Chords with lyrics
Intro:
EbmEbm 
AbmAbm 
BbmBbm x4
Verse 1:
EbmEbm AbmAbm
I'm not a bad guy
BbmBbm EbmEbm AbmAbm BbmBbm
So don't treat me bad if I'm feeling sad, alright?
EbmEbm AbmAbm
Please don't be mad if I don't smile back, alright?
BbmBbm EbmEbm AbmAbm
If I fuck up my words, don't think I'm absurd, alright?
BbmBbm
Alright?
Pre-Chorus:
EbmEbm
I'm physically exhausted
BbmBbm AbmAbm
Tired of my knuckles piercing
EbmEbm BbmBbm
I'm chewing gum to pass this time
AbmAbm
Sadness, can't you see it?
EbmEbm BbmBbm
You're too busy seeking selfish wishes
AbmAbm
Look at how I'm feeling
EbmEbm AbmAbm
You write me up and say it's love
N.C.
And I can't believe it
Chorus:
EbmEbm AbmAbm
Baby, can you meet me tonight in detention?
EbmEbm AbmAbm
I can feel your blood pressure rise, fuck this tension
EbmEbm AbmAbm
Let me crawl up into your mind, did I mention?
EbmEbm AbmAbm
Pretending everything's alright is detention
Post-Chorus:
EbmEbm
De-detention
AbmAbm
De-detention
EbmEbm N.C.
Pretending everything's all right is (Shh!)
Verse 2:
EbmEbm AbmAbm BbmBbm
The teachers don't care about me
EbmEbm AbmAbm BbmBbm
Fuck how I feel, as long as I make money
EbmEbm AbmAbm BbmBbm
They let them do whatever they want to me
EbmEbm AbmAbm
They're the customer, I'm chopped meat
BbmBbm
I'm chopped meat
Pre-Chorus:
EbmEbm
I'm physically exhausted
BbmBbm AbmAbm
Tired of my knuckles piercing
EbmEbm BbmBbm
I'm chewing gum to pass this time
AbmAbm
Sadness, can't you see it?
EbmEbm BbmBbm
You're too busy seeking selfish wishes
AbmAbm
Look at how I'm feeling
EbmEbm AbmAbm
You write me up and say it's love
N.C.
And I can't believe it
Chorus:
EbmEbm AbmAbm
Baby, can you meet me tonight in detention?
EbmEbm AbmAbm
I can feel your blood pressure rise, fuck this tension
EbmEbm AbmAbm
Let me crawl up into your mind, did I mention?
EbmEbm AbmAbm
Pretending everything's alright is detention
Post-Chorus:
EbmEbm
De-detention
AbmAbm
De-detention
EbmEbm N.C.
Pretending everything's all right is (Shh!)
Bridge:
EbmEbm AbmAbm
I wanna go home and you say, "Now is not the time"
EbmEbm AbmAbm
Fuck being all alone in back of the classroom, ah
EbmEbm AbmAbm
Stop calling up my phone, trying to say that I've been out of line
EbmEbm AbmAbm
When all I ever asked was to go to the bathroom
Instrumental:
EbmEbm AbmAbm BbmBbm x2
Chorus:
EbmEbm AbmAbm
Baby, can you meet me tonight in detention?
EbmEbm AbmAbm
I can feel your blood pressure rise, fuck this tension
EbmEbm AbmAbm
Let me crawl up into your mind, did I mention?
EbmEbm AbmAbm EbmEbm
Pretending everything's alright is detention
Outro:
AbmAbm BbmBbm
Tonight
EbmEbm AbmAbm BbmBbm
I can feel your blood pressure rise
EbmEbm AbmAbm BbmBbm
Let me crawl up into your mind
EbmEbm N.C.
Pretending everything's alright (is detention!)
Other versions of Detention
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Detention by Melanie Martinez
