Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
* < Single strum only
Verse 1:
F*
I'm not special
Am* C*
Who the hell am I to think I'm special?
F*
I'm not so well
Am*
Thanks for asking
F* C*
But you probably figured what else is new
F*
I try my best still
Am* C*
But if I die, wind up in some mess you’ll—
F* keep my head filled
C* G
With the notion that I don't deserve this
F*
life that I've built
Chorus:
G
I'm not special, special
F
Don't know why I thought I could be someone
I'm no one
G
To anyone who knows me
C
I'm a burden, I'm certain
F
The only thing I'm good for is hurtin' the
G
ones I love
Verse 2:
F
I wanna be special
Am
But I don't know if it's worth all of this
C
stress
F
You don't know my struggle
Am
'Cause I don't tell it
F C
If I did, I really don't think you'd be
Am
bothered to hear it, anyway
G
If I sang a song
Am
Would you listen?
F
Or would you tell me that I'm terrible?
G
If I played along
Am
To ease the friction
F
Would you still tell me that I'm terrible?
Chorus:
G
Oh, I'm not special, special
F
Don't know why I thought I could be someone
I'm no one
G
To anyone who knows me
C
I'm a burden, I'm certain
F
The only thing I'm good for is hurtin' the
G
ones I love
Bridge:(Optional One Strum On This Bridge)*
C
But the ones I love
F
They really love me
C
The ones I love
F
They truly know me
C
You drag my name
F
It's kinda funny
C
'Cause my name
F
Makes you lots of money
Chorus:
G
I guess I'm special, special
F
Who the hell are you to say I'm not special?
Oh well
C F
Got everybody talking in this hell hole
Am
I'm the devil
F C
Dante wrote me into his inferno
G
Here we go
Again
Post-Chorus:
G
Is this what you came for?
You paid for?
F
To watch somebody burn and crumble
And stumble
C F
Then fumble all my words and let you twist them
And listen
C F
To all the ugly things you tell me I am
Am
I'm tryin'
F
So hard to understand how I'm the
C
Master, manipulator
G
Who couldn't fool anyone
F C
The monster, reciprocator
Am F
Shot no bullets from my gun
C
The drama queen
Who never seems
F
To get applause from anyone
G
I won't be who you say I am
Outro:
F*
If I sang a song
Am*
Would you listen?
C*
Or would you tell me that I'm terrible?
F*
I won't play along
Am*
This game is twisted
C*
And I think that would make me terrible
That would make me—