Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
G minorGm A minorAm G minorGm DmDm D MajorD E7E7
A7A7
That’s not my name!
Verse 1:
Am7Am7
Doesn’t anybody ever get it right, Carrie,
G7G7
When’ll they remember I am Carrie White? Carrie,
Gm7Gm7
Is it any harder to say than
D MajorD FF G+G
God damn total spastic, and weirdo and dumb bitch
A augmentedA A minorAm
Doesn’t anybody think that I can hear? I hear!
G+G
‘speically when I’ve got them screaming in my ear, I hear!
Every day they mock me and push me around,
FF
‘til I drop
E MajorE A augmentedA
If I had a wish, God, I wish they’d stop
When will they, I wish they’d
A augmentedA
When will they, when will they, when will they?
A augmentedA
Sometimes their hatred is out of control,
A augmentedA
God how they hurt me.
Mama says suffering is good for the soul,
G minorGm
But they hurt me
Chorus:
FF
And if I could, I’d bring them all,
G+G
Down to their knees!
FF G+G C majorC
I’d make them sorry forever for teasing Carrie
FF D MajorD
Carrie, Carrie!
G+G A augmentedA
Verse 2:
G+G
I will not cry,
D MajorD G+G
I am okay,
D MajorD G+G
I try so hard to play their way.
D MajorD
Why do they find it so hard to say Carrie?
G+G
Why do they always treat me so bad,
A augmentedA
They all know my name?
D MajorD
It’s Carrie!
G+G
I don’t know why they all get so mad,
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
It’s always the same!
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
What’s going on deep in me,
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
All of these feelings suddenly?
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
If I am changing, will I still be;
D MajorD
Carrie?
G+G A augmentedA
Or what if I am somebody new?
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Imagine, the things I might do!
Bridge:
D#D#
I might take a chance,
G#G# D#D# G#G#
I’ve always wondered how
D#D#
Or maybe I’ll dance
G#G# A#A# D#D#
And try to laugh more than I do now.
G#G# D#D#
And the world will open its eyes,
Fm7Fm7 F#7A#7 F#F#
And for once the whole world will recognize Carrie!
A augmentedA A minorAm
Then all those people who scream night and day:
A augmentedA A7A7
“Poor praying Carrie!”
They’d see the new me,
A augmentedA
And they might even say:
Gm7Gm7
“Look! It’s Carrie!”
Chorus:
G minorGm FF
And finally, I’d hear that word,
G+G
Sounding so sweet!
FF G+G C majorC
Thousands of voices forever repeating: Carrie,
FF DmDm
Carrie, Carrie!
B minorBm A minorAm G+G D MajorD
I am the sound of distant thunder,
A augmentedA
A augmentedA colour, a flame!
FF
I’m Carrie!
DmDm C majorC A#A# FF
I am a song of endless wonder,
FF
That no one will claim.
G#G# A#A#
But someday, oh my, someday!
FF C majorC D#D# G minorGm C#C# BB FF
Someone will know my name!