[Verse 1]
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When I was little, I thought I would be...
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A big comedian on late night TV
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But now I'm thirty-two and as you can see...
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I'm not! Oh well.
[Chorus]
D Em
It sucks to be me.
A
It sucks to be me.
D Bm Em A
It sucks to be broke and unemployed and turning thirty-three.
D
It sucks to be me.
[Verse 2]
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I'm kinda pretty, and pretty damn smart
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I like romantic things like music and art
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And as you know I have a gigantic heart
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So why... don't I have a boyfriend?! F**K!
[Chorus]
D Em
It sucks to be me.
A
It sucks to be me. (It sucks to be me.)
D Bm Em A
It sucks to be Brian (and Kate) to not have a job (to not have a date)
D
It sucks to be me.
[Music swells to the key of Eb or D#]
[Verse 3]
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We live together, we're as close as people can get.
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We've been the best of buddies ever since the day we met
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So he knows lots of ways to make me upset.
Ab
Oh, every day is an aggravation
Bb
(Come on that's an exaggeration!)
E C#m A B
You leave your clothes out! You put your feet on my chair.
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You do such an*l things like ironing your underwear.
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You make that very small apartment we share A HELL.
B7
(So do you! That's why I'm in hell too!)
[Chorus]
E
It sucks to be me...
F#m
(It sucks to be me)
B
(It sucks to be me)
B7
(It sucks to be me!)
E C#m F#m B
Is there anybody here that doesn't suck to be?
E
It sucks to be me.
[Ad-libbing Part]
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Da da da da da (da da da da da, da da da da da, da)
[Verse 4]
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I coming to this country for opportunities
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Tried to work in Korean deli, but I am Japanese
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But with hard work I earn two Master's Degrees
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In social work, and now I a therapist
Bb
But I have no clients
Bb
And I have an unemployed fiancee
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And we have LOTS. OF. BILLS. TO. PAY.
[Chorus]
Eb Fm
It suck to be me!
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It suck to be me!
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I say it sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-suck!]
Eb
It suck to be me!
(dialogue)
[Verse 5]
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I'm Gary Coleman, from TV's Different Strokes
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I've made a lot of money that got stolen by my folks!
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And now I'm broke and I'm the butt of everyone's jokes
E
But I'm here, the superintendent of Avenue Q
[Chorus]
A F#m
It sucks to be you! (You win!)
D E
It sucks to be you! (I feel better now!)
A F#m
Try having people stopping you to ask you...
[N.C] What'cha talking about, Willis?
It gets old.
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It sucks to be you...
E C#m
On Avenue Q! (Sucks to be me)
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On Avenue Q! (Sucks to be you)
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On Avenue Q! (Sucks to be us!)
F#m B
But not when we're together!
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We're together here...
Am G
On Avenue Q!
D Am G
We live on Avenue Q!
D G
Our friends do too!
Am G D Em
Till our dreams come true...
Am D G Em
We live on Avenue Q!
Am D G Em
We live on Avenue Q!
Am D G Em
We live on Avenue Q!
Am D G
Welcome to Avenue Q!