[Verse 1]
                   C               Fmaj7         C                     Fmaj7
Joke me something awful just like kisses on the necks of "best friends"
 C          Fmaj7   G6
We're the kids who feel like dead ends
       C           Fmaj7        C                 Fmaj7
And I want to be known for my hits, not just my misses
          C          Fmaj7           G6   G
I took a shot and didn't even come close
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
C             Fmaj7     G6
At trust and love and hope
         C         Fmaj7 G6             G
And the poets are just kids who didn't make it
     C      Fmaj7      G6
And never had it, at all
 
 
[Chorus]
           Cadd9            Fmaj7
And the record won't stop skipping
         Cadd9                 Fmaj7
And the lies just won't stop slipping
       C         Fmaj7           G
And besides, my reputation's on the line
       Cadd9            Fmaj7
We can fake it for the airwaves
           Cadd9           Fmaj7
Force our smiles, baby, half dead
       C       Fmaj7      G
From comparing myself to everyone else around me
 
C Fmaj7 G
 
[Verse 2]
                 C           Fmaj7                 C           Fmaj7
Please put the doctor on the phone, 'cause I'm not making any sense
      C   Fmaj7    G6
Blame everyone but me for this mess
        C             Fmaj7    C               Fmaj7
And my back has been breaking from this heavy heart
    C     Fmaj7     G6
We never seemed so far
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
     C         Fmaj7
I'm hopelessly hopeful
               G6       G
You're just hopeless enough
        C     Fmaj7      G6  G
But we never had it, at all
 
 
[Chorus]
         Cadd9             Fmaj7
And the record won't stop skipping
        Cadd9                 Fmaj7
And the lies just won't stop slipping
       C           Fmaj7             G
And besides, my reputation's on the line
        Cadd9            Fmaj7
We can fake it for the airwaves
           Cadd9         Fmaj7
Force our smiles, baby, half dead
         C        Fmaj7    G                   C Fmaj7
From comparing myself to everyone else around me
     G                     C Fmaj7
To everyone else around me,
 G                    C Fmaj7
Everyone else around me
 G                   C Fmaj7
Everyone else around me
 
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