Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
C majorC C FF C majorC
G+G FF C majorC D MajorD
Verse 1:
C majorC
My parents paid for college and I wonder why
C majorC
To have me be a comic flipping burgers on the side
G+G
You can't have an apartment making 8.75
C majorC
Let alone car insurance after two DWIs
FF G+G
I don't think I can write enough songs to stay alive
C majorC N.C.
I would turn to prostitution, but I don't think I'd get by
E MajorE C majorC
My brain's so fried I don't think I could pass a drug test
E MajorE C majorC
And if my daddy weren't a lawyer, I'd probably be in jail by now (it also helps to be white)
FF G+G C majorC G+G
Throw your hands in the air on my emotional roller coaster
FF N.C.
Everybody do the mood swing
Chorus:
FF G+G C majorC
I'll never amount to anything
D MajorD
I'll never amount to anything
FF
I'll never amount to anything
G+G
I’ll never amount to nothin'
Verse 2:
C majorC
My therapist said focus on the now and here
C majorC
So I savor all the flavor when I pound a beer
G+G
I get heart palpitations and panic attacks
C majorC
But I don't think I could trust myself around Xanax
FF G+G
My therapist said I should take my meds
C majorC N.C.
But that's exactly what the government wants me to do
E MajorE C majorC
I switch banks every time I overdraw my checking account
E MajorE C majorC
I'm at a point where 100 dollars could change my life (if I didn't spend it on cigarettes)
FF G+G C majorC G+G
You'll drag bodies from my emotional wreckage, baby
FF N.C.
What's the point of trying?
Chorus:
FF G+G C majorC
I'll never amount to anything
D MajorD
I'll never amount to anything
FF
I'll never amount to anything
G+G
I’ll never amount to nothin'
Piano solo:
C majorC C A minorAm Am
G+G FF C majorC D MajorD
C majorC C A minorAm Am
G+G FF C majorC D MajorD
C7C7
E7E7 C majorC E7E7 C majorC
E7E7 C majorC FF G+G
Verse 3:
C majorC N.C.
In first grade they tell you you could be the president
C majorC N.C.
But I can't even get people to follow me on Twitter
G+G
I drink and I smoke, and I never use a rubber
C majorC
And also I play the lottery
G+G FF
Raised in suburbia to die in the streets
C majorC N.C.
But my parents still say that they're proud of me
E MajorE C majorC
I'll be a sewer of emotionally-draining shit
E MajorE C majorC
And it'll take more than a manhole to shut me up (haha, manhole)
FF G+G C majorC G+G
You'll lose your luggage at my emotional baggage claim
FF G+G C majorC G+G
You'll lose your luggage at my emotional baggage claim
FF N.C.
Poster boy of eugenics
Chorus:
FF G+G C majorC
I'll never amount to anything
D MajorD
I'll never amount to anything
FF
I'll never amount to anything
G+G
I’ll never amount to nothin'
C majorC
Anything
D MajorD
I'll never amount to anything
FF
I'll never amount to anything
G+G
I’ll never amount to nothin'
C majorC