G Hey there, weird kid in your high-top shoes D Sitting in the back of the class; I was just like you Em Always left out, never fit in C Owning that path you're walking in Mr. Misunderstood, Mr. Misunderstood
G Now, your buddies get their rocks off on Top 40 radio D But you love your daddy's vinyl, old-time rock and roll Em Elvis Costello, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and think Jeff Tweedy is one bad mother C Mr. Misunderstood, Mr. Misunderstood G One day you'll lead the charge, you'll lead the band D Guitar Hero with lightning hands Em And the girls will like your tattoos and the veins in your arms C They'll be helpless to your musical charms G And they'll all hold up their hands D And they'll all wanna dance Em C With Mr. Misunderstood, Mr. Misunderstood G First time I met Alabama Hannah, I was skinny as a rail D Red hair tied up in a blue bandana; she was hotter than the devil's Hell Em She turned me on to Back Porch Pickers, Jackson Pollock, and gin C Her daddy didn't trust my intentions, so he turned to his daddy's old .410 I'm Mr. Misunderstood, Mr. Misunderstood
G Had an axe to grind, so off I went D Mad at the sun for coming up again Em I lost religion, found my soul in the blues C Rubbed the velvet off my blue suede shoes G Yeah, everybody held up their hands D And every soul on Beale Street danced Em C With Mr. Misunderstood, Mr. Misunderstood G So I went with it like a colt on my Plymouth D Through the glass behind my rear-view Em Took a left when the world went right down 16th Avenue C Played with fire and I played on ledges G Every circus, stage, and county fair D They tried to file my points, sand my edges, and I just grew out my hair Em C I'm Mr. Misunderstood, I'm Mr. Misunderstood G They're standing in line, chasing the buzz D Til the next big things and already was Em And hell if they know what they're trying to find C If it ain't that same old, been-done kind G Yeah, gives the head-scratchers fits D Wondering how in the hell they missed Em C Mr. Misunderstood, Mr. Misunderstood G Hey there, weird kid in your high-top shoes
D Sitting in the back of the class; I was just like you Em Mr. Misunderstood (I understand) C Mr. Misunderstood (I understand) G Mr. Misunderstood (I understand) D Mr. Misunderstood (I understand) Em Mr. Misunderstood (I understand) C I'm Mr. Misunderstood (let's go out of here)
