Chords with lyrics
šø Instrumental:
C minorCm Bb majorBb FF F
AbAb Bb majorBb AbAb Bb majorBb
Csus4Csus4 Bb majorBb
šø Intro:
FF
Iām Dead
EbmEbm FF
The blood is all but draining from my head
EbmEbm FF
The nightmare started there but now has spread
EbmEbm GbGb
My pulse is certainly dropping
DbDb GbGb FF
And my life is hanging on by a thread (Iām scared)
EbmEbm FF
Someone comes for me Iām unprepared
EbmEbm Eb MajorEb
The wait has got me sweating
DbmDbm DbDb
You canāt cut through all the tension
FF
Itās hell on Earth, you know
BbmBbm
Iām tweetinā all about it
FF
I take it blow by blow
BbmBbm
But Iād never scream or shout it
N.C
Passing period is over, everyone find your seats
šø Chorus:
FF AbAb
High School is killing me
Bb majorBb
Itās got me all out of rhythm and my melody
FF
Itās not cool
AbAb
Itās a fallacy
Bb majorBb
Itās a cruel and unusual brutality
FF AbAb
And I can survive it
Bb majorBb DbDb
For only so long
FF AbAb
High school is killing me
FF
Iām so fucking dead
šø Interlude:
FF AbAb
Alright, class, pop quiz
Bb majorBb DbDb
I hope youāve been hitting those books, Miss Lauter
(Shit)
šø Verse 1:
FF AbAb
I was up all late last night
Bb majorBb DbDb
And I couldnāt fucking study
FF
(Didnāt want to anyway)
AbAb
I was deep in a twitter fight
Bb majorBb DbDb
About a problematic puppy
FF
(problematic pooch)
AbAb
I had heart palpitations
Bb majorBb DbDb
Trying to convert crypto to lunch money
FF AbAb
Thereās nowhere to turn
Bb majorBb
For the class of twenty twenty-wern
šø Chorus:
FF AbAb
High school is killing me
Bb majorBb
Itās got me all out of rhythm and my melody (my melody)
FF
A augmentedA cesspool
AbAb
Faux democracy
Bb majorBb
Itās one hell of a normal abnormality
Bb majorBb
Ugh! Agh! Arrgh!
FF AbAb
And I can survive it
Bb majorBb DbDb
for only so long
FF AbAb
High School is killing me
Iām so fucking-
šø Verse 2:
N.C.
Hey! Hey, geek (Me)
FF FF
Your nameās Peter right? (yeah)
Eb MajorEb
Hey, Pete, weāve been in classes together
Bb majorBb
For a long time, havenāt we? (Iām so fucking dead)
FF
Since the first grade
FF
But Iām just realising
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Iāve never introduced myself, Im Stephanie (Iām so fucking dead)
FF FF
Lauter, the mayorās daughter, I know
Eb MajorEb
Yeah, but my friends all call me Steph
Bb majorBb
Weāre friends, arenāt we Pete? (Iām so fucking dead)
FF
I donāt know,are we?
FF Eb MajorEb
Well, I wouldnāt advertise it to the whole school or anything
Bb majorBb FF
But uhā¦ (High School!)
FF
But thereās an unspoken bond between us
Eb MajorEb
Weāre classmates, comrades, weāre Nighthawks
Bb majorBb
And we donāt leave anyone behind
FF
But I got left behind this morning
FF
the bus driverās a fucking asshole
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
We succeed together we fail together
FF FF
I wonāt mince words, Iām gonna fail this test, Peter
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Unless you help me cheat
N.C.
Cheat? (Iām so fucking dead)
šø Bridge:
Bb majorBb
Eight oāclock bell rings
FF
Place my head on my desk
FF
(Come on! Just finish your exam, pass it to me
and Iāll put my name on it!)
Bb majorBb
Twelve oāclock, Girl Scout
FF
Canāt I just get my rest?
FF
(Iāll give you mine, and you can take the test all over again
Doesnāt that sound fun)
Bb majorBb
Three oāclock countdown
Bb majorBb
Everyday lockdown
FF G minorGm
Classroom arrest
FF Bb majorBb C7C7
Is God the one giving the test?
FF
Well yeah, but wonāt we get in trouble?
Eb MajorEb
Please, Pete, donāt you wanna help me out?
Oh, alright
N.C.
Cheater!
N.C.
Oh, God, butt out Chasity!
šø Chorus:
FF AbAb
High school is killing me
Bb majorBb GbGb
Itās got me all out of rhythm and my melody
Eb MajorEb
My melody!
AbAb
My melody!
FF AbAb
Itās not cool, itās a tragedy
Bb majorBb
Iāve been thrown to the wolves of my community
Bb majorBb
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!
FF AbAb
And I can survive it
Bb majorBb DbDb
For only so long
FF AbAb
And Iāll still despise it
Bb majorBb DbDb
When I am gone!
FF AbAb
High school is killing me
N.C.
Grace, just be cool
Bb majorBb DbDb
Fuck you, biology
N.C.
Never!
FF Cm7Cm7
High school will murder me
N.C.
Miss Mulberry, theyāre cheating!
N.C.
Iām so fucking dead
FF
Yeah!