Chords with lyrics
VERONICA:
C minorCm
September 1st, 1989. Dear Diary: I believe I'm a good person.
Ya know, I think there's good in everyone.
C minorCm Cm7Cm7 F/CF/C C minorCm F7sus4F7sus4 F9F9 Abmaj7Abmaj7 Bb majorBb
But here we are, first day of senior year!
C minorCm Cm7Cm7 F/CF/C Cm/Eb Eb/FEb/F F7sus4F7sus4 F9F9 Abmaj7Abmaj7 Bb majorBb
I look around at all these kids I've known all my life and I ask myself: What happened?
KIDS:
C minorCm Cm7Cm7 F/CF/C Cm/Eb Eb/FEb/F F7sus4F7sus4 F9F9 Abmaj7Abmaj7 Bb majorBb
Freak! Slut! Burnout! Bug-eyes! Poser! Lard-ass!
VERONICA:
C minorCm C7sus4C7sus4
We were so tiny, happy and shiny, playing tag and getting chased.
KIDS:
Freak! Slut! Loser! Shortbus!
VERONICA:
C6sus
Singing and clapping,
Abmaj7/C
laughing and napping,
baking cookies, eating paste.
KIDS:
Bull-dyke! Stuck-up! Hunchback!
VERONICA:
C minorCm
Then we got bigger.
C7sus4C7sus4
That was the trigger,
Like the Huns invading Rome - Sorry!
Am7#5/C
Welcome to my school,
Abmaj7/C
This ain't no high school:
This is the Thunderdome.
F minorFm Db/F
Hold your breath
and count the days,
Cm/Eb
we're graduating soon.
KIDS:
White trash!
VERONICA:
Eb/Db DbDb Eb/Db Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
College will be paradise
G7sus4G7sus4 Ab/G Gm7Gm7 Cm/G
If I'm not dead by June!
AbMaj9Abmaj9 Ebmaj9Ebmaj9
But I know, I know, life can be beautiful.
AbMaj9Abmaj9 Ebmaj9Ebmaj9 Ebadd2
I pray, I pray for a better way.
Ab/C Fm9/C
If we changed back then,
Eb7/Ab AbAb
we could change again.
F7sus4F7sus4 F7F7 G7sus4G7sus4
We can be beautiful...
HIPSTER DORK:
Ow!
VERONICA:
Just not today.
C minorCm Cm7Cm7 F/CF/C Cm/Eb Eb/FEb/F
Hey, are you okay?
HIPSTER DORK:
F7sus4F7sus4 F9F9 Abmaj7Abmaj7 Bb majorBb
Get away, nerd.
KIDS:
C minorCm Cm7Cm7 F/CF/C Cm/Eb Eb/FEb/F F7sus4F7sus4 F9F9 Abmaj7Abmaj7 Bb majorBb
Freak! Slut! Cripple! Homo! Homo! Homo!
VERONICA:
C minorCm
Things will get better
C7sus4C7sus4
soon as my letter
comes from Harvard, Duke, or Brown.
Am7#5/C
Wake from this coma,
Abmaj9/C
take my diploma,
N.C.
then I can blow this town.
F minorFm Db/F
Dream of ivy-covered walls
Ebmaj13
and smoky French cafes...
RAM:
Watch it!
VERONICA:
Eb/Db DbDb Eb/Db Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 G7sus4G7sus4 Ab/G Gm7Gm7 Cm/G
Fight the urge to strike a match and set this dump ablaze!
RAM:
G7G7
Ooooops.
VERONICA:
N.C. or (xxxx01)
Ram Sweeney. Third year as linebacker.
And eighth year of smacking lunch trays and BEING A augmentedA HUGE DICK.
RAM:
What did you say to me skank?
VERONICA:
N.C.
... Nothing.
VERONICA & KIDS:
AbMaj9Abmaj9 Ebadd2
But I know, I know, life can be beautiful.
Fm11/Eb Ebmaj9Ebmaj9
I pray, I pray for a better way.
Cm7#5 Gm7#5/Bb
We were kind before,
Eb7/Ab AbAb
we can be kind once more.
F7sus4F7sus4 F7F7 G7sus4G7sus4
We will be beautiful...
VERONICA:
Agh!... Hey Martha.
MARTHA:
Hey.
VERONICA:
C minorCm Cm7Cm7 Abmaj7Abmaj7 Bb majorBb
Martha Dunnstock. My best friend since diapers.
MARTHA:
C minorCm Cm7Cm7
We on for movie night?
VERONICA:
Abmaj7Abmaj7 Bb majorBb
Yeah, you're on Jiffy Pop detail.
MARTHA:
C minorCm Cm7Cm7
I rented "The Princess Bride."
VERONICA:
Abmaj7Abmaj7 Bb majorBb
Again? Don't you have it memorized by now?
