Never Acting At All chords by Melina Kb

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
      C                   Em                F                G
Let’s set the scene, it’s Fall Play season, actors flood the hall
          C             Em             F                 G
Through audition drama, vocal running, our two names are called
     C             Em               F                G
Upon meeting you I knew I’d win the part but lose my cool
        C              Em               F               G
So they cast us as the lovebirds and my heart alas, the fool


Pre-Chorus 1:
       C                F
It’s a no chance, show-mance

I don’t mix work with pleasure
C            F
You sway my stance

It’s unprofessional
  Am
I know that we can’t
        G
But I’m drawn to your trance

Chorus:
           F
“Places in five”
           C
Tickets to my demise
    G
I’m passionately panicking

Falling or I’m fangirling
F                C
Why? Why must we read these lines?
  G
Admiring you is amateur

Call me out of character

Verse 2:
      C               Em                 F                 G
We’re backstage for a quick change and I catch you sneak a glimpse
           C           Em               F           G
There’s no cameras, no cast around, our faces dimly lit
        C                 Em                 F                     G
I won’t make a move, I’ll claim I’m clueless when our friends make jokes
      C                 Em                 F               G
But I swear you playing with my hair’s not what the author wrote

Pre-Chorus 2:
       C               F
It’s a no chance, show-mance
                            Am        G/B       C
But as our bodies breathe together in the final dance

Audience evanesces
C
Reason be damned
           E
You’re not far from my man

Chorus:
            F
“Back on in five”
           C
Tickets to our demise
    G
I’m passionately panicking

Falling or I’m fangirling
F             C
Why? Why do I mean these lines?
  G
Admiring you is amateur

Call me out of character

Bridge:
         Am          Am/Ab
Am I the Eponine, or Lara Jean?
  C/G           Em/G
I need a script for you and me
  Am
I want the lead
    G               Em
The harmony to your story

Chorus:
             F
Re-write the plot
            C
Give me the spotlight
  Dm        C                   F
A monologue before the curtains fall
      G               C
I was never acting at all
                      C
I was never acting at all
                   G                         C
I can’t pretend to pretend you’re all that I want
                            C
Cause I was never acting at all