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Misunderstood

Pete Townshend
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
/  xx0353
 
 Just wanna be misunderstood
 Wanna be feared in my neighborhood
 Just wanna be a moody man
 Say things that nobody can understand
I  wanna be obscure  and oblique
 Inscrutable  and vague
So  hard to pin down
I  wanna leave open mouths  when I speak
 Want people  to cry when I put  them down
 I wanna be either old or young
 Don't like where I've ended up or where I begun
 I always feel I must get things in the can
 I just can't handle it the way I am
 Why am I so straight and simple
 People see through me like I'm made of glass
 Why can't I deepen with graying temples
 Am I growing out of my class
 ||:  ( )  :||
 I always feel I should be somewhere else
 I feel impatient like a girl on the shelf
 They say that I should live sera sera
 But I am such an ordinary star
 
Coolwalkingsmoothtalkingstraightsmokingfirestoking
Coolwalkingsmoothtalking, yeah
 Just wanna be misunderstood
 Wanna be feared in my neighborhood
 Just wanna be a moody man
 Say things that nobody can understand
Coolwalkingsmoothtalkingstraightsmokingfirestoking

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Readable chord sheet for Misunderstood by Pete Townshend

[C7]/[D]  xx0353

   [E5]  [B5]   [A5]  [B5]

Just wanna be misunderstood
Wanna be feared in my neighborhood
Just wanna be a moody man
Say things that nobody can understand

[D7]I wanna be obsc[G/D]ure and oblique
In[C7]scr[D]utable and vague
[D]So hard to pin down

[D7]I wanna leave open [G/D]mouths when I speak
Want [C7]peo[D]ple to cry when I [B5]put them down

I wanna be either old or young
Don't like where I've ended up or where I begun
I always feel I must get things in the can
I just can't handle it the way I am

Why am I so straight and simple
People see through me like I'm made of glass
Why can't I deepen with graying temples
Am I growing out of my class

||:[B5]  [B5] ([F#] [A] [Bb]) :||

I always feel I should be somewhere else
I feel impatient like a girl on the shelf
They say that I should live sera sera
But I am such an ordinary star

   [F#]   [C#]    [B]   [C#]

[F#]Coolwalking[C#]smoothtalking[B]straightsmoking[C#]firestoking

[F#]Coolwalking[C#]smoothtalking, [B]yeah

Just wanna be misunderstood
Wanna be feared in my neighborhood
Just wanna be a moody man
Say things that nobody can understand

[E5]Coolwalking[B5]smoothtalking[A5]straightsmoking[B5]firestoking

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