Bo Burnham – If You Want Love Lower Your Expectations (Guitar)

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[Verse]
E
You want a guy that's sweet, a guy that's tough

C#m
A feminist who likes to pay for stuff

A
The kinda guy that gets along with your friends

        B
Without being attracted to any of them

E
A good boy, a bad boy, a good bad boy

C#m
A half good half bad half boy

A
Loves your brother sensitive but not weak and

B
Is a great lover calls your mother on the weekend
[Pre-chorus]
C#m           A                   C#m    B           E
Now you might think that this guy only exists in your mind

A            C#m
Well guess what

B
You're right
[Chorus]
E           C#m   A
If you want love

B               E           C#m
Lower your expectations a few

               A                    B
Because Prince Charming would never settle for you

   E       C#m   A
If you want love

     B              E
Just pick a guy and love him

    C#m                     A
And if he's got a thing for feet

             B
Say fuck it, sweep me off them
[Verse]
E
You want a girl that's nice, a girl that's not

C#m
Obsessed with her looks but is insanely hot

A
The kinda girl that you can show to your folks

          B
Loves the movies that you like and always laughs at your jokes

E
A real girl, a hot girl, a really hot girl

C#m
A brand new really hot real doll

A
Wants to impress you doesn't care if you notice

    B
And only ever uses you to tickle her throat with
[Pre-chorus]
C#m           A                    C#m    B            E
Now you might think that this girl only exists in your mind

A
But she's real

C#m      B
But last week, she died
[Chorus]
E           C#m   A
If you want love

B               E           C#m
Lower your expectations a lot

                     A                 B
You might think your dick is a gift, I promise it's not

   E       C#m   A
If you want love

     B              E
Just pick a girl and love her

                  C#m               A
Then whip out your dick and let the

                B
Girl you love decline the offer
[Bridge]
A             C#m                        B
I don't want a neat freak I don't want a slob

                 B
Or somebody with bedhead and a dead-end job

A             C#m            B
Cause I won't settle for less than perfect

A               C#m                 B
We want perfect children, a perfect life

        B
Perfect husband or a perfect wife

A   C#m          B
But deep down we know

           B
We don't deserve it
[Outro]
       E          A     C#m
But we all deserve love

B                     E             A
Even on the days when we aren't our best

             C#m
Cause we all suck

             B
But love can make us suck less

E             A   C#m
We all deserve love

         B                 E     C#m
It's the very best part of being alive

    A
And I would know

  B                  E
I just turned twenty five