Use an Open E tuning (E B E G# B E)
Uses a Bo-Diddley Strum
Chords
Intro:F# F# F# A B
F# A B F#
I am the son and the heir, of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
F# A B
I am the son and heir of nothing in particular
D A C#m E F#
You shut your mouth, how can you say ... I go about things the wrong way?
D A C#m E F# F# F# A B
I am Human and I need to be loved just like everybody else does
(Repeat Verse + Chorus)
D A C#m E F#
There's a club if you'd like to go ... You could meet somebody who really loves you
D A
So you go, and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own
C#m E F# F# F# A B
And you go home, and you cry, and you want to die
D A C#m E F#
When you say it's gonna happen now ... well, when exactly do you mean?
D A C#m E F#
See I've already waited too long ... and all my hope is gone
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Senour Average |
#1 by Senour Dakota at Oct 12, 1970 at 12:22 AM EST |
| Well I think it isn't about being gay, but just being ignored by all people of the other gender (or the same, whoever you are attracted to). Your whole life. Still you want to love, but you're not allowed, which depresses you a lot. According to everybody else, you're not trying to get someone the right way, which might be wrong. Or they tell you you must be patient, even when all your patience is gone. Whoever said that all teenagers feel like this: bullcrap. Most of them do get someone in time. | |
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Charley Rhythm Player |
#2 by Charley Hockin at Jun 18, 1971 at 11:33 AM EST |
| This is an amazing song. I prefer Love Spit Love's version to t.A.T.u.'s - which is damn strange, 'cause I love t.A.T.u.! | |
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ed Average |
#3 by ed lubecki at Sep 13, 1974 at 8:07 AM EST |
| I finally found out the name of this song and the group its by!!!! Charmed is one of my fave shows and I always hear it on there; I love this song! | |
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HammerOffFreak Professional |
#4 by HammerOffFreak at Sep 8, 1977 at 12:11 PM EST |
| I thought it said "I am the sun, I am the air". LOVE THE SONG ALL THE SAME! | |
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phil Wanna Be |
#5 by phil taylor at Sep 12, 1979 at 9:34 PM EST |
| charmed ruined this song. the smiths are too good to cover. | |
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Steven Average |
#6 by Steven Daniel at Nov 26, 1979 at 10:44 PM EST |
| Dang, I love Charmed. This is an amazing song too | |
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Faiz Average |
#7 by Faiz fender at Sep 1, 1981 at 7:40 PM EST |
| Im blown away by the content of this song. The verse How can you say? I go about things the wrong way I am human and I need to be loved... Just like everybody else... does >> is symbolic of my life. (sounds cheesy but...) | |
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jamie Lead Player |
#8 by jamie mordue at Sep 8, 1982 at 4:03 AM EST |
| I love the smith version but this is alright. I love charmed so when I first saw the show and I saw that they chose this song I was so excited. I think this song means that people need to stop being shallow and just shouldn't give up on love because they will find it one day. I think this song fits more into Phobe's storyline than any of the other sisters but it fits all of them. Prue: Prue was so into work and she didn't want to show love just to get hurt. Piper: Piper loved people but she really couldn't trust in it Phobe: Phobe was obsessed with looking for somebody to love and when she did she always seemed to get hurt so she just gave up and blocked love Paige: Paige wanted to make time for love but being a witch always seemed to interfere with that so she gives up for a while | |
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Obtuse Professional |
#9 by Obtuse at Apr 27, 1983 at 2:26 PM EST |
| i love the lyrics in this song! it so relates to me, and to most teenagers! its reeally beautifuul, and it also opens one of my fave shows! Charmed!! | |
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Shreder Dude Wanna Be |
#10 by Shreder Dude at May 5, 1983 at 2:46 PM EST |
| omg i can totally relate to this song- but does it have to be romantic/sexual love? i take it to mean love in general... Blah020122, i agree with you completely- especially about the advice bit- deep down you know that people are trying to be helpful, but they don't understand that its not so easy to follow the advice and so it just seems cruel. like in the song when they talk about "going to the club" but that is a painful experience and it makes you resent the person who told you to go in the first place... | |
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Sam Average |
#11 by Sam Ordway at Oct 5, 1984 at 12:59 PM EST |
| I think this song is about being gay and all the confusion that comes with it.... not being treated like a human, and not being seen as deserving as love, and going to a gay bar thinking that you will meet somebody like you only to leave alone and more depressed than before. | |
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The Real Slim S Average |
#12 by The Real Slim Shady at Jul 18, 1985 at 3:39 PM EST |
| It's a sad song...unfortunately I can relate... | |
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ryan Lead Player |
