Intro: F Am G#
F Em Eb
F Am
In the playground
G#
children sing their songs and skin their knees
F Am Eb
play, little monsters, play
F Am G#
i remember doing just the same so many years ago
F Am Eb
and the things they'd say
F Am G#
i could handle sticks and stones
F Am Eb
but those words still break my bones
Eb Gm
little monsters that rule the world
Eb Gm
you don't know what you're really saying
Eb Gm
stop before someone ends up getting hurt
Eb Gm
can't you see that we're only playing
F Am G#
i remember i was just another monster without life
F Am Eb
'til the day you came
F Am G#
dirty creatures, tiny animals that crawl towards the light
F Am Eb
don't you ever change
Eb Gm x2
Eb Gm
little monsters that rule the world
Eb Gm
you don't know what you're really saying
Eb Gm
stop before someone ends up getting hurt
Eb Gm
can't you see that we're only playing
inter: Eb...C#...
F Am G#
F Am Eb
F Am G#
one day you will have to go
F Am Eb
you'll have to learn to live alone
Eb Gm
i can't hold your hand anymore
Eb Gm
i can't always kiss you better
Eb Gm
time to stand on your own two feet
Eb Gm
time to see just where they get you
Eb Gm
deep inside i'm still the same
Eb Gm
just one more little monster
Eb Gm
making out that she knows the rules
Eb Gm
a sincere impostor
Outro: Eb Gm ...