Starkid – Nerdy Prudes Must Die - High School Is Killing Me (Guitar)

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[Instrumental] Cm Bb F F Ab Bb Ab Bb Csus4 Bb [Intro]
     F
I’m Dead

     Ebm                              F
The blood is all but draining from my head

     Ebm                                F
The nightmare started there but now has spread

    Ebm               Gb
My pulse is certainly dropping

       Db              Gb      F
And my life is hanging on by a thread (I’m scared)

Ebm                           F
Someone comes for me I’m unprepared

     Ebm             Eb
The wait has got me sweating

          Dbm                 Db
You can’t cut through all the tension

F
It’s hell on Earth, you know

     Bbm
I’m tweetin’ all about it

  F
I take it blow by blow

        Bbm
But I’d never scream or shout it
N.C Passing period is over, everyone find your seats [Chorus]
      F                Ab
High School is killing me

                        Bb
It’s got me all out of rhythm and my melody

         F
It’s not cool

            Ab
It’s a fallacy

                 Bb
It’s a cruel and unusual brutality

    F     Ab
And I can survive it

    Bb      Db
For only so long

     F         Ab
High school is killing me

               F
I’m so fucking dead
[Interlude]
F        Ab
Alright, class, pop quiz

Bb                 Db
I hope you’ve been hitting those books, Miss Lauter
(Shit) [Verse 1]
F            Ab
I was up all late last night

      Bb               Db
And I couldn’t fucking study

                     F
(Didn’t want to anyway)

                 Ab
I was deep in a twitter fight

        Bb         Db
About a problematic puppy

                  F
(problematic pooch)

                  Ab
I had heart palpitations

                  Bb              Db
Trying to convert crypto to lunch money

F                  Ab
There’s nowhere to turn

Bb
For the class of twenty twenty-wern
[Chorus]
      F                Ab
High school is killing me

                        Bb
It’s got me all out of rhythm and my melody (my melody)

      F
A cesspool

           Ab
Faux democracy

                   Bb
It’s one hell of a normal abnormality

Bb
Ugh! Agh! Arrgh!

    F         Ab
And I can survive it

    Bb      Db
for only so long

      F                Ab
High School is killing me
I’m so fucking- [Verse 2] N.C. Hey! Hey, geek (Me?)
F            F
Your name’s Peter right? (yeah)

           Eb
Hey, Pete, we’ve been in classes together

Bb
For a long time, haven’t we? (I’m so fucking dead)

F
Since the first grade

F
But I’m just realising

             Eb                     Bb
I’ve never introduced myself, Im Stephanie (I’m so fucking dead)

F                           F
Lauter, the mayor’s daughter, I know

             Eb
Yeah, but my friends all call me Steph

             Bb
We’re friends, aren’t we Pete? (I’m so fucking dead)

F
I don’t know,are we?

F                Eb
Well, I wouldn’t advertise it to the whole school or anything

Bb            F
But uh… (High School!)

                                    F
But there’s an unspoken bond between us

                  Eb
We’re classmates, comrades, we’re Nighthawks

Bb
And we don’t leave anyone behind

F
But I got left behind this morning

F
the bus driver’s a fucking asshole

   Eb                  Bb
We succeed together we fail together

                  F             F
I won’t mince words, I’m gonna fail this test, Peter

Eb                 Bb
Unless you help me cheat
N.C. Cheat? (I’m so fucking dead) [Bridge]
Bb
Eight o’clock bell rings

                    F
Place my head on my desk

F
(Come on! Just finish your exam, pass it to me
and I’ll put my name on it!)
Bb
Twelve o’clock, Girl Scout

                    F
Can’t I just get my rest?

F
(I’ll give you mine, and you can take the test all over again
Doesn’t that sound fun?)
Bb
Three o’clock countdown

Bb
Everyday lockdown

F         Gm
Classroom arrest

   F            Bb         C7
Is God the one giving the test?

                                 F
Well yeah, but won’t we get in trouble?

                                       Eb
Please, Pete, don’t you wanna help me out?
Oh, alright N.C. Cheater! N.C. Oh, God, butt out Chasity! [Chorus]
      F                Ab
High school is killing me

                       Bb            Gb
It’s got me all out of rhythm and my melody

   Eb
My melody!

   Ab
My melody!

     F               Ab
It’s not cool, it’s a tragedy

                        Bb
I’ve been thrown to the wolves of my community

Bb
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

    F         Ab
And I can survive it

     Bb     Db
For only so long

    F             Ab
And I’ll still despise it

Bb         Db
When I am gone!

     F                 Ab
High school is killing me
N.C. Grace, just be cool
     Bb       Db
Fuck you, biology
N.C. Never!
      F                 Cm7
High school will murder me
N.C. Miss Mulberry, they’re cheating! N.C. I’m so fucking dead
F
Yeah!