Bo Burnham – Art Is Dead (Ukulele)

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[Chorus]
F
[tab]A
[tab]Dm
[tab]Bb


[Verse]
[tab]F                               A
Entertainers like to seem complicated

                    Dm
But we're not complicated

                        Bb
I can explain it pretty easily

                        F
Have you ever been to a birthday party for children

                A
And one of the children won't stop screaming

                Dm
Cuz he's just a little attention attractor

              Bb
When he grows up to be a comic or actor

         F
He'll be rewarded for never maturing

          A
For never understanding or learning

           Dm
That every day can't be about him

              Bb
There's other people, you selfish child!
[Verse]
          F
I must be psychotic, I must be demented

                  A
To think that I'm worthy of all this attention

               Dm
Of all of this money you worked really hard for

           Bb
I slept in late while you worked at the drug store

          F
My drug's attention, I am an addict

          A
But I get paid to indulge in my habit

            Dm
It's all an illusion, I'm wearing make-up

            Bb
I'm wearing make-up, make-up, make-up, makeuuu--p
[Chorus]
F
Art is dead

A
So, people think you're funny
How do we get those people's money?
F
I said art is dead

      A                                          F
We're rolling in dough while Carlin rolls in his grave

A
His grave

Dm          Bb
His grave
[Verse]
F
This show has got a budget

A
This show has got a budget

    Dm
And all the poor people way more deserving

       Bb
Of the money won't budge it

        F
Cause I wanted my name in lights

       A
When I could have fed a family of four

    Dm
For forty freaking fortnights

Bb
Forty freaking fortnights!
[Bridge]
        F
I am an artist, please God forgive me

        A
I am an artist, please don't revere me

        Dm
I am an artist, please don't respect me

        Bb
I am an artist, feel free to correct me

                F
A self-centered artist

              A
Self-obsessed artist

        Dm    
I am an artist, I am an artist

               Bb
But I'm just a kid, I'm just a kid, I'm just a kid, kid

                               F
And maybe I'll grow out of it