Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: Absus2 Ab Absus2 Ab Verse 1: Absus2 The hair has to be perfect Gbsus2 Absus Ab The “A’s” have to be straight Absus2 Cm7 You have to join the debate club Dbsus2 Db On that there’s no debate Gm7b5 C7 Fsus2 Fm/Eb You‘ll have Bible camp each summer to keep you pure and clean Dbsus2 Ab/C Gbsus2 Db(add2) Absus2 Absus/G Dbsus2 Db Endless rules apply when you’re Alyssa Greene
Verse 2: Absus2 Trophies have to be first place Gbsus2 Absus Ab Ribbons have to be blue Absus2 Cm7 Dbsus2 Db There’s always some competition or hoops for jumping through Gm7b5 C7 Fsus2 Fm/Eb Your mom’s made sacrifices, so win homecoming queen Dbsus2 Ab/C Gbsus2 Db Absus2 Ab Absus2 Ab ’Cause it’s do or die when you’re Alyssa Greene Bridge: Dbsus2 Db Dbsus2 Db Ab/C And you wish there was a world where you were simply free to live Bbm7 Eb9sus Eb Ab(add2) Ab7 And when people criticized you, you had no more shits to give Dbsus2 Db Dbsus2 Db C7/E Fm And in this other lifetime, when you tell yourself, “Be brave,” Bb7sus You won‘t cave Bb7 Ebsus Eb Ebsus Eb6 Dbmaj9 Eb9sus That’s the one thing I truly crave Verse 3: Ab But your feelings have to be phony Gb6/9 Ab Your weight has to be tracked Cm7 Dbsus2 Db If you don’t like shaking pom-poms, you’d better learn to act Gm7b5 C7 Fsus2 Fm/Eb Just have everything perfected by the time you reach eighteen Dbsus2 Ab/C Gbsus2 Db Absus2 Ab Gb6/9 Don‘t ask how or why when you’re Alyssa Greene Verse 4: Absus2 Ab Improve all of your strong points Gbsus2 Ab(add2) And hide things that you lack Cm7 Dbsus2 Db Dbsus2 Db ’Cause mom’s convinced if you’re perfect your father might come back Gm7b5 C7 You’re not yourself, you’re not what she wants Fsus2 Fm/Eb You‘re someone in-between Dbsus2 Ab/C Gbsus2 Db(add2) Absus2 Ab Your whole life’s a lie when you’re Alyssa Greene Gb6/9 Absus2 Ab Gb6/9 Dbsus2 Db Dbsus2 Db (Dialouge) Outro: Gm7b5 C7 You’re not yourself, you‘re not what she wants Fsus2 Fm/Eb You’re someone in-between... Dbsus2 Ab/C Ab Gbsus2