INTRO. (Ring out each chord.) Theres diamonds hiding in my hands. Theyre gonna cut through the windows. Aint no one messing with my plans Right now my star is in limbo Sit back and watch my scrawny frame Invade your feelings Oh the years you caused me pain Ive got some wounds that need healing? Riff 1. e ---------- 8 --------------------------------------- 8 --------------| B --------- 9 --------------------------------------- 8 ---------------| G -------- 8 --------------------------------------- 9 ----------------| D ------- 10 ----- 10 - 10 - 8 - 8 ---------------- 8 -----------------| A ------- 8 --------------------------- 11 - 11 -- 10 -----------------| E ----------------------------------------------- 8 -------------------| VERSE & Chorus (Play the sequences below for each chord.) e | --------------------------------------------------------------------| | ----- 9 ------------------------------ 9 ---------------------------| | ----- 8 ------------------------------ 8 ---------------------------| | -----10 ----------------------------- 10 ---------------------------| | 8 ---------------------------- 8 - 8 --------------------- 8 -------| | ------------ 8 - 11 - 11 ------------------- 8 - 11 - 11 -----------| e | -------------------------------------------------------------------| | ------- 5 --------------------------- 5 ---------------------------| | ------- 3 --------------------------- 3 ---------------------------| | ------- 5 --------------------------- 5 ---------------------------| | - 3 ------------------------ 3 - 3 --------------------- 3 --------| | ------------ 3 - 6 - 6 --------------------- 3 - 6 - 6 ------------| e | -------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ------ 6 ------------------------------ 6 -------------------------------| | ------ 6 ------------------------------ 6 -------------------------------| | ------ 6 ------------------------------ 6 -------------------------------| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------| Well you were just too damn aloof Wearing your Morrissey t-shirt The kind of girl that's born for youth Well that's a blessing and some curse I tell you son beware of those Who peak too early Cause all that magic can't be froze And now it's you who ain't worthy So baby when I get famous Everybody's gonna see Awoh-oh-oh-oah You never really knew me (Repeat as in above Verse & Chorus) Does it make sense to simplify Now we're knotted in riddles But I don't care, do you know why The girls are falling like skittles Whoever said you needed rights To tame your beauty I'll say goodbye to lonely nights Girls form an orderly queue please So baby when I get famous Everybody's gonna see Oh oh oh You never really knew me So given knowledge, given time I'd take us out of recession I'd tell the world that all was fine And that there freedom's a blessing Cause when I'm looking from the top You'll all seem smaller Ain't that what all us humans want? To stand that little bit taller So baby when I get famous Everybody's gonna see Oh oh oh You never really knew me x5

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