Verso 1:
Am F
I was born in a messed up century
C D5
My favourite flavoured sweets are raspberry amphetamines
Am F
I bought a car, Beretta, age sixteen
C D5
I brush my teeth with bleach ‘cause I ain’t got time for cavities
Am F
My daddy put a gun to my head
C D5
Said if you kiss a boy, I'm gonna shoot you dead
Am F
So I tied him up with gaffa tape and I locked him in a shed
C D5
Then I went out to the garden and I fucked my best friend, 'cause my
F C Am
High hopes are getting low
G F
Because these people are so old
C Am
The way they think about it all
G
If I tried, I would never know
F C Am
My high hopes are getting low
G
But I know I'll never be alone
F E Am
It's alright, we'll survive
N.C. Am
Cause parents ain't always right
F C
Ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah, ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah
D5 Am
Ay-yah yah-yah yah-yah yah
F C
Ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah, ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah
D5
Ay-yah yah-yah yah-yah yah
Verso 2:
N.C.
Put a toaster in my bath, watch my mum and dad laugh
C D5
See a thousand volts go through the son they wish they never had
Am F
They told me casual affection leads to sexual infection
C D5
But it's hard to get an erection when you're so used to rejection
Am F
Yeah, the teacher fucked the preacher but then he had to leave her
C D5
Had to wash away the sins of a male cheerleader
Am F
Hi, nice to meet ya, got nothing to believe in
C N.C.
So let me know when my breathing stops, cause my
F C Am
High hopes are getting low
G F
Because these people are so old
C Am
The way they think about it all
G
If I tried, I would never know
F C Am
My high hopes are getting low
G
But I know I'll never be alone
F E Am
It's alright, we'll survive
N.C. Am
Cause parents ain't always right
F C
Ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah, ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah
D5 Am
Ay-yah yah-yah yah-yah yah
F C
Ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah, ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah
D5
Ay-yah yah-yah yah-yah yah
Ponte:
Am
Tick tock, stop the clock
D5 E
Because I got the feeling that I'm gonna get shot
Am
Tick tock, stop the clock
D5 E
Because I got the feeling that I'm gonna get shot
F C Am
All my high hopes are getting low
G F
Because these people are so old
C Am
The way they think about it all
G
If I tried, I would never know
F C Am
My high hopes are getting low
G
But I know I'll never be alone
F E Am
It's alright, we'll survive
N.C. Am
Cause parents ain't always right
F C
Ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah, ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah
D5 Am
Ay-yah yah-yah yah-yah yah
F C
Ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah, ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah
D5 Am
Ay-yah yah-yah yah-yah yah