Havent Been Doing So Well chords by Frank Turner

[Intro]
 
|G  G      Am  G  
F  Csus2  F   Csus2| [x2]
 
[Verse 1]
       G                   
It's a day with a 'Y' in it 
G   Am
so obviously I'm over it
G   F                         Csus2  F
I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired
   Csus2 G
And I've tried not to worry
   G     Am
And I've tried being sorry
    G     F                      
For being born in the wrong place 
 Csus2  F
and wrong time
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
                Dm         
'Cause I've been messed up,
C             F             G
 stressed out, talking to myself again
Dm         C         F            G
Locked up, left out, terrified of everything
Dm        C         
Wound up, found out,
F                               G
waiting around for something to give
 
 
[Chorus 1]
               Am          F
Don't you ever wake up and suspect
              C                       G
That you were simply never cut out to be
            Am           F
The kind of person they expect
    C                      G
Thе person you intended to bе?
      Dm          C          F     G
And I keep it all in with my idiot grin
        Dm       C   
And I'm doing my best 
           F             G
but there's very little left
    Dm         C     
So cut me some slack 
     F          G       F
if I crawl back into my shell
                           G  
I haven't been doing so well

 G Am G F Csus2 F
                   Csus2   G   
I haven't been doing so well

G Am G F Csus2 F
 
 
[Verse 2]
Csus2  G              G      Am
I got a brand new name for an old, 

old friend
     G     F      Csus2 F
The doctor said it's anxiety
  Csus2 G
And it makes a lot of sense
       G    Am
'Cause I've been so tense
G    F                     Csus2  F
Some days I find it difficult to see
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 2]
                 Dm         
'Cause I've been hemmed in,
C            F             G
penned down, struggling to find myself
Dm        C         F              G
Caved in, cut down, scared of everybody else
Dm          C            
Dragged in, dragged down,
F                         G 
searching for a reason to live
 
 
[Chorus 2]
               Am          F
Don't you ever wake up and suspect
               C                      G
That you were simply never cut out to be
            Am           F
The kind of person they expect
    C                      G
The person you intended to be?
      Dm         C           F     G
And I keep it all in with my idiot grin
        Dm       C   
And I'm doing my best 
            F           G  
but there's very little left
   Dm          C   
So cut me some slack
     F          G       F
if I crawl back into my shell
                        Am   F   C   G
I haven't been doing so well
             Am   F   C   G
Couldn't you tell?
 
 
[Verse 3]
            Dm             C   
And if self-loathing was a sport 
         F      G 
I'd be Muhammad Ali
             Dm           C        
'Cause I can sting like a butterfly 
    F           G
and sink like a bee
               Dm       C    
But they don't hand out medals 
   F             G
to monsters like me
   F
Oh well
                        Csus2 Csus2/F F6/D
I haven't been doing so well
 
 
[Bridge]

F                        Csus2
Maybe I can do with some help

 Csus2/F F6/D

F                       Csus2 
I haven't been doing so well

Csus2/F F6/D

F                        Csus2 
Maybe I can do with some help

Csus2/F F6/D F
 
 
[Chorus 3]
                   Am          F
'Cause every day I wake up and suspect
           C                       G
That I was simply never cut out to be
            Am          F
The kind of person they expect
    C                    G
The person I intended to be
           Dm      C       
'Cause I'm not Joe Strummer, 
      F      G
not Muhammad Ali
      Dm            C
Not a teacher, not a builder
       F           G
Just uncomfortable me
    Dm          C             F   
And maybe, just maybe, I'll admit 
             G            F 
that I could use a little help
                        Am
I haven't been doing so well

ℹ️ About This Song

On the 16th of September 2021, the song is released. The key of the track is D major.

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Song: Haven’t Been Doing So Well
Artist: Frank Turner
Album: FTHC

• Tuning: (EADGBE)
• Key: D
• Chords: D, Dsus2/G, Em, G, G6/E, A, Bm,
• Suggested Strumming: DU DU DU DU
• D = Down Stroke, U = UpStroke, N.C = No Chords

Guitar Chords	Ukulele Chords
D – xx0232 Dsus2 – xx0230 Dsus2/G – 300230 Em – 022000 G – 320003 G6/E – 020000 A – x02220 Bm – x24432	D – 2220 Dsus2 – 2200 Dsus2/G – 0200 Em – 0402 G – 0232 G6/E – 0202 A – 2100 Bm – 4222