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