Hard to explain  (2001)     (video)

 

    G - Em - C - Am - D   - C - Am - G

 

   G               Em       Am  - C        D

1.    Was an honest man        he asked me for the phone,

       D

    tried to take control.

           C                               Am

    Oh, I don't see it that way, I don't see it that way.

 

+  G ~

 

   G                     Em     Am   - C   D

2.    We shared some ideas,       all obsessed with fame,

       D

    says we're all the same.

          C                                Am

    Oh, I don't see it that way, I don't see it that way.

       G                  Em  - G                     Em

    Raised in Carolina        I'm not like that,

      G             Em        - G                       Em

    tryin' to remind her        when we go back.

 

     G

I missed the last bus, I'll take the next train,

  Em

I try, but you see it's hard to explain.

    G

I said the right things, but act the wrong way,

  Em

I like it right here, but I cannot stay.

     G

I watched the TV, forget what I'm told,

      Em

well, I am too young and they are too old.

        G

The joke is on you, this place is a zoo,

           Em

you're right, it's true.

 

+  G - Em - C - Am - D   - C - Am - G

 

     G                Em      Am  - C       D

2. He said he can't decide,      I shake my head to say

     D

    everything's just great.

           C                                Am

    Oh, I just can't remember, I just can't remember.

       G                 Em   - G                    Em

    Raised in Carolina,       I'm not like that,

      G            Em         - G                       Em

    tryin' to remind her        when we go back.

 

    G

I said the right things, but act the wrong way,

  Em

I like it right here, but I cannot stay.

    G

I watched the TV, forget what I'm told,

Em

  I am too young and they are too old.

       G

I'll make it you see, I'm ever so pleased,

      Em

pretend to be nice, so I can be mean.

     G

I missed the last bus, I'll take the next train,

  Em

I try, but you see, it's hard to explain.

 

 

    (The Strokes)