Intro: CmA#CmA#CmA#G#CmD#CmD#
No one ever thought this one would survive.
CmD#G#A#
Helpless child, gonna walk a drum beat behind.
CmD#CmD#
Lock you in a dream, never let you go,
CmD#G#A#
never let you laugh or smile, not you.
G#A#CmG#
Well, I just want to walk right out of this world,
A#Cm
ʼcause everybody has a poison heart.
G#A#CmG#
I just want to walk right out of this world,
A#Cm
ʼcause everybody has a poison heart.
CmA#CmA#CmD#CmD#
Making friends with a homeless torn up man,
CmD#G#A#
he just kind of smiles, it really shakes me up.
CmD#CmD#
Thereʼs danger on every corner but Iʼm okay,
CmD#G#A#
walking down the street trying to forget yesterday.
G#A#CmG#
Well, I just want to walk right out of this world,
A#Cm
ʼcause everybody has a poison heart.
G#A#CmG#
I just want to walk right out of this world,
A#Cm
ʼcause everybody has a poison heart,
A#CmA#CmA#G#
a poison heart, a poison heart, a poison heart.
Solo: D#G#D#G#CmD#CmD#
You know that life really takes its toll
CmD#G#A#
and a poetʼs gut reaction is to search his very soul.
CmD#CmD#
So much damn confusion before my eyes,
CmD#G#A#
but nothing seems to phase me and this one still survives.
G#A#CmG#
Well, I just want to walk right out of this world,
A#Cm
ʼcause everybody has a poison heart.
G#A#CmG#
I just want to walk right out of this world,
A#Cm
ʼcause everybody has a poison heart.
A#CmA#CmA#CmA#
a poison heart, a poison heart, a poison heart.
CmA#CmA#G#A#Cm
a poison heart, a poison heart, a poison heart.