Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: C majorC
Difficulty: Novice
Verse Chorus
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A minorAm x0221x FF 13321x
FF 13321x C majorC x3201x
C majorC x3201x A minorAm x0221x
D5D5 xx023x G+G 32003x
E MajorE 02210x
Verse 1:
A minorAm FF
I was born in a messed up century
C majorC D5D5
My favourite flavoured sweets are raspberry amphetamines
A minorAm FF
I bought a car, Beretta, age sixteen
C majorC D5D5
I brush my teeth with bleach ‘cause I ain’t got time for cavities
A minorAm FF
My daddy put a gun to my head
C majorC D5D5
Said if you kiss a boy, I'm gonna shoot you dead
A minorAm FF
So I tied him up with gaffa tape and I locked him in a shed
C majorC D5D5
Then I went out to the garden and I fucked my best friend, 'cause my
Chorus 1:
FF C majorC A minorAm
High hopes are getting low
G+G FF
Because these people are so old
C majorC A minorAm
The way they think about it all
G+G
If I tried, I would never know
FF C majorC A minorAm
My high hopes are getting low
G+G
But I know I'll never be alone
FF E MajorE A minorAm
It's alright, we'll survive
N.C. A minorAm
Cause parents ain't always right
FF C majorC
Ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah, ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah
D5D5 A minorAm
Ay-yah yah-yah yah-yah yah
FF C majorC
Ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah, ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah
D5D5
Ay-yah yah-yah yah-yah yah
Verse 2:
N.C.
Put a toaster in my bath, watch my mum and dad laugh
C majorC D5D5
See a thousand volts go through the son they wish they never had
A minorAm FF
They told me casual affection leads to sexual infection
C majorC D5D5
But it's hard to get an erection when you're so used to rejection
A minorAm FF
Yeah, the teacher fucked the preacher but then he had to leave her
C majorC D5D5
Had to wash away the sins of a male cheerleader
A minorAm FF
Hi, nice to meet ya, got nothing to believe in
C majorC N.C.
So let me know when my breathing stops, cause my
Chorus 2:
FF C majorC A minorAm
High hopes are getting low
G+G FF
Because these people are so old
C majorC A minorAm
The way they think about it all
G+G
If I tried, I would never know
FF C majorC A minorAm
My high hopes are getting low
G+G
But I know I'll never be alone
FF E MajorE A minorAm
It's alright, we'll survive
N.C. A minorAm
Cause parents ain't always right
FF C majorC
Ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah, ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah
D5D5 A minorAm
Ay-yah yah-yah yah-yah yah
FF C majorC
Ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah, ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah
D5D5
Ay-yah yah-yah yah-yah yah
Bridge:
A minorAm
Tick tock, stop the clock
D5D5 E MajorE
Because I got the feeling that I'm gonna get shot
A minorAm
Tick tock, stop the clock
D5D5 E MajorE
Because I got the feeling that I'm gonna get shot
Chorus 3:
FF C majorC A minorAm
All my high hopes are getting low
G+G FF
Because these people are so old
C majorC A minorAm
The way they think about it all
G+G
If I tried, I would never know
FF C majorC A minorAm
My high hopes are getting low
G+G
But I know I'll never be alone
FF E MajorE A minorAm
It's alright, we'll survive
N.C. A minorAm
Cause parents ain't always right
FF C majorC
Ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah, ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah
D5D5 A minorAm
Ay-yah yah-yah yah-yah yah
FF C majorC
Ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah, ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah
D5D5 A minorAm
Ay-yah yah-yah yah-yah yah