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