Pot Head Chords
Pot Head by Daniel Johnston is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Gm. It uses the chords Gm, Dm, C, F, Em, Am, Bm, B, G, A and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
Gm Dm
Man you look like old man's eyes
C F
When I saw you in that room
Em Am
And now you're on tour
C Bm B
They booked you in the asylum
Verse
Gm Dm C F
You work so hard at being a buffoon
Em Am
And now you ain't got no incentive left
C Bm B
You popped your own balloon
C G
You wanted to be somebody
F C B
But you ain't nobody
C
You ain't got no body
G
You're just a head
C G
You're just a pothead
Bridge
A
I heard one day they said you got so high
D
You ate up a chicken head and it was still alive
A
I have some friends who swear you did so don't deny
D
Some day you're gonna get so messed up
You'll eat the head off your kid
A
And won't you be sorry, pothead
Verse
Gm Dm
You brag to all your friends
C F
About the fun you had last night
Em Am C Bm B
I wonder if you realise you forgot to brush your teeth
Gm Dm
And then you'll come a-bummin'
C F
Asking for some money
Em Am
You even tried to roll the sacred pages
C Bm B
And you burnt your lip
Verse
Gm Dm
That lip is has a trench in it
C F
Where that wild weed sits
Em Am
Sucking like a parasite
C Bm B
Of any sense you might have left
Verse
Gm Dm
You say that you are happy
C F
And you like stormy weather
Em Am
Well I think that you're just dumb
C Bm B
And you don't know any better
Verse
Gm Dm
You play your rock and roll guitar
C F
You say you're gonna be a big star
Em Am
But everyone in this neighborhood
C Bm B
Knows just who you are
Verse
Gm Dm
No I ain't tryin' to be hard
C F
I don't mean to be cruel
Em Am
I'm just tryin' to say something that'll shock
C B
You into going back to school
C
Or maybe at least reality
G
In this year
C
Pothead
Outro
C G
You wanted to be somebody
F C
But you ain't nobody
B C
You ain't got no body
G
You're just a head
C G