Note: this song sounds better with picking on the verses and strumming the chorus, but chord progression is
the same: D Bm A G - Please note the tempo, both D and A are half time and Bm and G ring for longer -
play with the song the first time to get the tempo right.
e|-----2-------------------------------| If you're playing this in any other instrument that's
B|-----------3------------2---0--------| F#+D A D+B C#+A E B+G
G|-------2-----------------------------|
D|-----0--------------------2----------|
A|-----------2------------0------------|
E|----------------------------3--------|
D Bm A G
Intro: D Bm A G
D Bm
Found a cheap therapist
A
Started taking vitamins
G
And gave up on all my friends
D Bm
I bought some self help books
A G
Stopped giving myself dirty looks
D
And started breathing again
Bm A
Got really into dirty martinis
G
Stuck a rainbow key chain on my rear view
D Bm
To remind myself the pot of gold
A G
Is always just up the road
D Bm A G
Bottom line, I survived yeah
D Bm A G
Spent all year being so dramatic
D Bm
It was sad and I was lonely
A G
But I'm standing here alive in this moment
D Bm
Why's it gotta be, why's it gotta be
A G
Tragic, tragic
D Bm
In the spirit of full disclosure
A G
After 5 years it was over, moved out,
D Bm
Found an apartment across town
A G
Wrote a whole album about it, called my sister to cry about it
D Bm A
And listened to Chris Martin sing "Magic" for the 99th time
G D
Left my heart in two dozen states
Bm A
And got a credit card, couldn't pay it off
G
Guess sometimes you just surprise yourself
N.C
With what you do to move on
D Bm A G
Bottom line, I survived yeah
D Bm A G
Spent all year being so dramatic
D Bm
It was sad and I was lonely
A G
But I'm standing here alive in this moment
D Bm
Why's it gotta be, why's it gotta be
A G
Tragic, tragic
Bm G
Oh, some days, some days, it's not okay, okay, yeah
Bm G
But some day, some day, I'm gonna be okay, okay
D Bm A G
Bottom line, I survived yeah
D Bm A G
Spent all year being so dramatic
D Bm
It was sad and I was lonely
A G
But I'm standing here alive in this moment
D Bm
Why's it gotta be, why's it gotta be
A G
Tragic, tragic
D Bm A G