Reasons To Pretend Were Alive chords by Jeff Rosenstock

• Difficulty: Intermediate

♫ Intro:

C C/B Am G F
C Dm Am G F
C

♫ Verse:
        C                   Am
I got a notepad and I got a ballpoint pen
              G                  Em     F
They've got a promise to lead me down a road that never ends
                 C
And it'll pass a sports car
             Am
It'll pass a new TV
             G                        Em                       F
It'll pass a house on the hill with a pool in the yard for the friends I'll never see

♫ Chorus:
C                               Am
They ain't got nothing for me
                        G                Em      F      C
They've got nothing but tired reasons to pretend we're alive

♫ Verse:
        C                      Am
I got a six-string and I got a broken van
        G              Em          F
I got a show to play tonight and I don't have a backup plan
              C                          Am
Yeah, you got ripped off cause you got a million days
              G                       Em                              F
And they just bleed into each other until the day you wonder why your youth has gone away

♫ Chorus:
C                               Am
They ain't got nothing for me
                        G                Em      F      C
They've got nothing but tired reasons to pretend we're alive
                                Am
They ain't got nothing for me
                        G                Em      F      C
They've got nothing but tired reasons to pretend we're alive

♫ Post-Chorus:
C
   Oh my god
         F
How they try to grind you down
C
   Oh my god
         F                                  C
How they try to grind you down to nothing

♫ Chorus:
C                               Am
They ain't got nothing for me
                        G                Em      F      C
They've got nothing but tired reasons to pretend we're alive
                             Am
They've got nothing for me
                        G                Em      F      C
They've got nothing but tired reasons to pretend we're alive
                             Am
They've got nothing for me
                        G                Em      F      C
They've got nothing but tired reasons to pretend we're alive
                             Am
They've got nothing for me
                        G                Em      F      C
They've got nothing but tired reasons to pretend we're alive

♫ Post-Chorus:
C
   Oh my god
         F
How they try to grind you down
C
   Oh my god
         F
How they try to grind you down to nothing
C
   Oh my god
         F
How they try to grind you down
C
   Oh my god
         F                                  C
How they try to grind you down to nothing