Intro Bbdim G Bbdim G x 2 G C G

G I’m not the wreck of the C Hesperus
G Feel more like the C Wall of B7 China
Em Getting Em/D old as A Methuselah
B7 Feel tall as the Em Eiffel Em/D Tower

Inter Bbdim G Bbdim G C G

G I’m not a power of at-C torney
G But I can rock as good C as Gi-B7 braltar
Em Ain’t no Em/D more no spring A chicken
B7 Been plucked but Em I’m still Em/D kicking
But it’s Bbdim al-G right,
Bbdim it’s al-G right D/F#

Em Poison penmen sneak, C7 have no nerve to speak
Am Make up lies then they Em leak ‘m out
Em Behind a pseudonym, C7 the rottenness in them
Am Reaching out trying to B7 touch me

G Met some Oscars and C Tonys
G I slipped on a C pavement B7 oyster
Em Met a Em/D snake climbing A ladders
B7 Got out of the Em line of Em/D fire
But it’s Bbdim al-G right,

Instr Bbdim G Bbdim G x 2 G D/F#

Em Brainless writers C7 gossip nonsenses
Am To others heads as dense as Em they is
Em It’s the Em/D same old Am alady
Am What they see is B7 faulty

G I’m not the wreck of the C Hesperus
G Feel more like C Big Bill B7 Broonzy
Em Getting Em/D old as my A mother
B7 But I tell you I Em got some Em/D company
But it’s Bbdim al-G right,

Instr Bbdim G Bbdim G x 4

But it’s Bbdim al-G right, Bbdim it’s al-G right
But it’s Bbdim al-G right, Bbdim it’s al-G right (rep. y desap.)