Difficulty
Intermediate 💪
Rate for accuracy
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Key: G
Intro:
C G Am7 D
Verse 1:
C G/B Am7
A minute to midnight, 2000 and 9
C G/B A7
I'm falling asleep at the party
C G/B Am7
I'm hanging nearby to this one girl I like
C G A7
But she ends up kissin' my buddy
Chorus:
G Am7
It's all material
D
Such good material
Em7 A7 D
I am a writer inside of a clown
G Am7
It's all material
D7
Such good material
Em7 Am7
When I get older
D7 C
I'll write this all down
[Intrumental]
C G Am7 G
Verse 2:
C G/B Am7
A minute to midnight, 2019
C G/B A7
You're throwing up in the back seat
C G/B Am7
My friends say that you're not treating me right
C G/B A7
They don't understand why I'm happy
Chorus:
G Am7
It's all material
D
Such good material
Em7 A7
The toxic relationship
D
Just like on TV
G Am7
It's all material
D7
Such good material
Em7 A7 D7 C
Think of how great of a story we'll be
[Intrumental]
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
Verse 3:
C Cmaj7
Self-describer
C Cmaj7
Over-analyzer
G
A wholе lot older
Em
A little bit wiser
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
You don't pick thе sets, the events, or survivors
Em D C
You're not a god, you're the punch-up writer
Verse 4:
C G/B
Happy new year
Am7 D
Here's a plague and some locusts
Em A7
Still, I try not to focus
D
On what I can't do
C G
I sit in the sun
Am7 D
And I write out a poem
C G
About all the beauty
Am D
In my little room
Chorus:
G Am7
It's all material
D
Such good material
Em A7
All of this pain
D
I decide what it means
G Am7
It's all material
D
Such good material
Em A A7
I can't control what'll happen to me
Am7 D C
I only decide what the story will be
Outro:
C G Am D G
Song History
Published: January 2, 2026
Last Updated: January 2, 2026