After School Ep chords by Melanie Martinez

• Capo on 4th
• Difficulty: Advanced

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1. Notebook
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♫ Intro:

Am Dm Dm Dm
Am Dm

Dm              Dm
Write this down, baby


♫ Verse 1:
        Am         Dm
I'm not physically fulfilled
             Dm           Dm
You've never held it down all night
           Am             Dm                    Dm        Dm
And you're selfish 'cause you always think your ass is always right
        Am        Dm                   Dm             Dm
And you never see the lesson when it's right in front your eyes
        Am           Dm
Are you writing this shit down?
            Dm          Dm
'Cause baby boy I think it's time

♫ Pre-Chorus:
Am             Dm
Time you learned a thing or two
Dm                  Dm
'Bout how to keep a girl like me with you
Am               Dm
Time you learned how to switch it up
Dm                   Dm
I'm tired of running to you, just give up
Am              Dm
'Cause I didn't sign up for this
Dm                  Dm                       Am
Had to make it ten times more than you, boy
Dm                               Dm Dm
When I sacrificed blood for you

I sacrificed blood


♫ Chorus:
Am       Dm               Dm      Dm
Write this shit in your notebook, baby
          Am          Dm                Dm   Dm
Since you never wrotе love letters to mе, to me
Am      Dm             Dm      Dm
Don't forget all the things I taught you
            Am         Dm            Dm        Dm
You'll need it for someone who isn't me, ain't me


♫ Verse 2:
           Am            Dm
What's the point in your I love you's
          Dm           Dm
When they don't hold any weight?
          Am        Dm
You touch your computer much more
         Dm        Dm
Than you have ever touched me
      Am             Dm                 Dm           Dm
Every night you come back home then you just go back to sleep
       Am           Dm                 Dm     Dm
Laying next to just a friend who occasionally fucks me


♫ Pre-Chorus:
Am           Dm
Time you know just how I feel
Dm             Dm
Since you told me you'll wait forever
Am             Dm
Time you start growing up
Dm             Dm
Age is nothing if you not evolved
 Am            Dm                 Dm         Dm                Am
Dear, I didn't have time for this but I still gave you my all
Dm                          Dm Dm
I sacrificed blood for you

I sacrificed blood


♫ Chorus:
Am       Dm                Dm     Dm
Write this shit in your notebook, baby
          Am          Dm                Dm   Dm
Since you never wrote love letters to me, to me
Am       Dm            Dm     Dm
Don't forget all the things I taught you
            Am         Dm              Dm      Dm
You'll need it for someone who isn't me, ain't me


Am Dm Dm Dm
Am Dm Dm Dm
Am Dm  fade out:


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2. Test Me
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♫ Intro:

Eb    Cm
Haha!    Woo!

Ab Cm
Cm Fm
G  Cm


♫ Verse 1:
Cm        G
  Hey God, I'll be the jester
Cm           G              Cm
  Entertain ya to the best of my ability
G               Cm             G
  When I suffer more, fragility when I answer


♫ Pre-Chorus:
Cm                       G
Pay me for a reason, oh-oh
                        Cm                     G
So stop complaining, we all have our seasons, oh-oh
     Cm                  Fm
It's not just a joke or a lesson to live through
Cm          Bb          Ab            G
Every which way and second, there's a breakthrough


♫ Chorus:
    Cm            G
I'm mortal, oh-oh-oh
                 Cm          G
Defected by this form, oh-oh-oh
       Cm                  Fm
So I'd rather be tested by goddesses
              Cm         Bb
Resting their heads upon pillows
    Ab           Cm
Of all they have learned


♫ Verse 2:
Cm          G
  I'm not to bе forgotten
Cm               G
  Drop your books when I walk in
Cm          G
  Magic talks without talking
Cm                  G
  I'll make thе most before the coffin


