forty-one false starts  
                                                 
C                                            F    DM  
i've been feeling like the, old man and the sea    
              F             C              F  
you asked me if, i was over it. i'll never be  
                    F                     C   
it's all been torn apart, forty-one false starts  
                  F   DM                F  
if i could be so brave, a little lenny bruce  
                     AM  
like i didn't care  
[chorus]  
AM             G         AM  
i'm working on it, i am working  
           G                 AM  
see these hands are so very tired  [x2]  

bridge [AM & G]  

C                                        F      DM  
i feel like such a loser on some dumb crusade  
                   F                                C  
i feel so caught between, this whole love and hate thing  
              F  DM                  F  
so what if i wear, a bullseye on my heart  
                  C  
forty-one false starts  
                  F   DM                       F  
so much is left unsaid, i wanted to clear the air  
                           AM  
you said it was perfectly clear  

[repeat chorus]  
[repeat bridge]