Clare Means

Everybodys Room But Mine

Clare Means


Tom: Em

D7                C        G             D7
   Never knew my    momma, Never knew my pa
               C
   I have four   brothers
G             D7
   Never met one
                  C                    G
   I've lived in everybody's room but mine
D7                            C        G
   I've lived in everybody's room but mine

[Verse 2]
D7          C
   My momma  left me
G          D7
When I was born
             C
She couldn't care for
G      D7
A baby boy
                     C
Her body filled with  poison
G                  D7
She put the needle in
                C
Body filled with cocaine
G       D7
And heroin

[Chorus 1]
B7                   Em
    But don't listen to me
  B7             Em
I tell too many lies
B7               Em
    Don't listen to me
          D7                   C                G
'Cause      I've lived in everybody's room but mine

[Interlude]
D7 C G x2

[Verse 3]
D7             C
   No one ever  listens
G                D7
I tell too many lies
            C
No one ever looks
 G                     D7
I can't look in their eyes
                  C
The truth I never  hear
G                  D7
The truth I never speak
       C
I trust no one
G             D7
No one trusts me

[Chorus 2]
B7                   Em
    But don't listen to me
  B7             Em
I tell too many lies
B7               Em
    Don't listen to me
         D7                    C                G
'Cause      I've lived in everybody's room but mine

[Interlude]
D7 C G x2

[Verse 4]
D7              C
    I have four  brothers
G          D7
Never met one
             C
I've had six  mothers
G              D7
Never trusted none
               C              G        D7
Every night I rock myself to sleep
               C              G
Every night I rock myself to sleep


[Chorus 3]

B7                  Em
   But don't listen to me

  B7             Em
I tell too many lies
B7               Em
    Don't listen to me
        D7                   C                G
'Cause    I've lived in everybody's room but mine

[Outro]
B7              Em
   Don't listen to me
        D7                   C                G
'Cause    I've lived in everybody's room but mine.