Chords with lyrics
Capo 2 in some live versions, Capo 3 on the album, including the acoustic version
* = one strum (like a transitional chord)
This is how he played the song on Ellen. :)
Verse 1:
E minorEm Cadd9* G+G
I love it when you just don't care
Am* E minorEm Cadd9* G+G
I love it when you dance like there's nobody there
Am* E minorEm Cadd9* G+G
So when it gets hard, don't be afraid
Am* E minorEm Cadd9* G+G Am*
We don't care what them people say
E minorEm Cadd9* G+G
I love it when you don't take no
Am* E minorEm Cadd9* G+G
I love it when you do what you want cause you just said so
Am* E minorEm Cadd9* G+G
Let them all go home, we out late
Am* E minorEm Cadd9* G+G
We don't care what them people say
Chorus:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
We don't have to be ordinary
E minorEm Cadd9Cadd9
Make your best mistakes
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
'Cause we don't have the time to be sorry
E minorEm Cadd9Cadd9
So baby be the life of the party
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
I'm telling you, take your shot it might be scary
E minorEm Cadd9Cadd9
Hearts are gonna break
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
'Cause we don't have the time to be sorry
E minorEm Cadd9Cadd9
So baby be the life of the party
Verse 2:
E minorEm Cadd9* G+G
Together we can just let go
Am* E minorEm Cadd9* G+G
Pretend like there's no one else here that we know
Am* E minorEm Cadd9* G+G
Slow dance fall in love as the club track plays
Am* E minorEm Cadd9* G+G
We don't care what them people say
Chorus:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
We don't have to be ordinary
E minorEm Cadd9Cadd9
Make your best mistakes
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
'Cause we don't have the time to be sorry
E minorEm Cadd9Cadd9
So baby be the life of the party
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
I'm telling you, take your shot it might be scary
E minorEm Cadd9Cadd9
Hearts are gonna break
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
'Cause we don't have the time to be sorry
E minorEm Cadd9Cadd9
So baby be the life of the party
Bridge:
E minorEm Cadd9*
Come out tonight, come out tonight
G+G D/F#*
There's no one standing in your way
E minorEm G+G
Come out tonight, come out tonight
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
We don't care what them people say
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
We don't care what them people say
Chorus:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
We don't have to be ordinary
E minorEm Cadd9Cadd9
Make your best mistakes
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
'Cause we don't have the time to be sorry
E minorEm Cadd9Cadd9
So baby be the life of the party
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
I'm telling you, take your shot it might be scary
E minorEm Cadd9Cadd9
Hearts are gonna break
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
'Cause we don't have the time to be sorry
E minorEm Cadd9Cadd9
So baby be the life of the party
Outro:
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 E minorEm
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Cadd9* G+G
Life of the party
Cadd9* E minorEm
So don't let them keep you down
Cadd9* G+G
Oh you know you can't give up
Cadd9* E minorEm
'Cause we don't have the time to be sorry
Cadd9* G+G