♫ Pre-Chorus:
Cm                     G
Born to be desired, oh-oh
                   Cm                          G
Gotta learn, yeah, eyes are always on the next score
     Cm                     Fm
But space isn't there to always be filled up
         Cm         Bb          Ab            G
It's the quiet, the downtime to breathe in my lungs


♫ Chorus:
           Cm            G
'Cause I'm mortal, oh-oh-oh
                Cm           G
Defected by this form, oh-oh-oh
     Cm                  Fm
So I beg to be tested by goddesses
              Cm         Bb
Resting their heads upon pillows
   Ab            G
Of all they have learned
           Cm            G
'Cause I'm mortal, oh-oh-oh


♫ Chorus:
             Cm            G
Test me, I'm mortal, oh-oh-oh
      Cm                  Fm
And I beg to be tested by goddesses
              Cm         Bb         Ab            G
Resting their heads upon pillows of all they have learned
           Cm            G
'Cause I'm mortal, oh-oh-oh
                 Cm          G
Defected by this form, oh-oh-oh
      Cm                  Fm
And I beg to be tested by goddesses
              Cm         Bb         Ab            G
Resting their heads upon pillows of all they have learned


♫ Outro:
           Cm            G
'Cause I'm mortal, oh-oh-oh

(Give me an A+ if I'm doing this thing right)
                 Cm          G
Defected by this form, oh-oh-oh
        Cm                  Fm
And I'd rather be tested by goddesses
              Cm         Bb         Ab            Cm
Resting their heads upon pillows of all they have learned


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3. Brain & Heart
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♫ Intro:

Ebm Ebm Gb Gb
Ebm Ebm Gb Gb


♫ Verse 1:
Ebm                   Ebm
Help me when I'm at a loss for words
                Gb                                      Gb
Bring up all my memories folder please, in the temporal lobe
      Ebm               Ebm
False lovin' when I was illogical
                 Gb                                      Gb
Didn't know they had each other's hands as they made one whole


♫ Pre-Chorus:
Ebm
Brainstem yells temperature
Ebm                              Gb
Arise now, sweat raindrops down my silky flesh
                 Gb
Buttering up my consciousness
            Ebm
C-c-c cook  now
           Ebm
Ability to sleep sound throughout the star
       Gb                 Gb
Time's an illusion if you just remove it


♫ Chorus:
 Ebm                          Ebm
When did humans start to separate
                          Gb                Gb
Brain and heart as if they could stay alive alone?

Flip it around the other way
 Ebm                         Ebm                        Gb
If they were apart and you had no power, start, or no database
Gb
Only your shell remains
     Ebm             Ebm
What fun is it to be so calculated
      Gb                        Gb
Or be taken advantage of 'cause your heart's too trusting?
  Ebm                     Ebm
Silent expressed, push my head into my chest
          Gb
Bind them up, forever wed
 Gb
"Don't drift too far”, they said


♫ Verse 2:
Ebm                  Ebm
Help me when I'm too detached and cold
            Gb                                 Gb
Give me the vitality that I need to trust love more
             Ebm                Ebm
Blood to the water, neither can fuel us alone
Gb                                                   Gb
Fervency in my arteries, passion bloomin' through my bones


♫ Pre-Chorus 2:
Ebm                     Ebm
Heart strings trigger emotion dreams
                 Gb                           Gb
Agape loves, a journey red rivers connect all of me
         Ebm                          Ebm
B-b- beat steadfast, don't you disappoint me
                         Gb
Sometimes I think you're all I need
        Gb
Wise beyond belief


♫ Chorus:
  Ebm                        Ebm
When did humans start to separate
                          Gb                Gb
Brain and heart as if they could stay alive alone?