#13 by ryan harney at Jul 29, 1985 at 1:42 PM EST |
| hmmm, well, i can rel8 to this song in a certin way...but it also sounds like there is another meaning to this song. the part that says: "You shut your mouth How can you say? I go about things the wrong way I am human and I need to be loved... Just like everybody else... does" im not saying he is, but it sounds like the guy is talking about himself or someone else being gay, but they are human just like everyone else so they deserve to be loved to. i dunno..lol. but i still love this song no matter wat its about!!! | |
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zach Wanna Be |
#14 by zach lilly at Feb 10, 1987 at 2:57 PM EST |
| I like this. This is the kind of song/lyrics I am talking about. Make me think, make me wonder, make me wanna listen. This is the perfect example of what I'm talking about. REBEL AGAINST ALL ODDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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rikiscorner Average |
#15 by rikiscorner at Oct 9, 1990 at 9:41 AM EST |
| aren't we supposed to say what this song means? all i read was "charmed intro", and "it's related to me"... Well, it is the charmed intro... and it is related to you in some way.... but what does it want to say? what is it's deepest and darkest meaning? what is this song trying to say?... all i can say is i dont know... | |
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TOm Wanna Be |
#16 by TOm HIrsch at Nov 30, 1990 at 3:22 PM EST |
| These lyrics are actually pretty straightforward. I don't think it's about being gay. While it certainly could be about somebody who is gay, homosexuality isn't the issue. The issue is "a shyness that is criminally vulgar." This is about someone who desperately "need[s] to be loved," but, try as he might, he lacks the social skills to make a connection with somebody. Perhaps he suffers from Asperger's Syndrome or Social Anxiety Disorder. "You shut your mouth! How can you say that I go about things the wrong way?" is his frustrated response to well-meaning but decidedly unhelpful advice. One example of such advice is, "Get out of the house! Put yourself out there, and you'll might somebody." "Well, there's a club..." So he follows the advice, and goes to this club, but he doesn't understand what to do when he gets there. He doesn't know how to approach somebody and start a conversation, especially when it seems like everybody else is already involved in a conversation with somebody, and he really doesn't know how to approach a group of people and interject himself into an existing conversation on a topic about which he knows nothing. So he ends up spending the evening standing around on his own, watching other people, observing, futilely trying to figure out how they do it, and why it seems so easy for everybody except him. As he stands there, watching everybody else seeming to have such an easy time and so naturally doing what is so impossible for him, he feels worse and worse about himself. At the end of the night, having spent most or all of it alone, he goes home, still alone, throws himself on the bed (where he will sleep -- you guessed it -- alone), and cries. Other examples of unhelpful advice (not mentioned in the song, but that I know from experience): "Believe in yourself. Confidence is attractive. If you believe, you will succeed." "The reason you've been experiencing so many years of failure is because you don't believe in yourself." "Just be yourself." "You're a great guy with a lot to offer. Eventually you'll meet somebody." This, while obviously well-intentioned, can actually be extremely cruel. Think about the effect of this on somebody who keeps hearing it from a lot of different sources. "You have to love yourself before somebody else can love you." "It will happen when you least expect it." "You have to realize that you don't have to have a relationship to be happy. Look at me, I just went through a very difficult break-up, and you don't see me giving up, do you?" Finally, ladies, one request on behalf of all the losers: Don't ever say "All the good ones are taken" within earshot of one who is not taken. Remember, losers have feelings, too. Very intense feelings. Oh, yeah, that reminds me: "You're not a loser." "You're a great person, and..." | |
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Sam Average |
#17 by Sam Ordway at Sep 12, 1993 at 5:10 AM EST |
| I love this song, its sad I used to watch Charmed, and I made everyone shut up while this came on :P. Legend song, some bits Im not quite sure about, where it sounds flat. This is the best of the versions of its Ive heard though. | |
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Zac Wanna Be |
#18 by Zac Fielder at Oct 13, 1996 at 3:27 PM EST |
| This song is a cover, it was originally done by The Smiths. | |
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Pablo Rhythm Player |
#19 by Pablo Muņiz at Jan 17, 2000 at 10:37 PM EST |
| this is a cool song n its a gr8 theme tune 2 a tv show unlike sum i know which is gud | |
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Razzle Wanna Be |
#20 by Razzle jester at Jun 17, 2001 at 4:01 PM EST |
| While I like this version all right, I find I prefer the Smiths version best of all. The theme of lonliness and alienation is very evident, and probably something all of us can relate to to some extent. | |
