Misc Soundtrack – Avenue Q - It Sucks To Be Me (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
D          Bm        G               A
When I was little, I thought I would be...

D        Bm       G           A
A big comedian on late night TV

Bm          D              G          Gb
But now I'm thirty-two and as you can see...

A                 A7
I'm not! Oh well.
[Chorus]
               D           Em
It sucks to be me.

A
It sucks to be me.

               D               Bm               Em               A
It sucks to be broke and unemployed and turning thirty-three.

               D
It sucks to be me.
[Verse 2]
D         Bm          G           A
I'm kinda pretty, and pretty damn smart

D        Bm                 G         A
I like romantic things like music and art

Bm         D             G        Gb
And as you know I have a gigantic heart

   A                     A7
So why... don't I have a boyfriend?! F**K!
[Chorus]
               D           Em
It sucks to be me.

A
It sucks to be me. (It sucks to be me.)

               D           Bm                  Em                 A
It sucks to be Brian (and Kate) to not have a job (to not have a date)

               D
It sucks to be me.
[Music swells to the key of Eb or D#] [Verse 3]
Eb        Cm               Ab                  Bb
We live together, we're as close as people can get.

Eb             Cm              Ab             Bb
We've been the best of buddies ever since the day we met

Cm          Eb              Ab      G
So he knows lots of ways to make me upset.

    Ab
Oh, every day is an aggravation

 Bb
(Come on that's an exaggeration!)

E              C#m              A                   B
You leave your clothes out! You put your feet on my chair.

E           C#m              A            B
You do such an*l things like ironing your underwear.

C#m           E           A           Ab      B
You make that very small apartment we share A HELL.

                       B7
(So do you! That's why I'm in hell too!)
[Chorus]
               E
It sucks to be me...

                F#m
(It sucks to be me)

                B
(It sucks to be me)

                B7
(It sucks to be me!)

         E       C#m               F#m           B
Is there anybody here that doesn't suck to be?

               E
It sucks to be me.
[Ad-libbing Part]
C#          Fm              F#              Ab
Da da da da da (da da da da da, da da da da da, da)

C#          Fm              F#              Ab
Da da da da da (da da da da da, da da da da da, da)
[Verse 4]
Eb               Cm          Ab       Bb
I coming to this country for opportunities

Eb               Cm            Ab          Bb
Tried to work in Korean deli,     but I am Japanese

Cm            Eb              Ab         G
But with hard work I earn two Master's Degrees

Bb
In social work, and now I a therapist

Bb
But I have no clients

Bb
And I have an unemployed fiancee

Bb          Bb    Bb  Bb     Bb  Bb
And we have LOTS. OF. BILLS. TO. PAY.
[Chorus]
              Eb           Fm
It suck to be me!

Bb                Bb7
It suck to be me!

         Eb                      Cm                      Fm                      Bb
I say it sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-sucka-suck!]

              Eb
It suck to be me!
(dialogue) [Verse 5]
A                 F#m           D              E
         I'm Gary Coleman, from TV's Different Strokes

     A             F#m            D            E
I've made a lot of money that got stolen by my folks!

    F#m               A               D          C#7
And now I'm broke and I'm the butt of everyone's jokes

E
But I'm here, the superintendent of Avenue Q
[Chorus]
               A         F#m
It sucks to be you! (You win!)

               D            E
It sucks to be you! (I feel better now!)

           A               F#m
Try having people stopping you to ask you...
[N.C] What'cha talking about, Willis? It gets old.
               A        Bb      B
It sucks to be you...

          E               C#m
On Avenue Q! (Sucks to be me)

          F#m             B
On Avenue Q! (Sucks to be you)

          E               C#m
On Avenue Q! (Sucks to be us!)

             F#m     B
But not when we're together!

A       B D    G
We're together here...

          Am    G
On Avenue Q!

   D              Am     G
We live on Avenue Q!

    D          G
Our friends do too!

Am   G   D           Em
Till our dreams come true...

   Am      D      G     Em
We live on Avenue Q!

   Am      D      G     Em
We live on Avenue Q!

   Am      D      G     Em
We live on Avenue Q!

Am         D      G
Welcome to Avenue Q!