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