Difficulty
Intermediate
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Key: F
Tuning: Standard EADGBE
Chords used:
F - 133211
C - x32010
Dm - xx0231
Bb - x13331
Gm - 355333
Am - x02210
A/C# - x476xx
G/B - x2x003
Bbm - x13321
F# - 244322
Intro:
F Bb Gm Bb
F Bb G/B Bb
Verse 1:
F Bb
When I was little
Gm Bb
playing in the dirt
F Bb G/B
No one with me there
Bb
were no words that hurt
F Bb
And all my friends
Gm Bb
they were insects
F Bb
But all my feelings
G/B Bb
I didn't know them yet
Refrain 1:
F Bb Gm
Sometimes I still wish
Bb F Bb G/B Bb
I wasn't born at all
F Bb
I've always had the feeling
Gm Bb F Bb G/B Bb
that this feeling is my only one
Verse 2:
F Bb Gm
Life is bigger now
Bb
the words can hurt
F Bb
I'm talking to myself
G/B Bb
wishing I was in the dirt
F Bb Gm
And all my friends yeah
Bb
they're all rejects
F Bb G/B
They all love me but they
Bb
don't really know me yet
Refrain 2:
F Bb Gm
Sometimes I still wish
Bb F Bb G/B Bb
I wasn't born at all
F Bb
Cause Mommy doesn't love
Gm
me and my daddy well
Bb Dm A/C#
he's dead and gone
Chorus 1:
F Bb
Cause they liked us better
Gm Bb
when we were together
F Bb
You said Whatever
Gm Bb
I was never clever
F A/C# Dm
Sometimes I still wish
Bb Gm
I wasn't born at all
Bb
Yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah
Instrumental:
F F# x4
Bridge:
Dm A/C#
I can't keep it in
C
I can't let it out
G/B
And I can't stand
Bb
to hear the sound
Bbm
When I say these
words out loud
Verse 3:
F Bb Gm
Cause all they
Bb F
do is hurt I'm talking
Bb G/B
to myself I wish that
Bb
I was in the dirt
Chorus 2:
F Bb
Cause they liked us better
Gm Bb
when we were together
F Bb
You said Whatever
Gm Bb
I was never clever
F A/C# Dm
Sometimes I still wish
Bb Gm
I wasn't born at all
Bb
Yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah
Chorus 3:
F Bb
Cause they liked us better
Gm Bb
when we were together
F Bb
You said Whatever
Gm Bb
I was never clever
F A/C# Dm
Sometimes I still wish
Bb Gm
I wasn't born at all
Bb
Yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah
Outro:
F F# x4
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- Rejects (Intro)
Song History
Published: June 27, 2025
Last Updated: September 10, 2025