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(intro) A D
A
Well if you don't like it
D
Can Go ahead, find yourself a saint
Go ahead now,
A
Try to find a boy
D
who's gonna be what I ain't
now what you need is
F#m A
A plastic doll with a fresh coat of paint
F#m A
Who's gonna sit through the madness
F#m A
And always acts so quaint
D
Said yeah yeah yeah
( A D )
With your new friend
You're really making a scene
And I see you bouncing around
From machine to machine
And you know
( F#m A )
They're never real, they're
Never what they seem
And you can try to generate some warmth
And you see just what I mean
D
I said yeah yeah yeah
( A D )
And If I'm acting like a king
Well that's cause I'm a human being
and if I want too many things
don't you know that
I'm a human being
and if I've got to dream
baby baby baby yeah
I'm a human being
and when it gets a bit obscene
(wooah) I'm a human being
( F#m A )
And I've just got to go around
With my head hung down
Just like a human, babe,
An unknown human being
And I can hold my head so high
D
Cause I'm a human, a riff raff human being
( A D )
why won't you give me a little sip
why don't you try me on a drag of that cigarette
why don't you try to give me something
that I will never ever forget
( F#m A )
But now don't you blow it all
on a million dollar bet
because you're liable to lose it
on the best lovin' you've had yet
D
I'm beggin yeah yeah oh yeah
( A D )
And If I'm acting like a king
Well that's cause I'm a human being
I want too many things
Don't you know that
I'm a human being
And if I've got to dream
I said well, I'm a human being
And when it gets a bit obscene
(wooah) I'm a human being
( F#m A )
And I've got to go around
With my head hung down
Just like a human, babe
An unknown human being
and I can hold my head so high
D
Cause I'm a human, a riff raff human being
A
In fact I'm talking about the human race
D
You're trying to cover up the big disgrace
A
I said yeah yeah yeah,
D
Oh C'mon C'mon C'mon
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah
(solo) A D
F#m A D
( A D )
Well I may think that this whole scene is just a
Too appalling for me
Or I may be the type who's just a mad about
Every little thing that I see
Well I can
(F#m A)
Color that with mystery
Or make it just what I want it to be
While I'm blowing my change on the fan magazines
With all the Hollywood refugees, screaming
D
Yeah yeah, oh yeah
( A D )
And If I'm acting like a king
I said well, I'm a human being
And if I want too many things
don't you know that
I'm a human being
And if I've got to dream
Baby baby, I'm a human being
And when it gets a bit obscene
(wooah) I'm a human being
(solo) A D
F#m A
( F#m A F#m A F#m A F#m A A D )
Written by David Johansen/Johnny Thunders