Misc Musicals – The 25Th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Woe Is Me (Guitar)

Cdim7 Dm7/C C
We    hate  losers

Cdim7 Dm7/C C
Which is    why we discipline

Cdim7 Dm7/C C
God   hates losers

        B             Bb          C
Because losers do not know how to win

C7
I hope you can love me, America

F7
I’m gunning for first prize!

C7
Here’s why you should love me, America

F7
My needs I cannot overemphasize

              G7
I make myself crazy

C                              F
  Being what my dads hope I’ll be

               Gm7
But what about me, dads?

           C7
What about me?

      Eb7                C
Jesus Christ! What about me?

C
Though I practice yoga, I don’t breathe

F                       C
I try not to disappoint   But still I

F
Disappoint the dads who my friends mock

Fsus4    F    C
Kids are mean Kids’ll talk

Dm7
All my so-called "friends" roll their eyes

                   F7
They’re incredibly petty

G N.C.
Because my dads are my dads

C         Bb
Woe is me

F         Ab
Woe is me

         C                    G        C
Which is why I gotta win this spelling bee

C
My birth mother lives in Kansas, MO

F                       C N.C.
In a trailer, in a park

F
Every now and then she sends a card

Fsus4         F     C
"Life and men," she writes, "are hard."

Dm7
She would like to meet me when I’m grown

                      F
And I’ve burst like a comet

           G N.C.
But I’m so stressed by my stress

C         Bb
Woe is me

F         Ab
Woe is me

         C                    G
Which is why I gotta win this spelling-

C                Bb
Be smart be cool    be an adult

     F                  Ab
Be remarkably adroit in social situations

C         Bb
Woe is me

F         Ab
Woe is me

         C                    G
Which is why I gotta win this spelling

C    C7   N.C.
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