Flip it around the other way
 Ebm                          Ebm                   Gb
If they were apart and you had no power, start, or no database
Gb
Only your shell remains
     Ebm             Ebm
What fun is it to be so calculated
       Gb                      Gb
Or be taken advantage of 'cause your heart's too trusting?
  Ebm                     Ebm
Silent expressed, push my head into my chest
          Gb
Bind them up, forever wed
Gb
"Don't drift too far," they said

Ebm Ebm Gb Gb
Ebm Ebm Gb Gb
  fade out:



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4. Numbers
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♫ Verse 1:
              Dm
Count up your portion, count up your checks
              F
Either you're fam or you're comin' at my neck
               C
When you gonna freeze with the cool dramatics?
          Am
I'm not inspired by your foolish practice
           Dm
Why do you bullshit? Side up your fence
           F
I'm just a chicken givin' you the egg
                   C
Soon, you're gonna see that your breath was wasted
                Am
Don't speak too soon on your doubts you're making

A big deal out of a little thing

G                              F
Why should I try to conform to formulated pasts
     Dm                              E
When clearly all my instincts led to something more magical?

♫ Chorus:
Am                           Dm
Am I just a number 'cause it seems like that's your goal?
    F                               E
You push us past our limits just to watch decimals grow
 Am                         Dm
Oh, I need a reason why I'm looked at like a joke
  F                                    E
Until I prove you wrong like I've done time and time before
    G                                Dm
And all your idle teachings and your criticism lack
    Am                        E
The potential to penetrate my solid golden path
   Am                            Dm
To decide what my future is, I'm my own clairvoyant
        F                       E
There's no controlling me, imagination on ascend

♫ Verse 2:
           Dm
Take me to Venus, let me explode
             F
I'm ready to pop like a volcano
          C
Jump over me like you're playing hot lava
            Am
Emotions on one hundred thousand, who's gonna
              Dm
Shake me like soda creme, but of course
             F
Use all your words to distract from the source
                 C
Of where all the growth on the paper happens
          Am
Leave me alone in my own concoction

G                             F
Prickin' all my fingertips to carve out many roads
Dm                              E
Pushin' out the petals from the bud of what I know

♫ Chorus:
Am                           Dm
Am I just a number 'cause it seems like that's your goal?
    F                               E
You push us past our limits just to watch decimals grow
 Am                         Dm
Oh, I need a reason why I'm looked at like a joke
  F                                    E
Until I prove you wrong like I've done time and time before
    G                          Dm
And all my intuition says is, "Expansion comes first"
    Am                        E
But not just by material, I'm talking 'bout in here
   Am                              Dm
My heart space and my cranium must be loved too, my dear
      F                             E
Don't push me to the edge until I'm useless and can't feel

♫ Bridge:
       F                       Am
They replaced their search for knowledge
         Dm
With the reach of many material gains
              F                 Am
They lack the tenderness of the sensitive
    Dm
Empathetic bodies cryin' from the pain
         F                  Am
It's too late to grow their frame
   Dm
Of mind, it seems that it's already made
          F                Am
No use in arguin' with someone who doesn't
      Dm                     F  E  Dm
Wanna prioritize birthing of creation

F                E
Am I just a number?
Dm
Am I just a number?
F                E
Am I just a number?
Dm
Am I just a number?

♫ Chorus:
Dm          F                E
Am I just a number 'cause it seems like that's your goal?
    Dm
You push us past our limits just to watch our numbers grow
 F                          E
Oh, I need a reason why I'm looked at like a joke
  Dm
Until I prove you wrong which I've done time and time before
    F                         Em
And all my intuition says is "Expansion comes first"
    Dm
But not just by material, I'm talking 'bout in here
   F                               Am
My heart space and my cranium must be loved too, my dear
      Dm
Don't push me to the edge until I'm useless and can't feel


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5. Glued
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Capo: 4th Fret

♫ Intro:

B C#m

♫ Verse 1:
    B
I'm glued to the thoughts in my mind (Mind) they pester like a hawk in the sky
     C#m
I am glued to the love in you (In you) it swallows me whole, you're hard to let go
    B
Oh, that's not what I wanna do (Wanna do) perfectly attached like a noodle in the soup (Huh)
       C#m
You're good with the XYZ, (YZ) I'm good with the ABC
    B
And DEFG, HIJK, baby, we all have our strong suits built differently
C#m
Different experience, different needs, I know we can't die at the same time, but please

