The Explaining Anime To Parents Song chords by Nancy Kepner

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G|---3---2---3--|
C majorC|--0-0-3-3-0-0-|
E MajorE|-0---2---0----|
A augmentedA|--------------|


Verse:
  C majorC       G+G        BB  E minorEm  A#A#
I guess I always knew someday the day would come
C majorC                 A minorAm       G+G
When a simple explanation simply wouldn't be enough.
C majorC  A augmentedA         G#G#
At this point I have 7 wigs, 52 games, 12 DVDs,
E minorEm    A minorAm
9 manga 250 K-pop songs on MP3s.

Most of which you paid for so I guess I understand
     D MajorD            DmDm        G+G
Why you want an explanation I'll explain as best I can

Chorus:
C majorC    G+G
Mother, Father, the reason I like anime
   D MajorD                FF     G+G
The reason I know foreign words that only avid fans could say
   C majorC       E minorEm        D#mD#m         A minorAm
The reason that I dress up weird and go to starange conventions
DmDm                A minorAm
Is because I think it's fun, it's not just for attention


Chorus:
C majorC    G+G
Mother, Father, you don't quite get this cosplay thing
  D MajorD                 FF     G+G
Why people walk around the streets as Pokemon and Card Game Kings?
  C majorC       E minorEm       D#mD#m      A minorAm
Or how come in the U.S. we'd wear Japanese Steet Fashion
     DmDm               A minorAm
Well it's like a costume party, and it's part of the attraction!


Bridge:
   E minorEm              D#mD#m      A augmentedA
I'm sorry if I'm stuttering, but really how on Earth,
   DmDm        E minorEm         A minorAm        G+G
Do I explain this to my parents, who have sheltered me from birth?
     G+G    (slide G+G up and back down like in the video)
That I'm not watching cartoons!
     G+G   (slide G+G up and back down like in the video)
And this isn't just a phase!
     DmDm         A minorAm
Yes it's weird, that's why I love it,
    FF        G+G
No, it won't affect my grades

    C majorC       A minorAm
Cause despite all my explaining
    G+G       C majorC
I can never make them see
C majorC         E minorEm         A minorAm
They just wonder what they did wrong
    G+G
raising me

Chorus:
  C majorC    G+G
Oh, Mother, Father, please let me join the maid cafe
  D MajorD              FF        G+G
I swear it isn't creepy though I see how it could sound that way...
  C majorC      E minorEm      D#mD#m        A minorAm
And I assure you Lolita's not what the book was written on!
  DmDm
Oh wait you didn't read the book...
  A minorAm
I didn't either...
FF   G+G
Moving on...


Bridge:
   E minorEm              D#mD#m      A augmentedA
I'm sorry if I'm stuttering, but really how on Earth,
   DmDm        E minorEm         A minorAm        G+G
Do I explain this to my parents, who have sheltered me from birth?
     G+G    (slide G+G up and back down like in the video)
That I'm not watching cartoons!
     G+G   (slide G+G up and back down like in the video)
And this isn't just a phase!
     DmDm         A minorAm
Yes it's weird, that's why I love it,
    FF        G+G
No, it won't affect my grades

    C majorC       A minorAm
Cause despite all my explaining
    G+G       C majorC
I can never make them see
C majorC         E minorEm         A minorAm
They just wonder what they did wrong
    G+G
raising me
   C majorC          A minorAm
So I know you think I'm crazy
   G+G          C majorC
I've explained as best I can
   C majorC       E minorEm         A minorAm
And I hope that you accept me, for the person that I am
 C majorC         E minorEm      A minorAm
A augmentedA person who likes watching animation from Japan, who
 C majorC       E minorEm       A minorAm
sometimes turns into a raging, raving, squealing fan


Chorus:
  C majorC    G+G
Oh, Mother, Father, you want to know what shipping is
    FF
I would explain but I'm afraid
  FF       G+G
you won't respect me after this
   C majorC       E minorEm        D#mD#m      A minorAm
I'd tell you about fandoms, and their strange imaginations
    DmDm     A augmentedA          FF
How for most fans fanfiction is just a form of Mas-
  G+G
...creation?


Bridge:
   E minorEm              D#mD#m      A augmentedA
I'm sorry if I'm stuttering, but really how on Earth,
   DmDm        E minorEm         A minorAm        G+G
Do I explain this to my parents, who have sheltered me from birth?
     G+G    (slide G+G up and back down like in the video)
That I'm not watching cartoons!
     G+G   (slide G+G up and back down like in the video)
And this isn't just a phase!
     DmDm         A minorAm
Yes it's weird, that's why I love it,
    FF        G+G
No, it won't affect my grades

    C majorC       A minorAm
Cause despite all my explaining
    G+G       C majorC
I can never make them see
C majorC         E minorEm         A minorAm
They just wonder what they did wrong
    G+G
raising me


Outro:
  C majorC    G+G
Oh, Mother, Father, the reason I like anime
  D MajorD        FF     G+G
Is something that I can't explain,
  A minorAm