Intro:
Mr. third world, your first question
What is your aspiration in life?
Oh, my aspiration in life
Would be to be happy
B F# G#m E
B F#
Mama said, you're a pretty girl
G#m E
What's in your head, it doesn't matter
B F#
Brush your hair, fix your tee
G#m E
What you wear is all that matters
B F# G#m E
Just another stage, pageant the pain away
B F#
This time I'm gonna take the crown
G#m E
Without falling down, down
B F# G#m E
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
B F# G#m E
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
B F# G#m E
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
B F# G#m
Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see
E
It's the soul that needs the surgery
B F#
Blonder hair, flat chest
G#m E
TV says bigger is better
B F#
South beach, sugar free
G#m E
Vogue says thinner is better
B F#
Just another stage
G#m E
Pageant the pain away
B F#
This time I'm gonna take the crown
G#m E
Without falling down, down
B F# G#m E
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
B F# G#m E
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
B F# G#m E
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
B F# G#m
Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see
E
It's the soul that needs the surgery
C#m
Ain't got no doctor or pill that can take the pain away
G#m
The pain's inside and nobody frees you from your body
E
It's the soul, it's the soul that needs surgery
F#
It's my soul that needs surgery
C#m
Plastic smiles and denial can only take you so far
G#m
Then you break when the fake facade leaves you in the dark
E F#
You left with shattered mirror and the shards of a beautiful past
B F# G#m E
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
B F# G#m E
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
B F# G#m E
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
B F# G#m
Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see
{pause or} E
It's the soul that needs the surgery
B F#
When you're alone all by yourself
G#m E
And you're lying in your bed
B F#
Reflection stares right into you
G#m E
Are you happy with yourself
B F#
You stripped away the masquerade
G#m E
The illusion that's been shed
B F#
Are you happy with yourself?
G#m E
Are you happy with yourself?, yes