Numbers chords by Melanie Martinez

INTRO:   Dm F C Am

VERSE ONE:
Dm
Count up your portion, count up your checks
F
Either you're fam or you’re comin' at my neck
Am
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
Am
Soon, you're gonna see that your platform's wasted
Am
Don't speak too soon on your doubts you're making

Am
A big deal out of a little thing

PRE-CHORUS:
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

F                                     Dm
And I don't like your teachings and your criticisms lack
Am                         E
The potential to pageantry, my solid golden path
Am                          Dm
To this, I hope my future is a mile, clairvoyant
F                        E
There’s no controlling the imagination on a send

VERSE TWO:
Dm
Take me to Venus, let me explode
F
I'm ready to pop like a volcano
Am
Jump over me like you're playing hot lava
Am
Emotions on one hundred thousand, who's gonna

Dm
Drink me like soda? People, of course
F
Use all your words to distract from the source
Am
Aware of the growth, the paper happens
Am
Leave me alone in my own concoction

PRE-CHORUS:
G                              F
Breakin’ all my fingertips to carve out many roads
Dm                              E
Pushin' out the petals from the thought 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

F                           Dm
And all my intuition says is "expansion comes first"
Am                       E
But not just by material, I'm talkin' '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                       E
They replaced their search for knowledge
Dm
With the reach of many material gains
F                   E
They lack the tenderness of the sensitive
Dm
Empathetic but he's cryin' from the pain

F                    E
It's too late to grow their frame
Dm
Of their mind, seems like it's already made
F             E
No use in arguin' with someone who doesn't
Dm
Wanna prioritize one thing 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:
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                          E
And all my intuition says is "expansion comes first"
Dm
But not just by material, I'm talkin' 'bout in here
F                             E
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