MARTHA:
C minorCm Cm7Cm7 Abmaj7Abmaj7 Bb majorBb
What can I say? I'm a sucker for a happy ending.
KURT:
C minorCm Cm7Cm7
Martha Dumptruck! Wide load!
N.C.
Honnnnnk!
VERONICA:
N.C. or (xxxx01)
Kurt Kelly. Quarterback. He is the smartest guy on the football team.
Which is kind of like being the tallest dwarf.
Hey! Pick that up right now!
KURT:
I'm sorry, are you actually talking to me?
VERONICA:
Yes, I am. I wanna know what gives you the right to pick on my friend.
You're a high school has-been waiting to happen. A augmentedA future gas station attendant.
KURT:
N.C. G7sus4G7sus4
You have a zit right there.
VERONICA:
N.C.
Dear diary:
Ebm6/Gb
Why...
HIPSTER DORK:
Bbm/F
Why do they hate me?
REPUBLICAN GIRL:
F7/Eb
Why don't I fight back?
KURT:
Bbm/Db BbmBbm
Why do I act like such a creep?
VERONICA:
Ebm6/Gb
Why...
MARTHA:
Bbm/F
Why won't he date me?
RAM:
F7/Eb
Why did I hit him?
STONER CHICK, MS. FLEMING, & BLOW-DRIED PREPPY:
Bbm/Db BbmBbm
Why do I cry myself to sleep?
VERONICA:
Abm6/B
Why !...
KIDS:
Ebm/Bb
Somebody hug me!
Bb7/AbBb7/Ab
Somebody fix me!
Ebm/Gb
Somebody save me!
B7/F
Send me a sign, God!
Give me some hope here!
E7/Bb D5D5
Something to live for!
Interlude:
D MajorD A/D Am/D G/DG/D Eb/DEb/D
D MajorD A/D Am/D G/DG/D Eb/DEb/D
KIDS:
D MajorD Bm11Bm11 G/F Eb6/9 D MajorD
Aah... Heather, Heather, and Heather...
VERONICA:
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Then there's the Heathers. They float above it all.
KIDS:
D MajorD Bm11Bm11 G/F Eb6/9 D MajorD
I love Heather, Heather, and Heather...
Bm11Bm11 G/F Eb6/9 D MajorD
I hate Heather, Heather, and Heather...
VERONICA:
Heather McNamara. Head cheerleader. Her dad's loaded - he sells engagement rings.
KIDS:
Bm11Bm11 G/F Eb6/9 D MajorD
I want Heather, Heather, and Heather...
VERONICA:
Heather Duke. Runs the yearbook. No discernible personality, but her mom did pay for implants.
And Heather Chandler. The Almighty.
KIDS:
Bm11Bm11 G/F Eb6/9
I need Heather, Heather-
VERONICA:
N.C.
She is a mythic bitch.
F minorFm Db/F Ebmaj9Ebmaj9
They are solid Teflon - never bothered, never harassed.
Eb/Db DbDb Eb/Db Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 G7sus4G7sus4 Ab/G
I would give anything to be like that.
HIPSTER DORK:
G7G7 AbMaj9Abmaj9 Ebmaj13
I'd like to be their boyfriend.
KIDS:
That would be beautiful.
STONER CHICK:
AbMaj9Abmaj9 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
If I sat at their table, guys would notice me!
KIDS:
So beautiful!
MARTHA:
Abmaj9/C Gm7#5/Bb Eb7/Ab
I'd like them to be nicer.
KIDS:
AbAb
That would be beautiful.
BELEAGUERED GEEK:
F7sus4F7sus4 FF Cm7/F F7sus4F7sus4
I'd like to kidnap a Heather and photograph her naked in an abandoned warehouse
FF N.C.
and leave her tied up for the rats!
HEATHER DUKE:
Cm7Cm7 F/CF/C F7sus4F7sus4 F9F9
(vomits)
HEATHER CHANDLER:
Cm7Cm7 F/CF/C F7sus4F7sus4 F9F9
Grow up, Heather. Bulimia is so '87.
HEATHER MCNAMARA:
Cm7Cm7 F/CF/C
Maybe you should see a doctor, Heather.
HEATHER DUKE:
Cm7Cm7 F/CF/C
Yeah, Heather, Maybe I should.
MS. FLEMING:
N.C.
Ah, Heather and Heather...and Heather.
C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7 F#/C# F#sus4F#7sus4 F#9F#9
Perhaps you didn't hear the bell over all the vomiting. You're late for class.
HEATHER CHANDLER:
C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7 F#/C#
Heather wasn't feeling well. We're helping her.
MS. FLEMING:
F#sus4F#7sus4 F#9F#9 C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7 F#/C#
Not without a hall pass you're not. Week's detention.
