Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
D MajorD B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
When I was little, I thought I would be...
D MajorD B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
A majorA big comedian on late night TV
B minorBm D MajorD G+G GbGb
But now I'm thirty-two and as you can see...
A augmentedA A7A7
I'm not! Oh well.
Chorus:
D MajorD E minorEm
It sucks to be me.
A augmentedA
It sucks to be me.
D MajorD B minorBm E minorEm A augmentedA
It sucks to be broke and unemployed and turning thirty-three.
D MajorD
It sucks to be me.
Verse 2:
D MajorD B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
I'm kinda pretty, and pretty damn smart
D MajorD B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
I like romantic things like music and art
B minorBm D MajorD G+G GbGb
And as you know I have a gigantic heart
A augmentedA A7A7
So why... don't I have a boyfriend?! F**K!
Chorus:
D MajorD E minorEm
It sucks to be me.
A augmentedA
It sucks to be me. (It sucks to be me.)
D MajorD B minorBm E minorEm A augmentedA
It sucks to be Brian (and Kate) to not have a job (to not have a date)
D MajorD
It sucks to be me.
Dialogue:
Music swells to the key of Eb MajorEb or D#:
Verse 3:
Eb MajorEb C minorCm AbAb Bb majorBb
We live together, we're as close as people can get.
Eb MajorEb C minorCm AbAb Bb majorBb
We've been the best of buddies ever since the day we met
C minorCm Eb MajorEb AbAb G+G
So he knows lots of ways to make me upset.
AbAb
Oh, every day is an aggravation
Bb majorBb
(Come on that's an exaggeration!)
E MajorE C# minorC#m A augmentedA BB
You leave your clothes out! You put your feet on my chair.
E MajorE C# minorC#m A augmentedA BB
You do such an*l things like ironing your underwear.
C# minorC#m E MajorE A augmentedA AbAb BB
You make that very small apartment we share A augmentedA HELL.
B7B7
(So do you! That's why I'm in hell too!)
Chorus:
E MajorE
It sucks to be me...
F# minorF#m
(It sucks to be me)
BB
(It sucks to be me)
B7B7
(It sucks to be me!)
E MajorE C# minorC#m F# minorF#m BB
Is there anybody here that doesn't suck to be?
E MajorE
It sucks to be me.
Ad-libbing Part:
C#C# F minorFm F#F# AbAb
Da da da da da (da da da da da, da da da da da, da)
C#C# F minorFm F#F# AbAb
Da da da da da (da da da da da, da da da da da, da)
Verse 4:
Eb MajorEb C minorCm AbAb Bb majorBb
I coming to this country for opportunities
Eb MajorEb C minorCm AbAb Bb majorBb
Tried to work in Korean deli, but I am Japanese
C minorCm Eb MajorEb AbAb G+G
But with hard work I earn two Master's Degrees
Bb majorBb
In social work, and now I a therapist
Bb majorBb
But I have no clients
Bb majorBb
And I have an unemployed fiancee
Bb majorBb Bb majorBb Bb majorBb Bb majorBb Bb majorBb Bb majorBb
And we have LOTS. OF. BILLS. TO. PAY.
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb F minorFm
It suck to be me!
Bb majorBb Bb7Bb7
It suck to be me!
Eb MajorEb C minorCm F minorFm Bb majorBb
I say it sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-suck!]
Eb MajorEb
It suck to be me!
(dialogue)
Verse 5:
A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD E MajorE
I'm Gary Coleman, from TV's Different Strokes
A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD E MajorE
I've made a lot of money that got stolen by my folks!
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD C#7C#7
And now I'm broke and I'm the butt of everyone's jokes
E MajorE
But I'm here, the superintendent of Avenue Q
Chorus:
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
It sucks to be you! (You win!)
D MajorD E MajorE
It sucks to be you! (I feel better now!)
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Try having people stopping you to ask you...
"What'cha talking about, Willis?"
It gets old.
A augmentedA Bb majorBb BB
It sucks to be you...
E MajorE C# minorC#m
On Avenue Q! (Sucks to be me)
F# minorF#m BB
On Avenue Q! (Sucks to be you)
E MajorE C# minorC#m
On Avenue Q! (Sucks to be us!)
F# minorF#m BB
But not when we're together!
A augmentedA BB D MajorD G+G
We're together here...
A minorAm G+G
On Avenue Q!
D MajorD A minorAm G+G
We live on Avenue Q!
D MajorD G+G
Our friends do too!
A minorAm G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Till our dreams come true...
A minorAm D MajorD G+G E minorEm
We live on Avenue Q!
A minorAm D MajorD G+G E minorEm
We live on Avenue Q!
A minorAm D MajorD G+G E minorEm
We live on Avenue Q!
A minorAm D MajorD G+G