♫ Pre-Chorus 1:
B
I don't wanna think about thе morbid parts of life no more
    C#m
I'm trying just to focus on the things that hold mе so damn close
    B                                                       C#m
I'm sticky, sticky stuck, and solidly sealed up to this reality
C#m
I'm seeing not what I wish to be achieving, the old idea of me is

♫ Chorus:
D#m                      G#m
Glued up, sometimes it's too much
                  C#m
I'm fucked up and clueless (Clueless) stuck in the vortex, stuck in the vortex
D#m                      G#m
Glue less, life would be boring
             C#m
Empty but no hurting (Hurting) is it necessary, detachment is scary

♫ Verse 2:
B
When my pretty feet start to sway (Sway) you better turn around the other way (Walk away)
C#m
When the doubt starts creeping in (Oh no) it's hard to let go of old instinctual

♫ Pre-Chorus 2:
B
Patterns that I picked up from my environment since a baby
C#m
Cut the negatives self-talk and cut out my procrastination
B
Being sticky, stuck, glued those habits shut
                  C#m
Paste me to a new way of being something, to breathe new life in me again

♫ Chorus:
D#m                      G#m
Glued up, sometimes it's too much
                  C#m
I'm fucked up and clueless (Clueless) stuck in the vortex, stuck in the vortex (I am clueless)
D#m                         G#m
Glue less and life would be boring
             C#m
Empty but no hurting (Hurting, no hurting) is it necessary, detachment is scary
B
Glued up, sometimes it's too much
                  C#m
I'm fucked up and clueless, clueless
B
Glue less, life would be boring
             C#m
Empty but no hurting, hurting oh, oh
B
Glued up, sometimes it's too much
                  C#m
I'm fucked up and clueless
B
Glue less, life would be boring
             C#m
Empty but no hurting, is it necessary, detachment is scary



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6. Field Trip
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♫ Intro:

Am G Dm E7

♫ Verse 1:

Am                                     G
   You know I'm not one to take orders from ya
Dm                                            E
   I'll drop another clue for you peek a boo, now do you get it
Am                                       G
   You always wonder why I just say "forget it"
Dm                                         E          E7
   'Cause talking to a brick wall gives me headaches, headaches

♫ Pre-Chorus 1:
Am
Spread your lies while I stretch
G
Spread my legs and do the splits
Dm
Yell at me on your screen
E                 E7
While I stand up to your being
Am
You're not real, just like me
G
We were never our bodies
Dm
We're just dust, energy
E                E7
Hot like melting icy crеam

♫ Chorus:
Am
Tryna bring the mystical into the material
G
Bitch, I'm in an еleven life path, I'm ethereal
Dm
I'm the definition of dichotomy, duality
E                                              E7
Katarina in the womb for nine months, 'til she birthed me
Am
Look at her she's a bridge and on her bridge, I'll take a shit
G                                                 Dm
Fuck it up you get lit let's get deep if not I'll dip
                 E7             Am
I'll be riding solo on my field trip
G         Dm
Ooh, ooh, oh oh
E7      Am
Ooh, oh oh
G         Dm
Ooh, ooh, oh oh
E7      Am
Ooh, oh oh

♫ Verse 2:
(Am)                                  G
   I'm never gonna be what you had envisioned
Dm                                             E
   You said 'blanquitas' feel more Latina than you, 'ahora lo entiendes'
Am                                          G
   You always say you're woke, it's your aesthetic
Dm                                E           E7
   But is your empathy actually authentic, is it?

