How Do I Work
Words and music by Dar Williams
From I Have No History

Transcription by: Ron Greitzer
Date: January 15, 2003

(G)I chopped off that (Am)braid of hair
My (D)neighbor hooted and (C)people stared
So I tried to look (G)haughty, (G/F#)more occu(Em)pied
I (G)lost the weight, I (Am)go for walks
Some(D)times I'm out a (C)hundred blocks
And my clothes are like (G)caverns (G/F#)in which I (Em)hide
(C)When I return the doorman's there
Oh, if only he (D)knew
The (G)serv(G/F#)ic(Em)e
Not of his (C)open door
But of his open (D)smile to me

CHORUS:
(G)How (G/F#)do I (Em)work?
(C)How am I (D)put together?
(G)I (G/F#)still do not (Em)know
Though it's (C)late in the (Am)hour
Oh I (G)have some (G/F#)ways to (Em)go
How can I (C)grow without (D)just growing (G)old?

(G)I remember (Am)me as a child
I (D)often shrugged and (C)seldom smiled
In the mirror I (G)asked, "Is (G/F#)this all I (Em)am?"
In (G)class the teacher (Am)dressed in tweed
Said to (D)fly around the (C)room like milkweed
And she told me I (G)twirled (G/F#)like Martha (Em)Graham
(C)At the time I just turned away
But if only she (D)knew
How I (G)dan(G/F#)ce(Em)d in my (C)room that night
When everyone had (D)gone to sleep


CHORUS


So (G)now into my life of com(Am)puter mail
And a (D)single mark hanging (C)on its nail
Someone entered where (G)no one (G/F#)has even (Em)tried
Oh, (G)there has been so (Am)much for me
Out of (D)all the greatness in this (C)small city
I believe I have (G)beauty (G/F#)coiled up in(Em)side
(C)Sometimes I think that I can be tapped
Just like a (D)barrel
Oh, I'm (G)craz(G/F#)y, (Em)yeah
I (C)laugh at myself
Another lonely (D)kid grown up

(G)How (G/F#)can it (Em)work?
(C)How can we (D)live together?
(G)I (G/F#)still do not (Em)know
Though it's (C)late in the (Am)hour
Oh I (G)have some (G/F#)ways to (Em)go
Help me (C)grow
I'm (D)just growing (G)old

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