Key: E minor
Intro 1
Verse 1
E
C
I was staring at the sky,
G
Bm
just looking for a star
E
C
To pray on or wish on,
G
B
or something like that
E
C
I was having a sweet fix,
G
Bm
of a daydream of a boy
F
Em
Whose reality I knew,
Verse 2
E
C
But then the dove of hope began
G
Bm
its downward slope
E
C
And I believe for a moment that
my chances were
G
B
approaching to be grabbed
E
C
But as it came down near,
G
F
so did a weary tear
Em
A
I thought it was a bird,
Chorus 1
G
C
Hunger hurts, and I want him
F
G
so bad, oh it kills
G
C
'Cause I know I'm a mess
G
C
I've gotta fold 'cause these hands
F
G
are too shaky to hold
Em
A
Hunger hurts but starving works,
F
G
B
when it costs too much to love
Verse 3
E
C
G
And I went crazy again today,
Bm
E
looking for a strand to climb
C
G
B
Looking for a little hope
E
C
G
Baby said he couldn't stay,
Bm
F
wouldn't put his lips to mine
Em
A
A fail to kiss is a fail to cope
Verse 4
E
C
I said, honey, I don't feel so good,
G
Bm
don't feel justified
E
C
G
B
Come on, put a little love here in my void
E
C
He said, it's all in your head,
G
F
And I said, so's everything but he didn't get it
Em
A
I thought he was a man,
Chorus 2
G
C
Hunger hurts, and I want him
F
G
so bad, oh it kills
G
C
'Cause I know I'm a mess
G
C
I've gotta fold 'cause these hands
F
G
are too shaky to hold
Em
A
Hunger hurts but starving works,
Chorus 3
G
C
(love) Hunger hurts
F
G
but I want him so bad, oh it kills
G
C
'Cause I know I'm a mess
G
C
I got to fold because these hands
F
G
are just too shaky to hold
Em
A
Hunger hurts but starving works me,
Chorus 4
G
C
(love) Hunger hurts
F
G
but I want him so bad, oh it kills
G
C
Because I know that I'm a mess
G
C
I got to fold because these hands
F
G
are just too shaky to hold
Em
A
Hunger hurts but starving, it works
Outro 1
G
C
F
G
(love)
G
C
F
G
C
F
G
Em
A
F
F
G
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