♫ Pre-Chorus 2:
Am                      G
I am shy but I do speak only when I truly need
   Dm
To say some shit that hopefully
     E                      E7
Will reach the ears it's supposed to be
  Am                              G
I try my best to show them me, my rising sign is all they see
Dm
Scorpio bitch with a sharp ass sting
        E                 E7
I gotta Taurus Sun, Moon, Mercury

♫ Chorus:
Am
Tryna bring the mystical into the material
G
Bitch, I'm in an еleven life path, I'm ethereal
Dm
I'm the definition of dichotomy, duality
E                                              E7
Katarina in the womb for nine months, 'til she birthed me
Am
Look at her she's a bridge and on her bridge, I'll take a shit
G                                                 Dm
Fuck it up you get lit let's get deep if not I'll dip
                 E7             Am
I'll be riding solo on my field trip
G         Dm
Ooh, ooh, oh oh
E7      Am
Ooh, oh oh
G         Dm
Ooh, ooh, oh oh
E7      Am
Ooh, oh oh


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7. The Bakery
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♫ Intro:

G#m                     C#m
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
            D#7     G#m
La, la, la, la, la, la
                    Am     D#7
La, la, la, la, la, la la


♫ Refrain:
G#m
Pack it, box it, flip it, top it
C#m                    D#7
With a bow tie ribbon, stop it
G#m
Eatin’ all the rainbow cookies
C#m                         D#7
Pies are flying through the roof


♫ Verse 1:
       G#m
Not my first pick but I’ll do it
         C#m                           D#7
Make the cash right so I can move quick
         G#m
Out this shithole with a new whip
      C#m                      D#7
Cream on top and I’d approve it


♫ Refrain:
G#m
Pack it, box it, flip it, top it
 C#m                       D#7
(Pack it, box it, flip it, top it)
G#m
Pack it, box it, flip it, top it
 C#m                       D#7
(Pack it, box it, flip it, top it)


♫ Verse 2:
N.C.
My boss is Mother Mary
         C#m                          D#7
Catch me slippin’ through the concrete
        G#m
Show no mercy, step right on me
         C#m                         D#7
Stiletto death, send me to purgatory


♫ Chorus:
G#m         C#m        D#7   G#m
  The bakery tryna make some more
            C#m             D#7      G#m
They expect me to stay when I should go
          C#m              D#7       G#m
Grab the bag for when they cross the door
                           C#m
It ain’t for me to roll it out
                    D#7
It’s just for me to raise the dough


♫ Refrain:
G#m
Pack it, box it, flip it, top it
C#m                    D#7
With a bow tie ribbon, stop it
G#m
Eatin’ all the rainbow cookies
C#m                         D#7
Pies are flying through the roof


♫ Verse 3:
    G#m
Arbitrary, the way they all go
          C#m                  D#7
Knock ’em down like she a dodgeball
       G#m
Little mess up and she’s angry
    C#m                               D#7
One downfall, she blamed the whole team


♫ Refrain:
G#m
Pack it, box it, flip it, top it
 C#m                       D#7
(Pack it, box it, flip it, top it)
G#m
Pack it, box it, flip it, top it
 C#m                       D#7
(Pack it, box it, flip it, top it)


♫ Chorus:
G#m         C#m        D#7   G#m
  The bakery tryna make some more
            C#m             D#7      G#m
They expect me to stay when I should go
          C#m              D#7       G#m
Grab the bag for when they cross the door
                           C#m
It ain’t for me to roll it out
                    D#7
It’s just for me to raise the dough


G#m         C#m        D#7   G#m
  The bakery tryna make some more
            C#m             D#7      G#m
They expect me to stay when I should go
          C#m              D#7       G#m
Grab the bag for when they cross the door
                           C#m
It ain’t for me to roll it out
                    D#7
It’s just for me to raise the


♫ Outro:
G#m                     C#m
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
            D#7     G#m
La, la, la, la, la, la
                    C#m
La, la, la, la, la, la,
          D#7
la, la, la

G#m                     C#m
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
            D#7     G#m
La, la, la, la, la, la
                    C#m
La, la, la, la, la, la,
          D#7
la, la, la