INTRO: NC

B  E/B  B  E/B

B                                   E/B
  Give me a plate and I'd break it
B                              E/B
  Show me a smile and I'd cry
B                                   E/B
  Give me your love and I'd hate it
            B             Em      D/F#
Tell me the truth and I'd lie

B  E/B  B  E/B

B                                 E/B
  Give me a crust and I'd burn it
B                               E/B
  Show me the way and I'd shout
B                                E/B
  Give me a page and I'd turn it
               B            Em    D/F#
Well you could never put me down
G        Amadd4
Down

E         A                E           A6   
  Misunderstood like a cockroach
                             (As tasty as a crab)
E               A            E               A6
  Just tries to live for the day
                                 (My world's on my back)
E              A               E               A6
  People won't need to be frightened
                                (As frightened as I am)
   D            D/C#              Bm9

Excepting I was born this way
                              (Excepting I was born this way)
E                A            E         A6
  Don't sweep me under the carpet
                              (Tomorrow I'll be there)
E                A              E               A6
  Don't file me away for my sins
                                (There's some I can't repair)
E                A              E                  A6
  Friends are now beginning to say
                                  (So pleased with their despair)
     D             D/C#       
How comes I didn't talk to him
Bm                   B
    I didn't talk to him

   E6/B  B  E6/B
B  E6/B  B  E6/B

B                               E/B
  Give me an egg and I'd suck it
B                                E/B
  Show me the sun and I'd freeze
B                                E/B
  Give me a nest and some honey
             B             Em  D/F#
Keep all the birds and the bee- es
G     Amadd4  
Plea- ease!
G            C       B     D
Helplessness under my wing
G           C            Bm   D   A
People said don't talk to hi- im 

E         A                E           A6   
  Misunderstood like a cockroach
                             (As tasty as a crab)
E               A            E               A6
  Just tries to live for the day
                                 (My world's on my back)
E              A               E               A6
  People won't need to be frightened
                                (As frightened as I am)
   D            D/C#              Bm9

Excepting I was born this way
                              (Excepting I was born this way)
E                A            E         A6
  Don't sweep me under the carpet
                              (Tomorrow I'll be there)
E                A              E               A6
  Don't file me away for my sins
                                (There's some I can't repair)
E                A              E                  A6
  Friends are now beginning to say
                                  (So pleased with their despair)
     D             D/C#       
How comes I didn't talk to him
Bm                   B
    I didn't talk to him

   E6/B  B  E6/B
B  E6/B  B  E6/B

(repeat with vocal ad lib to fade)