Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: Gm Am Gm Dm D E7 A7 That’s not my name! Verse 1: Am7 Doesn’t anybody ever get it right, Carrie, G7 When’ll they remember I am Carrie White? Carrie, Gm7 Is it any harder to say than D F G God damn total spastic, and weirdo and dumb bitch A Am Doesn’t anybody think that I can hear? I hear! G ‘speically when I’ve got them screaming in my ear, I hear!
Every day they mock me and push me around, F ‘til I drop E A If I had a wish, God, I wish they’d stop When will they, I wish they’d A When will they, when will they, when will they? A Sometimes their hatred is out of control, A God how they hurt me. Mama says suffering is good for the soul, Gm But they hurt me Chorus: F And if I could, I’d bring them all, G Down to their knees! F G C I’d make them sorry forever for teasing Carrie F D Carrie, Carrie! G A Verse 2: G I will not cry, D G I am okay, D G I try so hard to play their way. D Why do they find it so hard to say Carrie? G Why do they always treat me so bad, A They all know my name? D It’s Carrie! G I don’t know why they all get so mad, A D G It’s always the same! A D G What’s going on deep in me, A D G All of these feelings suddenly? A D G If I am changing, will I still be; D Carrie? G A Or what if I am somebody new? D G A Imagine, the things I might do! Bridge: D# I might take a chance, G# D# G# I’ve always wondered how D# Or maybe I’ll dance G# A# D# And try to laugh more than I do now. G# D# And the world will open its eyes, Fm7 A#7 F# And for once the whole world will recognize Carrie! A Am Then all those people who scream night and day: A A7 “Poor praying Carrie!” They’d see the new me, A And they might even say: Gm7 “Look! It’s Carrie!” Chorus: Gm F And finally, I’d hear that word, G Sounding so sweet! F G C Thousands of voices forever repeating: Carrie, F Dm Carrie, Carrie! Bm Am G D I am the sound of distant thunder, A A colour, a flame! F I’m Carrie! Dm C A# F I am a song of endless wonder, F That no one will claim. G# A# But someday, oh my, someday! F C D# Gm C# B F Someone will know my name!
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