[Chords used]
G 320003
B x24442
C x32010
Am x02210
D xx0232
Em 022000
Cadd11 x32011
[Verse 1]
G
Children on the street
B C Am G
Are cowardly and scared
B C Am G
And powerfully prepared
B C D Em D C Cadd11 C
For things I dare not speak of in all of my lifetime
G
For I am ready
[Verse 2]
G
Mother nature calls
B C Am G
And beckons them to come
B C Am G
The innocent and dumb
B C D Em D C Cadd11 C
To witness persecution for my privilege
G
For I am ready
[Pre-Chorus]
Em D C G
To turn the many into some
Em D C G
Before you run out of rhyming words for "scum"
[Interlude]
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G|--------------------|-----------/11------/9-----|------------------------------------|
D|--------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|
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B|--/13--12------10------8~--|
G|-----------/11------/9-----|
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(or if you want to play the chords)
G Em B C Am G D Em C
[Chorus]
G D
Why'd you act sick and pretend?
C B C
Pretend that you're never laughing
Am G D
Aren't you just sick of expending?
C B C
All your time getting noticed
C G D
Show me the message you sent
Em B C
And act like you never wrote it
Am G D
Well aren't you just sick of your friends?
C B C
Your friends are ulterior motives
Am G D
'Cause I'm everyone else
Em D C
I am everyone else
Am G D
I am everyone else
Em D C
I am everyone else
Am
I-
[Verse 4]
G
I am insecure
B C Am G
As pretty as I seem
B C Am G
It's a reoccuring theme
B C D Em D C Cadd11 C
I never heard much different in all of my lifetime
G
For I am ready
G
I love and care for you
B C Am G
As ugly as you are
B C Am G
You precious golden star
B C D Em D C Cadd11 C
Your energy is admirable at the most
G
For I am ready
[Pre-Chorus]
Em D C G
So reconsider what you have
Em D C G
Before you run out of rhyming words for "chav"
[Chorus]
G D
Why'd you act sick and pretend?
C B C
Pretend that you're never noticed
Am G D
Aren't you just sick of expending
C B C
All your time getting noticed
C G D
Show me the message you sent
Em B C
And act like you never wrote it
Am G D
Well aren't you just sick of your friends?
C B C
Your friends are ulterior motives
Am G D
'Cause I am everyone else
Em D C
I am everyone else
Am G D
I am everyone else
Em D C
I am everyone else
Am
I-
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