Nerdy Prudes Must Die - High School Is Killing Me chords by Starkid

• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

Key: F

🎸 Instrumental:
C5 Bb2 F/A Ab Bb
F5  Abmaj7 Bbsus2


🎸 Intro:


RICHIE:
    F
I’m dead
    Ebm7                              F
The blood is all but draining from my head
     Ebm7                               F
The nightmare started there but now has spread
   Ebm7                 Eb7
My pulse is certainly dropping
       E               Gb
And my life is hanging on by a thread

RUTH:
    F
I’m scared
Ebm7                          F
Someone comes for me I’m unprepared

BOTH:
    Ebm7            Eb7
The wait has got me sweating
        Db                  Ab
I can’t cut through all the tension

ENSEMBLE:
F
It’s hell on Earth, you know
    Bbm6
I’m tweetin’ all about it
  F
I take it blow by blow
        Bbm6
But I’d never scream or shout it

(bell rings)

MRS. MULBERRY:
N.C.
Passing period is over, everyone find your seats


🎸 Chorus:

Bbsus2

ENSEMBLE:
      F5               Eb5/Bb
High School is killing me
                        Bb5
It’s got me all out of rhythm and my melody
         F5                Eb5/Bb
It’s not cool, it’s a fallacy
                 Bbsus4     Bb
It’s a cruel and unusual brutality

    F        Ab
And I can survive it
    Bb      Db
For only so long
     F                 Ab
High school is killing me
               F
I’m so fucking dead


🎸 Interlude:

MRS. MULBERRY:
F        Ab
Alright, class, pop quiz
Bb                 Db
I hope you’ve been hitting those books, Miss Lauter

STEPHANIE:
Db
Shit


🎸 Verse 1:

STEPHANIE (ENSEMBLE):
F
I was up all late last night
      Eb               Bb
And I couldn’t fucking study
           Bb/C F
(Didn’t want to anyway)
F
I was deep in a twitter fight
        Eb          Bb
About a problematic puppy
             Bb/C
(problematic pooch)
Db               Eb
I had heart palpitations
                  Ab              Bb
Trying to convert crypto to lunch money
Db                 Eb
There’s nowhere to turn

ENSEMBLE:
Bb
For the class of 2021 (Twenty-twenty wern)


🎸 Chorus:

ENSEMBLE:
     F5                Eb5/Bb
High school is killing me
                       Bbsus4        Bb
It’s got me all out of rhythm and my melody (my melody, my melody)
      F5
A cesspool
           Eb5/Bb
Faux democracy
                   Bbsus4      Bb
It’s one hell of a normal abnormality
Bb
(howling)

    F        Ab
And I can survive it
    Bb      Db
for only so long
     F5                Eb5/Bb
High school is killing me

I’m so fucking-


🎸 Break:

STEPHANIE (PETER) ENSEMBLE::
F5
Hey! Hey, geek (Me)
F5
Your name’s Peter right? (yeah)
     Eb5
Hey, Pete, we’ve been in classes together
      Bb5
For a long time, haven’t we? I’m so fucking dead:
F5
(Since the first grade)
F5
But I’m just realising
                Eb5              Bb5
I’ve never introduced myself, Im Stephanie I’m so fucking dead:
F5
(Oh, Lauter, the mayor’s daughter, I know)
                             Eb5
Yeah, but my friends call me Steph
          Bb5
We’re friends, aren’t we Pete? I’m so fucking dead:
F5
(I don’t know,are we)
                      Eb5
Well, I wouldn’t advertise it to the whole school or anything
Bb5           F5
But uh… High School!:
F5
But there’s an unspoken bond between us
                  Eb5                         Bb5
We’re classmates, comrades, we’re Nighthawks!
Bb5
And we don’t leave anyone behind
F5
(Oh, I got left behind this morning. Bus driver’s a fucking asshole)
Eb5                           Bb5
Yeah, we succeed together, we fail together!
               F5
Now, I won’t mince words, I’m gonna fail this test, Peter
Eb5                Bb5
Unless you help me cheat
N.C.
(Cheat) I’m so fucking dead:


🎸 Bridge:

ENSEMBLE (STEPHANIE):
Bb7
Eight o’clock bell rings
                    Fmaj7
Place my head on my desk
Fmaj7
(Come on! Just finish your exam, pass it to me and I’ll put my name on it!)
Bb7
Twelve o’clock, Girl Scout
                    Fmaj7
Can’t I just get my rest?
Fmaj7
(I’ll give you mine, and you can take the test all over again! Doesn’t that sound fun)
Bb7
Three o’clock countdown
Bb7
Everyday lockdown
F         Eb
Classroom arrest
   Bb         Bbm         Csus4
Is God the one giving the test?

STEPHANIE (PETER) GRACE::
                                 F5
(Well yeah, but won’t we get in trouble)
F5
Please, Pete, don’t you wanna help me out?
      Eb5
(Oh, alright)
N.C.
Cheater!:
N.C.
Oh, God, butt out Chasity!


🎸 Chorus:

ENSEMBLE:
     F                 Eb/F
High school is killing me
                       F             Gb5
It’s got me all out of rhythm and my melody
    G5
(My melody)
    Ab5
(My melody)
     F                Eb/F
It’s not cool, it’s a tragedy
                        Bb/F
I’ve been thrown to the wolves of my community
Bb/F
(Howling)

    F         Ab
And I can survive it (I can survive it)
     Bb     Db
For only so long (For only so long)
    F             Ab
And I’ll still despise it (I'll still despise it)
Bb         Db
When I am gone (When I am gone)

ENSEMBLE (PETER) GRACE::
     F                 Ab
High school is killing me
N.C.
(Grace, just be cool)
     Bb       Db
Fuck you, biology
N.C.
Never!:
      F                 Cm7
High school will murder me
N.C.
Miss Mulberry, they’re cheating!:
N.C.
I’m so fucking dead
F
Yeah!