Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
Absus2Absus2 AbAb Absus2Absus2 AbAb
Verse 1:
Absus2Absus2
The hair has to be perfect
Gbsus2Gbsus2 Absus AbAb
The “A’s” have to be straight
Absus2Absus2 Cm7Cm7
You have to join the debate club
Dbsus2Dbsus2 DbDb
On that there’s no debate
Gm7b5Gm7b5 C7C7 Fsus2Fsus2 Fm/Eb
You‘ll have Bible camp each summer to keep you pure and clean
Dbsus2Dbsus2 Ab/C Gbsus2Gbsus2 Db(add2) Absus2Absus2 Absus/G Dbsus2Dbsus2 DbDb
Endless rules apply when you’re Alyssa Greene
Verse 2:
Absus2Absus2
Trophies have to be first place
Gbsus2Gbsus2 Absus AbAb
Ribbons have to be blue
Absus2Absus2 Cm7Cm7 Dbsus2Dbsus2 DbDb
There’s always some competition or hoops for jumping through
Gm7b5Gm7b5 C7C7 Fsus2Fsus2 Fm/Eb
Your mom’s made sacrifices, so win homecoming queen
Dbsus2Dbsus2 Ab/C Gbsus2Gbsus2 DbDb Absus2Absus2 AbAb Absus2Absus2 AbAb
’Cause it’s do or die when you’re Alyssa Greene
Bridge:
Dbsus2Dbsus2 DbDb Dbsus2Dbsus2 DbDb Ab/C
And you wish there was a world where you were simply free to live
BbM7Bbm7 Eb9sus Eb MajorEb Ab(add2) Ab7Ab7
And when people criticized you, you had no more shits to give
Dbsus2Dbsus2 DbDb Dbsus2Dbsus2 DbDb C7/EC7/E F minorFm
And in this other lifetime, when you tell yourself, “Be brave,”
Bb7susBb7sus
You won‘t cave
Bb7Bb7 Ebsus Eb MajorEb Ebsus Eb6Eb6 DbMaj9Dbmaj9 Eb9sus
That’s the one thing I truly crave
Verse 3:
AbAb
But your feelings have to be phony
Gb6/9 AbAb
Your weight has to be tracked
Cm7Cm7 Dbsus2Dbsus2 DbDb
If you don’t like shaking pom-poms, you’d better learn to act
Gm7b5Gm7b5 C7C7 Fsus2Fsus2 Fm/Eb
Just have everything perfected by the time you reach eighteen
Dbsus2Dbsus2 Ab/C Gbsus2Gbsus2 DbDb Absus2Absus2 AbAb Gb6/9
Don‘t ask how or why when you’re Alyssa Greene
Verse 4:
Absus2Absus2 AbAb
Improve all of your strong points
Gbsus2Gbsus2 Ab(add2)
And hide things that you lack
Cm7Cm7 Dbsus2Dbsus2 DbDb Dbsus2Dbsus2 DbDb
’Cause mom’s convinced if you’re perfect your father might come back
Gm7b5Gm7b5 C7C7
You’re not yourself, you’re not what she wants
Fsus2Fsus2 Fm/Eb
You‘re someone in-between
Dbsus2Dbsus2 Ab/C Gbsus2Gbsus2 Db(add2) Absus2Absus2 AbAb
Your whole life’s a lie when you’re Alyssa Greene
Gb6/9 Absus2Absus2 AbAb Gb6/9 Dbsus2Dbsus2 DbDb Dbsus2Dbsus2 DbDb
(Dialouge)
Outro:
Gm7b5Gm7b5 C7C7
You’re not yourself, you‘re not what she wants
Fsus2Fsus2 Fm/Eb
You’re someone in-between...
Dbsus2Dbsus2 Ab/C AbAb Gbsus2Gbsus2