Library Card chords by J. Maya

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Intro:

        Am
At the tender age of seven
Am                     Em                     Em
I begged my parents to buy me my own library card
          F
I wanted books that'd keep me up all night
     F
And they became my kryptonite
Em                                     E
Instead of people, 'cause talking was hard

Verse 1:
              Am
I'd bring my books with me to lunch
           F
So that I didn't have to run
           Dm                       E
'Cause the pages built a temporary shield
          Am
From the forces that rejected me
 F
Those who'd never protected me
    Dm                                 E
And for a while it all just seemed so real


Pre-Chorus:
       Am
Yeah, things were great
 Dm
Things were fine
         C            E
But the magic had to run out sometime


Chorus:
   Am
So here I am at twenty-one
    F
My life has finally begun
Dm                             G
I can't seem to find my way to the next chapter
Am
I'll accept these parts of me
F                              Dm
Paper cuts along these jagged sheets
                 G             Am F Dm G
With no happily ever after now


Verse 2:
    Am                              C
So when the time came up for me to finally fall in love
   G                             E
I set my expectations way too high
             Am
It turns out I was no protagonist
 C
Boys weren't a fan of this
    G                                  E
And so I slowly learned that I should hide


Pre-Chorus:
          Am         E
From the reality consuming me
     C                      E
That I'd never be like the girls that they'd write


Chorus:
   Am
So here I am at twenty-one
 F
Life has finally begun
Dm                             G
I can't seem to find my way to the next chapter
Am
I'll accept this part of me
F                            Dm
Phoning in the hope of fantasy
                G          Am  F Dm G
With no happily ever after now


Bridge:
F
Happy endings overrated
E
I'm more used to getting hurt
Am
Forgive me if I'd rather stay in
              G
My own little universe
F
Happy endings overrated
E
I'm more used to getting hurt
Am
Forgive me if I'd rather stay in
              G
My own little universe

F
The dreams are gone, the wishes faded
E
I knew this could never work
Am
Forgive me if I'd rather stay in
Am            G
My own little universe
F
The dreams are gone, the wishes faded
E
I knew this could never work
Am
Forgive me if I'd rather stay in
N.C.
My own little universe


Chorus:
   Am
So here I am at twenty-one
F
Life has finally begun
     Dm                              G
Then why do I still feel like such a damn disaster
Am
I'll accept this part of me
F                       Dm
Poorly adapted literary freak
                G          Am  F
With no happily ever after now


Outro:
              Dm   G
No ever after now
              Am   F
No ever after now
Dm                G                 Am
I don't even know what the book's about