Far in advance
C#m F#
Far in advance
G#m B
G# college degree
D#m F#
G# job with some hope
C#m F#
There's just no chance
C#m F#
There's just no chance
chorus:
B D#m A E
But when I see you lying by my side
G#m
Looking extra clean
B D#m A E
I'm in a state where I don't mind
G#m
My thoughts turn obscene
G#m B D#m F#
String theory [?] and such
G#m B
Are things I won't get
D#m F#
Things a won't get
G#m B
Schoenberg and twelve-tone
D#m F#
And films out of french
G#m B
Are things a won't get
D#m F#
Things a won't get
G#m B D#m F#
G# chair that's designed by Charles and Ray Eames
G#m B
Are things I won't get
D#m F#
Things I won't get
(Chorus)
G#m B
The world is so hard
D#m F#
The people so mean
C#m F#
Of things I don't get
C#m F#
Things I don't get
G#m B
We sit on the floor
D#m F#
And talk about dreams
C#m F#
Of things we won't get
C#m F#
Things we won't get
(Chorus)