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sebastian Average |
#21 by sebastian daalmeijer at Jun 28, 2001 at 10:05 AM EST |
| These lyrics are actually pretty straightforward. I don't think it's about being gay. While it certainly could be about somebody who is gay, homosexuality isn't the issue. The issue is "a shyness that is criminally vulgar." This is about someone who desperately "need[s] to be loved," but, try as he might, he lacks the social skills to make a connection with somebody. Perhaps he suffers from Asperger's Syndrome or Social Anxiety Disorder. "You shut your mouth! How can you say that I go about things the wrong way?" is his frustrated response to well-meaning but decidedly unhelpful advice. One example of such advice is, "Get out of the house! Put yourself out there, and you'll might somebody." Put myself out where? "Well, there's a club..." So he follows the advice, and goes to this club, but he doesn't understand what to do when he gets there. He doesn't know how to approach somebody and start a conversation, especially when it seems like everybody else is already involved in a conversation with somebody, and he really doesn't know how to approach a group of people and interject himself into an existing conversation on a topic about which he knows nothing. So he ends up spending the evening standing around on his own, watching other people, observing, futilely trying to figure out how they do it, and why it seems so easy for everybody except him. As he stands there, watching everybody else seeming to have such an easy time and so naturally doing what is so impossible for him, he feels worse and worse about himself. At the end of the night, having spent most or all of it alone, he goes home, still alone, throws himself on the bed (where he will sleep -- you guessed it -- alone), and cries. Other examples of unhelpful advice (not mentioned in the song, but that I know from experience): "Believe in yourself. Confidence is attractive. If you believe, you will succeed." Oh, give me a break. First of all, it's impossible; I can't simply choose to believe something when the weight of all the evidence is against it. Second of all, my lack of confidence comes from years and years of failure, not vice versa. "The reason you've been experiencing so many years of failure is because you don't believe in yourself." You're not listening. I haven't always felt this way. "Just be yourself." No sh!t. Who the f%ck do you think I'm being? I'm always myself. "You're a great guy with a lot to offer. Eventually you'll meet somebody." This, while obviously well-intentioned, can actually be extremely cruel. Think about the effect of this on somebody who keeps hearing it from a lot of different sources. When is eventually? How soon is now? According to everybody, if I'm a great guy with a lot to offer, then eventually I'll meet somebody. Unfortunately, it seems like eventually would be here by now, and I still haven't met somebody, so that must mean... that I'm not a great guy with a lot to offer. "You have to love yourself before somebody else can love you." Yeah, the previous point pretty much KO'ed my self-esteem. Plus, see the earlier discussion of confidence. "It will happen when you least expect it." If you really believed that, you'd let me believe that it won't happen, because that way it would. But you're trying to keep me optimistic precisely because you know that "It will happen when you least expect it" is a croc. "You have to realize that you don't have to have a relationship to be happy. Look at me, I just went through a very difficult break-up, and you don't see me giving up, do you?" That's kind of the point. You've been through a number of relationships, and none of them have turned into permanance, but at least you've been able to get to that point. Me, I haven't even kissed a girl in eight years. Don't give me that "You don't have to have somebody" garbage. Believe it or not, I am human, and I need to be loved, just like anybody else does. Finally, ladies, one request on behalf of all the losers: Don't ever say "All the good ones are taken" within earshot of one who is not taken. Oh, that reminds me of another one: "You're not a loser." You have a strange definition of 'loser.' "You're a great person and..." I didn't say I'm a bad person. I said I'm a loser. Don't pretend not to understand the difference. | |
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Maggot Man Wanna Be |
#22 by Maggot Man at Jul 19, 2001 at 3:35 PM EST |
| This verson was done, not for Charmed, but for The Craft, which is an awesome movie. I really like this song especially the verse "There's a club if you'd like to go...." it's just really kind of lonely | |
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birdman Average |
#23 by birdman ethdh at Aug 26, 2003 at 12:11 PM EST |
| i LOVE Charmed i watch it everyday and i hear this song!!!! now i finally know the name of it! | |
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Joe Average |
#24 by Joe Blurton at Apr 22, 2005 at 8:55 AM EST |
| Charmed rocks!! That's where I heard this song! | |
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HIYA Wanna Be |
#25 by HIYA at Oct 24, 2006 at 7:20 PM EST |
| great song. even though it's been covered a thousand times, this is probably my favorite version | |
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