Aces chords by Everclear

• 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