Tuned a whole step down (DGCFAD). All chords relative to standard tuning.
Pretty much all power chords, but you can open up to full barre chords or open chords
in the bigger parts, like the chorus, if you want.
[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C Em
Jessie was the prom queen back in 1995
C Em
Punk and super pretty like a goddess on the outside
F Am G
She was sweet and funny, popular and cool
F Am G
It's got to be a drag when you peak in high school
C Em
She left college and she never went back
C Em
She posed for Playboy, made her think that she could act
F Am G
Ten years looking for the luck
F Am G
Chased her dreams in Cali but her laughing kinda sucked
F Am G
Now she's pushing thirty five, working at Starbucks
C Cm
Oh well, nowhere to go but up
[Verse 2]
C Em
Bill and Bobby Ann, Tiffany and Mike
C Em
They seemed to be the kids that did everything right
F Am G
Now the boys are doing time for robbing a Korean store
F Am G
The girls grow pot and do internet porn
C Em
Bobby's little brother Brett always talked smack
C Em
He learned that you can go too far and never get back
F Am
He was drinking at the wrong place
G
at the wrong time
F Am
He said the wrong thing
G
to the wrong guy
F Am G
He got himself stabbed in his one good eye
[Chorus]
C G
Life goes south when pretty goes away
C
The best that you can get is when you're
F C Am
falling in a good way
F Em C Am
Good enough is never enough
F Em C Am
Good enough is never enough
F G Em F C
There was nowhere to go but up
Dm Em F C
There was nowhere to go but up
Dm
There was nowhere to go
[Verse 3]
Em F
Jimmy found god, Timmy lost a leg
C Dm
Amy married well to a man she hates
Em F
Jamie bought a strip club makes a lot of dough
Emaj Bb5 B5 C
Alex sold drugs now he has his own reality show
[Chorus]
C G
Life goes south when pretty goes away
C
The best that you can get is when you're
F
falling in a good way
C G
Life goes south when pretty goes away
C
The best that you can get is when you're
F C Am
falling in a good way
F Em C Am
Good enough is never enough
F Em C Am
Good enough is never enough
F Em C Am
Good enough is never enough
F Em C
There was nowhere to go but up