Intro:
C
Yo, this one right here
G
Is for all the drop out-of-schoolers
Em
The future cougars
D
The Mary Jane abusers
C
The ones that chose to be losers
G
For all the misfit kids and the total outcasts
Em
MKTO
D
This one's for you
D
Role models
Chorus:
C G
We are the ones
Em
The ones you left behind
D
Don't tell us how
C
Tell us how to live our lives
G
Ten million strong
Em
We're breaking all the rules
D
Thank you for nothing
C
Cause there's nothing left to lose
Verse:
C G
Thank you for feeding us years of lies
Em D
Thank you for the wars you left us to fight
C G
Thank you for the world you ruined overnight
Em
But we'll be fine
D
Yeah we'll be fine
Bridge:
C
Thank you for the world you broke
G
Like yolk and it ain't no joke
Em
So cold and there ain't no coat
D
Just me, my friends, my folks, and
C
We gonna do what we like
G
So raise that bird up high
Em
And when they ask you why
D
Just stand there laugh and smile
Chorus:
C G
We are the ones
Em
The ones you left behind
D
Don't tell us how
C
Tell us how to live our lives
G
Ten million strong
Em
We're breaking all the rules
D
Thank you for nothing
C
Cause there's nothing left to lose
C G
Na na na na
Em
Na na na na na na
D
Na na na na
C
Na na na na na na
Verse:
C G Em
Thank you for the times you said don't make a sound
D
Thanks for the ropes you used to hold us down
C G
Cause when I break through I'ma use them to reach the cloud
Em
We ain't comin' down
D
We ain't comin' down
Bridge:
C
Look Ma I finally made it
G
This world is too damn jaded
Em
My life is just like Vegas
D
Go big, go home, get faded
C
Been a since '92
G
Can't shut me down curfew
Em
And them girls I'll take a few
D
Do what I wanna do
Chorus:
C G
We are the ones
Em
The ones you left behind
D
Don't tell us how
C
Tell us how to live our lives
G
Ten million strong
Em
We're breaking all the rules
D
Thank you for nothing
C
Cause there's nothing left to lose
C G
Na na na na
Em
Na na na na na na
D
Na na na na
C
Na na na na na na
C G
Na na na na
Em
Na na na na na na
D
Na na na na
C
Na na na na na na
Verse:
C G
Thank you from the bottom of my heart
Em D C
From head to toe, from the soul you ripped apart
G Em
I say thank you
D
I say thank you
C G
Yeah...
Em D
Oh...
C G Em D
Thank you, thank you....
Chorus -x2-:
C G
We are the ones
Em
The ones you left behind
D
Don't tell us how
C
Tell us how to live our lives
G
Ten million strong
Em
We're breaking all the rules
D
Thank you for nothing
C
Cause there's nothing left to lose
C G
We are the ones
Em
The ones you left behind
D
Don't tell us how
C
Tell us how to live our lives
G
Ten million strong
Em
We're breaking all the rules
D
Thank you for nothing
C
Cause there's nothing left to lose
Outro: C G Em D
Yo, if you don't like what they tell you to do
Don't do it
If you don't want to be who they want you to be
Screw it
It's your world
It's your life
And they ruined it
Role models
Tune in
Turn up
Drop out
C