Melanie Martinez – Detention (Ukulele)

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[Verse 1]

  Am          C
I'm not a bad guy

 C                                   F
So don’t treat me bad if I'm feeling sad, alright?

 D                                 Cm
Please don't be mad if I don’t smile back, alright?

 F                                 C
If I fuck up my words, don't think I'm absurd, alright?

Alright? [Pre-Chorus]

A
I'm physically exhausted

 Cm
Tired of my knuckles beating

 D
I'm chewing gum to pass this time of sadness

Can't you see it?

    Am                             Cm
You're too busy seeking selfish wishes

Don't care how I’m feeling

      Dm                       C
You write me up and say it’s love

                     F
And I can't believe it

[Chorus]

 F
Baby, can you meet me tonight in detention?

                    Cm
I can feel your blood pressure rise, f this tension

          Fm                     C
Let me crawl up into your mind, did I mention?

                           D
Pretending everything’s alright is detention

[Post-Chorus]

C   C
De-de-detention

 C   C
De-de-detention

  F
Pretending everything's alright is (Shh)

[Verse 2]

       Dm
The teachers don't care about me

         Am
Fuck how I feel as long as I make money

       D
They let them do whatever they want to me

                       Am
They're the customer, I’m chopped meat

              Cm
I'm chopped meat

[Pre-Chorus]

   A
I'm physically exhausted

                 C
Tired of my knuckles beating

               Am
I'm chewing gum to pass this time of sadness

            F
Can't you see it?

                            Dm
You're too busy seeking selfish wishes

Don't care how I'm feeling

       D
You write me up and say it's love

                    C
And I can't believe it

[Chorus]

  C
Baby, can you meet me tonight in detention?

                                 Dm
I can feel your blood pressure rise, fuck this tension

Let me crawl up into your mind, did I mention?

                          D
Pretending everything's alright is detention

[Post-Chorus]

 C   C
De-de-detention

 C   C
De-de-detention

                            D
Pretending everything's alright is detention

[Bridge]

    Am                         C
I wanna go home and you say, "Now is not the time"

 D
Fuck being all alone in back of the classroom, ah

Stop calling up my phone tryna say that I've been out of line

      Cm
When all I ever asked was to go to the bathroom

[Chorus]

  C
Baby, can you meet me tonight in detention?

                                 Dm
I can feel your blood pressure rise, fuck this tension

Let me crawl up into your mind, did I mention?

                            D
Pretending everything's alright is detention

[Outro]

   Cm
Tonight, I can feel your blood pressure rise

                            C#m
Let me crawl up into your mind

N.C. Pretending everything's alright (Is detention)