Tuning: Whole step down B/Bb can either be played x144xx OR 699xxx Verse: B B/Bb I wish my life was like a John Hughes movie B B/Bb Good times and easy on the dark side B B/Bb I wish my life was like a John Hughes movie B B/Bb B Bright lights, always looking for a better life N.C. We were looking for each other B Ebm E B/Bb B In the bars on the west side N.C. We were looking for the summer B Ebm E When it's cold outside B This is gonna be good
Chorus: B Ebm E B/Bb B Life is coming up aces Ebm E Everything is coming up aces B/Bb B Ebm We found a way to make money out of E B/Bb B Broken boys and difficult girls - Reality is wonderful G#m Ebm E We were waking up waiting B/Bb B For the world to begin - Things are so much better now G#m I have a good reason to E B Ebm E Want to get wasted again Verse: B We were slumming for a buzz Ebm E B/Bb B Ebm E In a place that used to be the old school B/Bb B Ebm We were happy for the pain of being E B/Bb B Lame enough to want to look cool Ebm E I really think that this is going to be good Chorus: B Ebm E B/Bb B Life is coming up aces Ebm E Everything is coming up aces B/Bb B Ebm We can make a good living out E B/Bb B Of broken lives and empty hearts B Ain't this entertaining watching people fall apart G#m We were wasting time waiting B For the world to begin - things are so much better now G#m I have a good reason to B Want to get wasted again Bridge: B Black hole C#m white trash A E There isn't any limit to the shame these people have B Good people do C#m Bad things A E Have sex with an ex in the bathroom on their wedding day B Pretty faces with C#m no soul A And now you're in the way E And nobody really wants to know B C#m Big noise and a bright light A Everybody needs a chance to E Win themselves a better life Outro: B B/Bb B Everybody wants a better life B B/Bb B Everybody wants a better life B B/Bb B Everybody wants a better life B B/Bb B