Ugly Story Ukulele chords by Phemiec

• Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Tune down first two strings to B and Gb (One half-step each). The recording is a little flat, so keep that in
mind if you're playing along!

For A verses, pluck the B string, then strum E and A to emulate the guitar pattern she uses. At each Db, I
pluck B-E-A-B, then go right back into the main pattern.

In B verses, follow the strumming pattern on all strings. Should ring out pretty dramatically.

For choruses, I pluck B-E-A-strum on the D and strum once for B, then strum the E and Eb aug v, v ^. Slide
down from the E to the Eb aug.

Chords used:

           B                       Bsus                    Bm                     Db
A|---|-1-|---|---|---|  A|---|-1-|---|---|---|  A|---|-1-|---|---|---|  A|---|-1-|---|-3-|---|
E|---|-1-|---|---|---|  E|---|-1-|---|---|---|  E|---|-1-|---|---|---|  E|---|-1-|---|---|---|
B|---|---|---|---|---|  G|---|---|---|---|-3-|  G|---|---|-2-|---|---|  G|---|-1-|---|---|---|
Gb|---|---|---|---|---|  C|---|---|---|---|---|  C|---|---|---|---|---|  C|---|---|---|---|---|

           D                      E                    Ebaug
A|---|---|---|---|-4-| A|---|-1-|---|---|---| A|-1-|-2-|---|---|---|
E|---|-1-|---|---|---| E|---|-1-|---|-2-|---| E|-1-|---|-3-|---|---|
G|---|---|-2-|---|---| G|---|-1-|---|---|-3-| G|-1-|---|---|-4-|---|
C|---|---|---|---|---| C|---|-1-|---|---|---| C|-1-|---|---|---|---|


Verse 1a:
  B                                      Bsus
I'm a prince and I live in a ship and I aim my rifle and I shoot from the hip
       Bm                     Db
And I have a friend I pity, quite a bit
            B                                    Bsus
She said, “Grab your gun, let’s have some fun, share with me your perigees
   Bm                        Db
I have responsibilities, I cannot run

Verse 1b:
                     B                 Bsus
“I do not wish the death of any living thing
               Bm                           Db
I might be a killer but one day I shall be queen
                     B                          Bsus
And put an end to slaughter, but until then I’m keen
                     Bm                        Db
On staking clam to land and sea and everyfin between”

Verse 2a:
   B                                    Bsus
I played a game with eleven fools who told me not to break the rules
     Bm                              Db
But when have angels ever helped me yet?
     B                       Bsus
And magic isn’t real and anyway it doesn’t matter
          Bm                              Db
'Cause no matter what I conjure it could not help me deflect


Verse 2b:
            B                      Bsus
The angry death of every hopeful thought
                   Bm                         Db
That I might be a lover or a fighter that I’m not
                     B                      Bsus
In someone's spider web, or net I could be caught
                      Bm                       Db
But I’m too bitter, better off alone, guess I forgot


Chorus:
    D                            B
So what do you want me to say? Sorry?
       E      Ebaug        B
Should I apologize when you ignore me?
          D                         B
I didn’t ask to be right or to be lonely
    E              Ebaug      B
Or to be hatched into an ugly story


Verse 3a:
 B                                Bsus
I'm a prince and I had a pair of princesses in two sharp squares
     Bm                                Db
But then I guess I bored them both to death
     B                            Bsus
And now I think my calling is to break apart and fall to pieces
  Bm                            Db
Better yet, invent a brand new method of ascension

Verse 3b:
     B                             Bsus
I’m impressed, you’ve managed to survive
                       Bm                          Db
But rest assured we’d all be better off dead than alive
                        B                              Bsus
'Cause when they get a hold of us, we’ll all be batter-fried
                         Bm                            Db
And I’m surprised that nobody’s considered switching sides

Verse 4a:
    B                            Bsus
So here I am, respectfully and royally destroying
      Bm                                 Db
Any chance of getting back on your good gills
        B                               Bsus
And I don’t mean to be hurtful, but if yellow's the new purple
              Bm                                     Db
Well, then bleeding’s the new breathing, don’t you think I will

Verse 4b:
                     B                    Bsus
I used to wish the death of every living thing
                  Bm                           Db
I might be your killer but you’ll never be my queen
                   B                                Bsus
So put away your laughter, pack up your hopes and dreams
                           Bm                            Db
I’m done with black back-handing and red pandering, it seems

                 B                      Bsus
That I am just pathetic, I won’t be overlooked
                        Bm                           Db
I’m past the point of fishing to get back upon your hook
                 B                            Bsus
I’ve made a manifesto, I’ve been bested by a crook, but never more
       Bm                           Db
I’m planning on reclaiming what he took


Chorus:
    D                             B
So what did you want me to say? Sorry?
       E      Ebaug           B
Should I apologize when you ignore me?
          D                         B
I didn’t ask to be right or to be lonely
   E              Ebaug        B
Or to be hatched into an ugly story
   E            Ebaug       D
To be hatched into an ugly story
   E           Ebaug             B
Oh my, this pantomime is getting gory


Outro:
 B                  Bsus          Bm      Db
I'm a prince and I live in a ship
 B                  Bsus          Bm      Db      B
I'm a prince and I live in a ship