Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
(play as barre chords)
C majorC BB Bb majorBb A augmentedA
C majorC BB A augmentedA G(with pinky thing) x2
C minorCm Bsus(b6)
Verse 1:
(do the "pinky thing" after the G+G in the first part of every verse)
C majorC BB
I ain't so perfect, I ain't no Saint,
Bb majorBb A augmentedA C majorC
making my missteps, made my mistakes. Nobody's perfect.
BB A augmentedA
And I ain't no monster but I sure ain't throwing rocks,
G+G
I ain't throwing rocks!
C majorC BB
Window glass houses and painted walls,
Bb majorBb A augmentedA
with murals of brick and mortar to ignore our thoughts.
C majorC BB A augmentedA
As if all of our closets don't pertain to these deposits all that starts after it folds us
G+G
and I say you're not alone if you have ever felt like...
Chorus:
(not barre)
C majorC FF
You are a lost cause, you don't deserve love,
A minorAm G+G C majorC
your past embarrassments will haunt you till your blood runs cold!
FF
Ignore the voices, you're fuckin worth it,
A minorAm G+G FF C majorC (barre)
mistakes are how we learn to not become a shitty person.
Interlude:
C majorC BB Bb majorBb A augmentedA G+G
Verse 2:
C majorC BB
We must look to the future, we must learn from the past,
Bb majorBb A augmentedA C majorC
there ain't no shame in failure, dust yourself off get right back up on that horse.
BB A augmentedA
Fuckin up's par for the course you're only human after all,
G+G
after all!
C majorC BB
You can't focus on what just collapsed, you gotta focus how more we can build,
Bb majorBb A augmentedA C majorC
scour the detrites, salvage scraps to forge the shield cause life's so seething,
BB A augmentedA
you ain't no weakling dig your heels in, block the blows,
G+G
cause when I say you're not alone if you have ever felt like...
Chorus:
(not barre)
C majorC FF
You are a lost cause, you don't deserve love,
A minorAm G+G
your list of failures you can never ever outrun!
C majorC FF
Ignore the voices, you're fuckin' worth it,
A minorAm G+G FF C majorC (barre)
failure's how you grow and not become a shitty person.
Interlude:
C majorC BB Bb majorBb A augmentedA
C majorC BB A augmentedA G+G
C majorC BB Bb majorBb A augmentedA G+G
C minorCm Bsus(b6)
C majorC BB Bb majorBb A augmentedA
C majorC BB A augmentedA G+G
I'm right there with you if you've ever felt like...
Chorus:
(barre)
C majorC CsusCsus
You are a lost cause, you don't deserve love,
A augmentedA DmDm
you don't belong you're just some drunken motherfucker.
C majorC CsusCsus
Ignore the voices, you're fuckin' worth it,
A augmentedA DmDm C minorCm
just listen close and trust me when I say...
(not barre)
C majorC FF
You are the champ, kid, you fucking got this.
A minorAm G+G
And life can be a motherfucker, don't you ever give in,
C majorC FF
through all the setbacks and every fuckin mishap
A minorAm G+G FF
it's happiness and love we all deserve.
C majorC (barre)
Remember life's got quite the lofty learnin' curve.