Capo : fret 2
[Am]quick, quick tell me something awful
like you are a [C]poet
trapped inside the body
of a finance [F]guy
tell me all your secrets
all you’ll ever [F]be is
my eternal consolation [Am]prize
you see i was a debutant
in another [C]life, but
now i seem to be scared to go out[F]side
if comfort is a construct
i don’t believe in [F]good luck
now that i know what’s what
Chorus
i [C]hate it here so i will go to
secret gardens in my mind
[Am]people need a key to get to
the only one is mine
i [G]read about it in a book when
i was a precocious [F]child
no mid-sized city hopes
and small-town fears
[C] i’m there most of the year
‘cause i hate it he[Am]re..
i hate it here [G] [F]
[Am]my friends used to play a game where
we would pick a [C]decade
we wished we could live in
instead of [F]this
i’d say the 1830s
but without all the [F]racists
and getting married off
for the highest [Am]bid
everyone would look down
‘cause it wasn’t [C]fun now
seems like it was never
even fun back [F]then
nostalgia is a mind’s trick
if i’d been there, i’d [F]hate it
it was freezing in the palace
Chorus
i [C]hate it here so i will go to
lunar valleys in my mind
[Am]when they found a better planet
only the gentle survived
i [G]dreamed about it in the dark
the night i felt like i might [F]die
no mid-sized city hopes
and small-town fears
[C] i’m there most of the year
‘cause i hate it he[Am]re..
i hate it here [G] [F]
i’m [G]lonely, but i’m good
i’m bitter, but i swear i’m fine
i’ll [F]save all my romanticism
for my inner life
and i’ll get [Dm]lost on [Am]purpose
this place made [F]me feel [C]worthless..
[Dm]lucid dreams like [F]electrici[Am]ty,
the current flies through me
and [F]in my fantasies i rise a[C]bove it
and [F]way up there, i actually love it
Chorus
i [C]hate it here so i will go to
secret gardens in my mind
[Am]people need a key to get to
the only one is mine
i [G]read about it in a book when
i was a precocious [F]child
no mid-sized city hopes
and small-town fears
[C] i’m there most of the year
‘cause i hate it he[Am]re..
i hate it here [G]
[F]quick, quick tell me something awful
like you are a [C]poet
trapped inside the body
of a finan[Am]ce guy [G] [F] [C]