Misc Musicals – The Lightning Thief - Prologue - The Day I Got Expelled (Guitar)

    F/A
The gods are real

         F5/Bb      Fmaj7/Bb
Like the Greek gods

         Csus
Like the ones you learned about

                             F5/D
But weren't paying attention to

      C(add4)/E
Well, they don't pay attention to you, either

                                F5/Bb
Especially if you're their kid

              F/A
The gods have godly things to do

      F5/Bb                   Fmaj7/Bb
Godly places they need to see

      Csus
Godly plans they need to make

       F5/D
That don't include me

          F/A
Yeah, the gods are real

    Csus/Bb
And they have kids

    G7sus/C
And those kids have

Dm9
Issues!

  Bb5
Daddy doesn't love me

      F5/C
And Mommy is a god

 Dm7
Mommy can't protect me

     G7
And Daddy is a god

F5/A
Mommy is too busy

    Bb
And Daddy is too busy

C(add4)             Dm
Busy busy busy busy being a god

Bb5                     F5/C
You never listen to me, you never listen

Dm7                     G7
You never listen to me, you never listen, oh

F5/A                   Bb
You never listen but now you're gonna listen cause

     Fmaj7/C            A7#5/C#  A7/C#
It's time you heard our sto -    ry

D7
   Look.

N.C.                   D5
I didn't want to be a half-blood

                      B5
I didn't want to be a hero seeking praise

        G5
Being a half-blood is scary

                                  D5
It mostly gets you killed in very nasty ways

                       D
I didn't want to cause trouble, trouble

Dsus         D          Bsus     Bm      Bsus2
  I'm less a player and more the played

Bm     G
  And, honestly I'd totally be fine

                          D5
If I could make it to the next grade, next grade

          Bm                A7
It wasn't dirty socks or my stepdad

       F#     F#7    G
It was danger that I smelled

    Gm/Bb           A7
The day it all went down

D
Maybe you don't know what a half-blood is,

        Bm
because your life is normal and happy and

Bm
not constantly in danger

G                           D
But my life? Let me set the scene

                       D(add2)
We were on this freaky field trip (freaky trip)

                               Bm
That's where this story should probably start (ooh)

        G                                                           D
We were geeking out on ancient Greek at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art!

   D
We stopped by all the statues and

Dsus              D
Learned about the gods,

         Bsus           Bm          Bsus2       Bm
From Mr. Brunner and my substitute, Mrs. Dodds

       G                          G#dim7
Hadn't done nothing wrong, wasn't rude

                Asus    A7sus
Hadn't rebelled!

A7        Gm/Bb
   On the day it all went down:

A7
The day I got expelled!

N.C.                      D5
So if you think you are a half-blood,

                         B5
Better get headed to the exits now

      G5
Cause folks'll think you're lyin'

       G5
Better run and don't start cryin'

             D5
Cause you're monster chow!

   D5 N.C.
Or stick around and maybe you'll learn from me

Bm N.C.
This ain't Odysseus' Odyssey

G             G#dim            Asus  A  A7/G
So hear me out, if you're so compelled

  D/F#                  G
But nobody listens to me, they never listen

D/A                   Bm
Nobody listens to me! They never listen, oh

Gm    Gm/Bb A7    D7  D7/F#
(Dude, you  got expelled!)

G7       G7/A         D7      D7/F#
I didn't want to be a half-blood!

G7       G7/A        Bm7    Bm/D   E7
I didn't ask to be a half-blood

Gm   Gm/Bb   N.C.
             Expelled!