The version used is the acoustic version. The chords are the same for the album version.
Chords used:
Gm: 355333
C: 335553
F: 133211
D: 557775
Dsus4: 557785
Csus4: 335565
[Verse]
Gm C Gm C
All the kids around my way
Gm C Gm C
You bought that flake, get through the day
F
And I'm inside just countin' blues
D
Hiding from the TV news
Gm C Gm C
Sex and drugs is all my pleasure
Gm C Gm C
In this little life of leisure
F
A pretty girl, she don't believe
D Dsus4
Anything she hears or sees
[Chorus]
Gm C Gm C
Well, what's the word on the street?
Gm C Gm C
What's the word on the street?
F
What's the word I need to tell myself
D Dsus4
'Cause all the pills, they just ain't helpin' me
Gm C Gm C
I can't think or see
[Verse 2]
Gm C Gm C
Soon in love we all succumb
Gm C Gm C
You get nine lives and then you're done
F
But here they comes, your politician
D Dsus4
Stage magician, little difference
[Chorus]
Gm C Gm C
Well, what's the word on the street?
Gm C Gm C
What's the word on the street?
F
What's the word I need to tell myself
D Dsus4
'Cause all the pills, they just ain't helpin' me
Gm C Gm C
I can't fight the sea
[Bridge]
Gm C Gm C
Gm C Gm C (Csus4)
D F D Dsus4
[Chorus]
Gm C Gm C
Well, what's the word on the street?
Gm C Gm C
I said What's the word on the street?
Gm C Gm C
Well, what's the word on the street?
Gm C Gm C
I said What's the word on the street?
F
What's the word I need to tell myself
D Dsus4
'Cause all this love, it just ain't helpin' me
Gm C Gm C
I can't think or see
[Outro]
Gm C Gm C
Hoohoohoo
Gm C Gm C