Intro
[G-Cadd9]
[G-Cadd9]
[G]Pulling on the apron strings looking up
[Cadd9]Standing on the chair to be grown up
I [Em]feel so little, I need my pillow
[D]I hate the time, I hate the clock, I want to be a dog or I want to be a rock
[G]Sunday's pancakes Miss Mary Mack
[Cadd9]Color Polariods show my heart attack
In my [G]second-hand pants and dusty shoes
The [Cadd9]day that the playground laughed at my shoes
It's my [Em]birthday next week and what I want please
Is to [D]turn on the heat so the fish won't freeze
The [Cadd9]fish in the tank froze and died last week
Oh I [D]want to be a dog or I want to be a leaf
Chorus
[G]Quarry [D]miners, f[Em]isher[D]men
[Cadd9]In my town of Bethlehe[D]m
[G]Picket [D]fences, c[Em]hurch at t[D]en
No [Cadd9]star above my Bethlehem
Now I'm [G]only 16 and I think I have an ulcer
I'm [Cadd9]hiding my sex behind a dirty sweatshirt
I've [Em]lost five pounds these past few days
[D]Trying to be class president and get straight A's,
Well, [Cadd9]who gives a shit about that anyway?
I just[D] want to be a dog or a lump of clay
Chorus
[G]Quarry [D]miners,[Em] fish[D]ermen
[Cadd9]In my town of Bethlehe[D]m
[G]Picket [D]fences,[Em] church [D]at ten
[Cadd9]No star above my [D]Bethlehem
Bridge
[Cadd9]Still I'm tired of standing [Em]still
Tired of living s[Am]till
[Cadd9]Everyday I [Am]dream of leaving[Cadd9-D]
[D]Everybody's talking about Becky's bust
The boy[D]s on the basketball team just fuck
The sa[Em]me ten girls, who don't know who they are
They're [D]looking for some comfort in the back of a car
The [Cadd9]six-packs of beer, the locker room jeers
I don'[D]t want to be me, I don't want to be here
Chorus
[G]Quarry [D]miners, [Em]fisher[D]men
[Cadd9]In my town of Bethlehe[D]m
[G]Picket [D]fences, [Em]church at [D]ten
[Cadd9]No star above my Bethlehem
[G]Red brick s[D]choolhouse[Em-D-Cadd9-D]
[G]Dead end [D]dirt roads, [Em]daffo[D]dils
[Cadd9]No star above my [D]Bethlehem
Coda
[Cadd9]I want to be a dog or I want to be a rock[Cadd9]
I don't [D]want to be me, I don't want to be here in [G]Bethlehem.
[G-Cadd9]
[G-Cadd9]
[G]Pulling on the apron strings looking up
[Cadd9]Standing on the chair to be grown up
I [Em]feel so little, I need my pillow
[D]I hate the time, I hate the clock, I want to be a dog or I want to be a rock
[G]Sunday's pancakes Miss Mary Mack
[Cadd9]Color Polariods show my heart attack
In my [G]second-hand pants and dusty shoes
The [Cadd9]day that the playground laughed at my shoes
It's my [Em]birthday next week and what I want please
Is to [D]turn on the heat so the fish won't freeze
The [Cadd9]fish in the tank froze and died last week
Oh I [D]want to be a dog or I want to be a leaf
Chorus
[G]Quarry [D]miners, f[Em]isher[D]men
[Cadd9]In my town of Bethlehe[D]m
[G]Picket [D]fences, c[Em]hurch at t[D]en
No [Cadd9]star above my Bethlehem
Now I'm [G]only 16 and I think I have an ulcer
I'm [Cadd9]hiding my sex behind a dirty sweatshirt
I've [Em]lost five pounds these past few days
[D]Trying to be class president and get straight A's,
Well, [Cadd9]who gives a shit about that anyway?
I just[D] want to be a dog or a lump of clay
Chorus
[G]Quarry [D]miners,[Em] fish[D]ermen
[Cadd9]In my town of Bethlehe[D]m
[G]Picket [D]fences,[Em] church [D]at ten
[Cadd9]No star above my [D]Bethlehem
Bridge
[Cadd9]Still I'm tired of standing [Em]still
Tired of living s[Am]till
[Cadd9]Everyday I [Am]dream of leaving[Cadd9-D]
[D]Everybody's talking about Becky's bust
The boy[D]s on the basketball team just fuck
The sa[Em]me ten girls, who don't know who they are
They're [D]looking for some comfort in the back of a car
The [Cadd9]six-packs of beer, the locker room jeers
I don'[D]t want to be me, I don't want to be here
Chorus
[G]Quarry [D]miners, [Em]fisher[D]men
[Cadd9]In my town of Bethlehe[D]m
[G]Picket [D]fences, [Em]church at [D]ten
[Cadd9]No star above my Bethlehem
[G]Red brick s[D]choolhouse[Em-D-Cadd9-D]
[G]Dead end [D]dirt roads, [Em]daffo[D]dils
[Cadd9]No star above my [D]Bethlehem
Coda
[Cadd9]I want to be a dog or I want to be a rock[Cadd9]
I don't [D]want to be me, I don't want to be here in [G]Bethlehem.
