[Intro]
C
[Verse]
F G C
Walking to the liquor store to buy a lighter
Talking to me, 1969
F G
The things that people glorify are fucked up,
C
Free love, free drugs, Charlie and the Hollywood five
[Chorus]
F G
You always said that
C Am
Chelsea was the heart of the gold rush
F
But you left
G
New York
C Am
For bigger and better stuff
F G
And how could I ever be enough
C
Oh, how could I ever
Am
How could I ever
F G
You believe in whatever you want
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
F G C Am
Oh, Oh, Oh-h-h
F G
Oh
[Verse]
F G C
Could've been a poet in a hotel lobby
I'm just sleeping with your college degree
F G
Wouldn't call you lover 'cause it's loaded
C
I had more to say but you were louder than me
[Chorus]
F
Hopeless
G
Wordsmith
C
I wanted something honest
F
And you spoke with
G
Conviction
C
I started singing along
F G
but I was always smaller than the cause
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
F G
How could I ever be enough
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
F G C Am
Oh, Oh, Oh-h-h
F G C Am
Oh, Oh, Oh-h-h
F G
How could I ever be enough
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
F G
How could I ever be enough
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
C
How could I ever
Am
How could I ever
F G
You believe in whatever you want
C
I'll always be jealous,
Am
I'll always be faithless,
C
I'll always be smaller,
Am
I'll always be smaller than the cause
F G C Am
Oh, Oh, Oh-h-h
F G C Am
Hm-mm, hmm-mm-mm
[verse 1]
walking to the liquor store to buy a lighter
talking to me, 1969
and things that people glorify are f+cked up
free love, free drugs
charlie and the hollywood five
[chorus]
you always said that the chelsea was the heart of the gold rush
but you left new york for bigger and better stuff
and how could i ever be enough?
how i could ever, how i could ever?
you believe in whatever you want
how could i ever, how i could ever?
[post+chorus]
oh, oh, oh, oh+oh
oh
[verse 2]
could’ve been a poet in a hotel lobby
i’m just sleeping with your college degree
wouldn’t call you “lover” ’cause it’s loaded
i had more to say, but you were louder than me
[chorus]
hopeless wordsmith, i wanted something honest
and you spoke with conviction, i started singing along
but i was always smaller than the cause
how i could ever, how i could ever
how could i ever be enough?
how could i ever, how could i ever?
[post+chorus]
oh, oh, oh, oh+oh
oh, oh, oh, oh+oh
[chorus]
how could i ever be enough?
how could i ever, how could i ever?
how could i ever be enough?
how could i ever, how could i ever?
how could i ever, how could i ever?
how could i ever, how could i ever?
[outro]
you believe in whatever you want
and i’ll always be jealous, i’ll always be faithless
and i’ll always be smaller, i’ll always be smaller than the cause
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