Chords with lyrics
Tuned a whole step down (DGCFAD). All chords relative to standard tuning.
Pretty much all power chords, but you can open up to full barre chords or open chords
in the bigger parts, like the chorus, if you want.
Bb5Bb5 - x133xx
B5B5 - x244xx
B/C - x344xx
[Intro]
C majorC
[Verse 1]
C majorC E minorEm
Jessie was the prom queen back in 1995
C majorC E minorEm
Punk and super pretty like a goddess on the outside
FF A minorAm G+G
She was sweet and funny, popular and cool
FF A minorAm G+G
It's got to be a drag when you peak in high school
C majorC E minorEm
She left college and she never went back
C majorC E minorEm
She posed for Playboy, made her think that she could act
FF A minorAm G+G
Ten years looking for the luck
FF A minorAm G+G
Chased her dreams in Cali but her laughing kinda sucked
FF A minorAm C majorC
Now she's pushing thirty five, working at Starbucks
C majorC C minorCm
Oh well, nowhere to go but up
[Verse 2]
C majorC E minorEm
Bill and Bobby Ann, Tiffany and Mike
C majorC E minorEm
They seemed to be the kids that did everything right
FF A minorAm G+G
Now the boys are doing time for robbing a Korean store
FF A minorAm G+G
The girls grow pot and do internet porn
C majorC E minorEm
Bobby's little brother Brett always talked smack
C majorC E minorEm
He learned that you can go too far and never get back
FF A minorAm
He was drinking at the wrong place
G+G
at the wrong time
FF A minorAm
He said the wrong thing
G+G
to the wrong guy
FF A minorAm
He got himself stabbed in his one good eye
[Chorus]
C majorC G+G
Life goes south when pretty goes away
C majorC
The best that you can get is when you're
FF C majorC A minorAm
falling in a good way
FF E minorEm C majorC A minorAm
Good enough is never enough
FF E minorEm C majorC A minorAm
Good enough is never enough
FF G+G E minorEm FF C majorC
There was nowhere to go but up
DmDm E minorEm FF C majorC
There was nowhere to go but up
DmDm
There was nowhere to go
[Verse 3]
E minorEm FF
Jimmy found god, Timmy lost a leg
C majorC DmDm
Amy married well to a man she hates
E minorEm FF
Jamie bought a strip club makes a lot of dough
Bb5Bb5 B5B5 B/C C majorC
Alex sold drugs now he has his own reality show
[Chorus]
C majorC G+G
Life goes south when pretty goes away
C majorC
The best that you can get is when you're
FF
falling in a good way
C majorC G+G
Life goes south when pretty goes away
C majorC
The best that you can get is when you're
FF C majorC A minorAm
falling in a good way
FF E minorEm C majorC A minorAm
Good enough is never enough
FF E minorEm C majorC A minorAm
Good enough is never enough
FF E minorEm C majorC A minorAm
Good enough is never enough
FF E minorEm C majorC