VERONICA:
N.C.
Uh, actually, Ms. Fleming, all four of us are out on a hall pass. Yearbook committee.
MS. FLEMING:
EbmEbm F/Eb Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 BbmBbm EbmEbm F/Eb
... I see you're all listed. Hurry up and get where you're going.
HEATHER CHANDLER:
Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 BbmBbm EbmEbm F/Eb
This is an excellent forgery. Who are you?
VERONICA:
Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 BbmBbm
Veronica Sawyer. I crave a boon.
HEATHER CHANDLER:
EbmEbm F/Eb
What boon?
VERONICA:
Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 BbmBbm
Um, let me sit at your table at lunch. Just once. No talking necessary.
EbmEbm F/Eb Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 BbmBbm
If people think you guys tolerate me, they'll leave me alone...
EbmEbm F/Eb Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 BbmBbm
Before you answer, I also do report cards, permission slips and absence notes.
HEATHER DUKE:
How about prescriptions?
HEATHER CHANDLER:
Shut up, Heather.
HEATHER DUKE:
FF
Sorry, Heather.
HEATHER CHANDLER:
FF FF
For a greasy little nobody, you do have good bone structure.
HEATHER MCNAMARA:
Fsus4Fsus4 Fadd4
And a symmetrical face. If I took a meat cleaver down the center of your skull,
Bb7sus/F Gbmaj13/F
I'd have matching halves. That's very important.
HEATHER DUKE:
Bb7sus/F Gbmaj13/F N.C.
Of course, you could stand to lose a few pounds.
HEATHER CHANDLER:
Gbmaj7Gbmaj7
And ya know, ya know, ya know?
DbDb
This could be beautiful.
Gbmaj7Gbmaj7
Mascara, maybe some lip gloss,
DbDb Dbsus
and we're on our way.
Gb/Bb Db/Ab
Get this girl some blush;
F/Gb GbGb
And Heather, I need your brush.
Eb7sus4Eb7sus4
Let's make her beautiful.
HEATHER MCNAMARA:
Let's make her beautiful...
HEATHER DUKE:
Let's make her beautiful...
HEATHER CHANDLER:
F7sus4F7sus4
Make her beautiful!
Okay?
VERONICA:
Okay!
KURT:
Ebm6/Gb Bbm/F
Out of my way, geek!
BELEAGUERED GEEK:
F7/Eb
I don't want trouble!
RAM:
Bbm/Db BbmBbm
You're gonna die at 3pm!
REPUBLICAN GIRL & GOTH GIRL:
Ebm6/Gb Bbm/F F7/Eb
Don't you dare touch me! Get away, pervert!
BELEAGUERED GEEK:
Bbm/Db BbmBbm
What'd I ever do to them?
KIDS:
Abm6/F Ebm/Bb
Who could survive this?
Bb7/AbBb7/Ab
I can't escape this!
Ebm/F F7sus4F7sus4
I think I'm dying!
MS. FLEMING:
N.C.
Who's that with Heather?
KIDS:
Eb/BbEb/Bb Gb/Bb Ebm6/Bb
Whoa.
Bb5Bb5 F/Bb Abmaj7/Bb Ebmaj7/Bb
Heather, Heather, Heather...
GOTH GIRL:
And someone!
KIDS:
Bb5Bb5 F/Bb Abmaj7/Bb Eb/BbEb/Bb
Heather, Heather, Heather...
PRINCIPAL, COACH, & MS. FLEMING:
Ebmaj7/Bb
And a babe!
KIDS:
Bb5Bb5 F/Bb Abm/Bb Eb/BbEb/Bb
Heather, Heather, Heather...
MARTHA:
N.C. F7sus4F7sus4
Veronica !
KIDS:
GbGb FF
Veronica?
GbGb FF
Veronica!
GbGb F7sus4F7sus4
Veronica!!!
VERONICA & KIDS:
Esus/A E MajorE
And ya know, ya know, ya know, life can be beautiful.
Esus/A E MajorE
You hope, you dream, you pray, and you get your way!
C#m7#5 G#m7#5/B
Ask me how it feels
E7/A A augmentedA
looking like hell on wheels...
F#sus4F#7sus4
My God, it's beautiful!
F#sus4F#7sus4
I might be beautiful!
G#7sus4G#7sus4
And when you're beautiful...
C#C#
It's a beautiful frickin' day!
KIDS:
G#/C# G#m/C# F#/C# C#C#
Heather! Heather! Heather! Veronica!
G#/C# G#m/C# F#/C# C#5C#5
Heather! Heather! Heather! Veronica!
A augmentedA D#dimD#dim C#5C#5
Veronica!
A augmentedA D#dimD#dim C#5C#5
Veronica!
A augmentedA D#dimD#dim C#5C#5
Veronica!
C#C#