G           D
See all the people
     C               D
With hatred in their eyes
G             D
I can't help thinking that
C              D
It's only a disguise
       G               D
Cause underneath that core
               Em
There's got to be more
          C      D
Than what we realize

[Verse]
G             D
Maybe they're scared
           C      D
To let the inside out
G                 D
Maybe they're afraid to
       C               D
Show what they're all about
         G             D                   Em
So they put on a heavy front and hope that no one else
     C         D
Can work them out
        Em     C            D
So they put on all the heaviness
        Em     C           D
But its only illusion heaviness
          C   Em  D
Can't you see

They're scared to
G             D        C      D
Show a little bit of emotion
  G             D      C      D
A little bit of real emotion
        G        B7       Em
In case a little bit of emotion
C           D
Gives them away

[Verse]
G                  D       C             D
Look at that lady dancing around with no clothes
G                       D
She'll give you all her body
C                        D
That's if you've got the dough
G                   D
She'll let you see most
                     Em
Anything but there's one thing
         C         D
That she'll never show

             G             D        C   D
And that's a little bit of real emotion
   G              D      C    D
A little bit of true emotion
       G          B7      Em
In case a little bit of emotion
C          D
Gives her away

           Em          C           D
But it's a shame she's acting that way
              Em        C             D
Somehow she's gotta get through every day
             C   Em  D
And the only way

          G               D        C     D
Is not to show one little bit of emotion
  G             D      C     D
A little bit of true emotion
   G             B7        Em   C          D
In case a little bit of emotion gives her away

[Chorus]
C
People learn their lines
Bm
And they act out their part
Am
Then they talk on cue
G
But it's got no heart
C
It's all on the surface
Bm
And it's all contrived
Am
They're scared to come out
C                      D
Somehow they've got to survive

[Verse]
G            D
Look at that looney
        C           D
With a smile on his face
G           D
He knows no shame
    C          D
And feels no disgrace
           G           D
He's got a look in his eyes
              Em                  C     D
That makes it seem that he's from outer space

[Verse]
G          D            C             D
Maybe that looney knows what it's all about
 G                    D          C             D
He's got something to say but he can't spit it out
G             D            Em C         D
He's unco-ordinated     so we shut him out

{Outro]
           G              D          C     D
In case he shows a little bit of emotion
   G            D       C    D
A little bit of real emotion
        G             B7      Em
We're afraid to see a bit of emotion
        C    D
So we walk away
G             D              C   D
Show a little bit of real emotion
G             D           C    D
Show a little bit of emotion
         G            B7       Em
We're afraid to see a bit of emotion
        C       D 
So we walk away