Serotonin chords by Bumpin Uglies

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Cm Ab Eb G


Verse 1:
      Cm                                    Ab
Some days feel like they are a-lost before getting out of bed
   Eb                             G
A shame spiral that devolves into existential dread
     Cm                                 Ab
And then the guilt that follows at the weakness you possess
    Eb                                  G
To feel like this, to be like this, why am I such a mess
 Cm                            Ab
Self-fulfilling prophecy that doesn’t have to be
    Eb                         G
We don’t need to be victims of our biology
          Cm                                     Ab
When the walls feel like they’re closing in the darkness blankets all
        Eb                                Bb
You’re not alone, it’s not forever, it’s help that you can call

Chorus:
Eb                   G                 Cm   Bb Ab
   There’s nothing wrong with feeling wrong
               Bb                Eb
   You can be fixed if you are broken
Eb             G                    Cm Bb Ab
   Some of us need help becoming stro--o--ong
Ab                 Bb          Eb
   Because we’re short on serotonin


Interlude:
Cm Ab Eb G


Verse 2:
          Cm                             Ab
Well the sickness in your brain, it’s a sickness all the same
             Eb                       G
And you can fix it for a change, then you can fix the pain
 Cm                             Ab
Mental health is paramount, but it’s not guaranteed
     Eb                                G
Some of us must work harder for that which comes naturally
         Cm                            Ab
But the toil of the ascent brings the beauty of the peak
     Eb                       G
The poet and the author offer up their worst critiques
      Cm                      Ab
I’m chemically unbalanced but I am not ashamed
      Eb                             Bb
To admit I take a pill to calm down my mind’s hurricane


Chorus:
Eb                   G                 Cm   Bb Ab
   There’s nothing wrong with feeling wrong
               Bb                Eb
   You can be fixed if you are broken
Eb             G                    Cm Bb Ab
   Some of us need help becoming stro--o--ong
Ab                 Bb          Eb
   Because we’re short on serotonin
Ab                 Bb          Cm
   Because we’re short on serotonin
Ab                 Bb          Eb
   Because we’re short on serotonin