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Intermediate
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Key: C#m
β« Intro:
E G#m F#m ( x4 )
β« Verse 1:
E G#m C#m C
I thought sweetly of my empty gun
E G#m C#m C
Without me it couldn't hurt no one
C#m F# A C
We'd both kill to have a little fun
A G#m F#
Wondering why I gotta be somebody's enemy
C
To be big in the world
β« Break:
E G#m F#m
E G#m F#m
β« Verse 2:
E G#m C#m C
I thought sweetly of my sanity
E G#m C#m C
And how it always gets away from me
C#m F# A C
It seemed a lot cooler on the MTV
A G#m F#
Wondering why I gotta be somebody's tragedy
C
To be big in the world
β« Break:
E G#m F#m
E G#m F#m
β« Bridge:
A F# A F#
I don't believe in anything, god forbid it comes true
A F# A G#
If you believe in anything, than I've got something for you
β« Verse 3:
C#m C E
But I've got nothing for the president
D C#m C E
And nothing followed him everywhere he went
F# A
What a lonely way to pay the rent
A G#m F#
Wondering why I gotta be somebody's tragedy
C
To be big in the world
β« Break:
E G#m F#m
E G#m F#
β« Bridge:
A F# A F#
I don't believe in anything, god forbid it comes true
A F# A C#
If you believe in anything, than I've got something for you
β« Outro:
F#m E D C#
If you question every moment in time
F#m E D C#
And every answer leaves you wondering why
D A Bm A
You gotta be somebody's anything
D A Bm A
Yeah why you gotta be somebody's anything
D A Bm F
Why you gotta be somebody's anything to be big in the world
Song History
Published: August 14, 2023
Last Updated: September 10, 2025