Problematic chords by Bo Burnham

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Intro:
| E minorEm     | E minorEm     | G+G     | A augmentedA     |

| E minorEm     | E minorEm     | A augmentedA     | C majorC  A augmentedA   |


🎸 Verse 1:
 E minorEm           E minorEm
I grew up as your usual suburbanite,
    G+G             A augmentedA
a tiny town in Massachusetts, overwhelmingly white.
 E minorEm               E minorEm
I went to church on Sundays in a suit and a tie,
G+G                 A augmentedA
 then spent my free time watching Family Guy.
 E minorEm            E minorEm           G+G
I started doing comedy when I was just a sheltered kid,
         A augmentedA
I wrote offensive shit, and I said it:
E minorEm                E minorEm           A augmentedA
Father, please forgive me, for I did not realize what I did
      C majorC     A augmentedA
or that I'd live to regret it.

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
C majorC              G+G     E minorEm
Times are changing, and I'm getting old.
       G+G
Are you gonna hold me accountable?
  E minorEm          G+G
My bed is empty and I'm getting cold.
E minorEm         G+G          N.C.
Isn't anybody gonna hold me accountable? Uh

🎸 Chorus:
     E minorEm  E minorEm
I'm problematic  (He's a problem),
E minorEm             A augmentedA
 when I was seventeen, on Halloween
         E minorEm   E minorEm
I dressed up as Aladdin  (He's a problem),
A augmentedA              N.C.
 I did not darken my skin, but still, it feels weird in 🎸 Solo: hindsight.

Synth 🎸 Solo:
| E minorEm     | E minorEm     | G+G     | A augmentedA     |
| E minorEm     | E minorEm     | A augmentedA     | C majorC  A augmentedA   |

🎸 Verse 2:
     E minorEm              E minorEm
I want to show you how I'm growing as a person, but first
     G+G                A augmentedA
I feel I must address the lyrics from the previous verse.
      E minorEm              E minorEm
I tried to hide behind my childhood, and that's not okay,
  G+G               A augmentedA
my actions are my own, I won't explain them away.
   E minorEm              E minorEm              G+G
I've done a lot of self-reflecting since I started singing this song,
       A augmentedA
I was totally wrong when I said it:
E minorEm                E minorEm           A augmentedA
Father, please forgive me, for I did not realize what I did
      C majorC     A augmentedA
or that I'd live to regret it.

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
C majorC             G+G      E minorEm
Times are changing and I'm getting old.
       E minorEm
Are you gonna hold me accountable?
  C majorC          G+G
My bed is empty and I'm getting cold.
E minorEm          E minorEm          N.C.     N.C.
 Isn't anybody gonna hold me accountable? Uh

🎸 Chorus:
     E minorEm  E minorEm
I'm problematic  (He's a problem)
E minorEm            A augmentedA
 I just remembered that Aladdin costume's
        E minorEm  E minorEm         A augmentedA            C majorC
in my mother's attic  (He's a problem)  I'm gonna go home and burn it
          A augmentedA     N.C.
or not burn it. Is burning it bad? What should I do with it?

🎸 Bridge:
  C majorC         G+G
And I've been totally awful,
       D MajorD              E minorEm   G/DG/D
my closet is chock-full of stuff that is vaguely shitty.
C majorC            G+G
All of it was perfectly lawful,
       D MajorD             E minorEm   G/DG/D
just not very thoughtful at all and just really shitty.
  C majorC         G+G
And I've been totally awful,
       D MajorD              E minorEm   G/DG/D
my closet is chock-full of stuff that is vaguely shitty.
C majorC            G+G
All of it was perfectly lawful,
       D MajorD             N.C.
just not very thoughtful at all and just really ...

🎸 Outro:
            G+G      E minorEm
And I'm really fucking sorry,
B minorBm              B minorBm
bitch, I'm trying to listen, shit, I’ve been complicit.
G+G    E minorEm
Sorry,
B minorBm           B minorBm
if I'm gonna catch up, first, I gotta fess up.
G+G    E minorEm    B minorBm    B minorBm
Sorry,
G+G    E minorEm    B minorBm    B minorBm
sorry.