[VERONICA]
September 1st, 1989. Dear DiaryCm: I believe I'm a good person.
Ya know, I think there's good in everyone.
BuCmt hCm7ere F/Cwe aCmre, F7sus4first F9day Abmaj7of senBbior year!
CmI look Cm7around F/Cat all Cm/Ebthese kiEb/Fds I've F7sus4known all F9my lifAbmaj7e and I asBbk myself: What happened?
[KIDS]
CmFreak! Cm7Slut! F/CBurnout! Cm/EbBug-eEb/Fyes! F7sus4Poser! F9Lard-ass!Abmaj7 Bb
[VERONICA]
CmWe were so tiny, happy and sC7sus4hiny, playing tag and getting chased.
[KIDS]
Freak! Slut! Loser! Shortbus!
[VERONICA]
C6susSinging and clapping,
laughing and napAbmaj7/Cping,
baking cookies, eating paste.
[KIDS]
Bull-dyke! Stuck-up! Hunchback!
[VERONICA]
CmThen we got bigger.
That was the triC7sus4gger,
Like the Huns invading Rome - Sorry!
Am7#5/CWelcome to my school,
This ain't no high Abmaj7/Cschool:
This is the Thunderdome.
FmHold your brDb/Feath
and count the days,
we're Cm/Ebgraduating soon.
[KIDS]
White trash!
[VERONICA]
Eb/DbCollege Dbwill be Eb/DbparadiDbmaj7se
If G7sus4I'm not Ab/Gdead by JunGm7e!Cm/G
But I Abmaj9know, I knoEbmaj9w, life can be beautiful.
I Abmaj9pray, I prEbmaj9ay for a better wayEbadd2.
If we Ab/Cchanged back Fm9/Cthen,
we could Eb7/Abchange aAbgain.
We can bF7sus4e beautifF7ul...G7sus4
[HIPSTER DORK]
Ow!
[VERONICA]
Just not today.
CmHeyCm7, arF/Ce yoCm/Ebu okayEb/F?
[HIPSTER DORK]
F7sus4Get awaF9y, Abmaj7nerd.Bb
[KIDS]
CmFreak! Cm7Slut! F/CCrippleCm/Eb! HomEb/Fo! F7sus4Homo! F9Homo!Abmaj7 Bb
[VERONICA]
CmThings will get better
soon as my letC7sus4ter
comes from Harvard, Duke, or Brown.
Am7#5/CWake from this coma,
take my dipAbmaj9/Cloma,
N.C.
then I can blow this town.
FmDream of Db/Fivy-covered walls
and sEbmaj13moky French cafes...
[RAM]
Watch it!
[VERONICA]
Eb/DbFight the Dburge to Eb/Dbstrike a Dbmaj7match and G7sus4set this Ab/Gdump ablaGm7ze!Cm/G
[RAM]
G7Ooooops.
[VERONICA]
N.C. or (xxxx01)
Ram Sweeney. Third year as linebacker.
And eighth year of smacking lunch trays and BEING A HUGE DICK.
[RAM]
What did you say to me skank?
[VERONICA]
N.C.
... Nothing.
[VERONICA & KIDS]
But I Abmaj9know, I knoEbadd2w, life can be beautiful.
I Fm11/Ebpray, I pEbmaj9ray for a better way.
We werCm7#5e kind beforeGm7#5/Bb,
we can be Eb7/Abkind once Abmore.
We will bF7sus4e beautifF7ul...G7sus4
[VERONICA]
Agh!... Hey Martha.
[MARTHA]
Hey.
[VERONICA]
CmMarCm7tha Dunnstock. My best friend siAbmaj7nce diaBbpers.
[MARTHA]
CmWe Cm7on for movie night?
[VERONICA]
Yeah, you're on Jiffy Pop deAbmaj7tail.Bb
[MARTHA]
I rentCmed Cm7"The Princess Bride."
[VERONICA]
Again? Don't you have it memorizAbmaj7ed by nBbow?
[MARTHA]
CmWhaCm7t can I say? I'm a sucker for a happy enAbmaj7ding.Bb
[KURT]
Martha DumptCmrucCm7k! Wide load!
N.C.
Honnnnnk!
[VERONICA]
N.C. or (xxxx01)
Kurt Kelly. Quarterback. He is the smartest guy on the football team.
Which is kind of like being the tallest dwarf.
Hey! Pick that up right now!
[KURT]
I'm sorry, are you actually talking to me?
[VERONICA]
Yes, I am. I wanna know what gives you the right to pick on my friend.
You're a high school has-been waiting to happen. A future gas station attendant.
[KURT]
N.C. G7sus4
You have a zit right there.
[VERONICA]
N.C.
Dear diary:
Ebm6/GbWhy...
[HIPSTER DORK]
Why do they hate Bbm/Fme?
[REPUBLICAN GIRL]
Why don't I fight F7/Ebback?
[KURT]
Why do I act Bbm/Dblike such a Bbmcreep?
[VERONICA]
Ebm6/GbWhy...
[MARTHA]
Why won't he date Bbm/Fme?
[RAM]
Why did I hit F7/Ebhim?
[STONER CHICK, MS. FLEMING, & BLOW-DRIED PREPPY]
Why do I crBbm/Dby myself to sBbmleep?
[VERONICA]
Abm6/BWhy?!...
[KIDS]
Somebody hEbm/Bbug me!
Somebody fBb7/Abix me!
Somebody sEbm/Gbave me!
Send me a sigB7/Fn, God!
Give me some hope here!
Something to live E7/Bbfor!D5
[Interlude]
[KIDS]
DAah.Bm11.. HeatheG/Fr, HeatheEb6/9r, and HeathDer...
[VERONICA]
Then there's the HeathBbmaj7ers. They float above it all.
[KIDS]
DI loBm11ve HeatheG/Fr, HeatheEb6/9r, and HeathDer...
I haBm11te HeatheG/Fr, HeatheEb6/9r, and HeathDer...
[VERONICA]
Heather McNamara. Head cheerleader. Her dad's loaded - he sells engagement rings.
[KIDS]
I waBm11nt HeatheG/Fr, HeatheEb6/9r, and HeathDer...
[VERONICA]
Heather Duke. Runs the yearbook. No discernible personality, but her mom did pay for implants.
And Heather Chandler. The Almighty.
[KIDS]
I neBm11ed HeatheG/Fr, HeatheEb6/9r-
[VERONICA]
N.C.
She is a mythic bitch.
FmThey are solid Db/FTeflon - never Ebmaj9bothered, never harassed.
Eb/DbI would Dbgive Eb/Dbanything Dbmaj7to be lG7sus4ike that.Ab/G
[HIPSTER DORK]
G7I'd like Abmaj9to be their boyfrieEbmaj13nd.
[KIDS]
That would be beautiful.
[STONER CHICK]
Abmaj9If I sat at their table, guys would notice Ebmaj7me!
[KIDS]
So beautiful!
[MARTHA]
Abmaj9/CI'd like tGm7#5/Bbhem to be nEb7/Abicer.
[KIDS]
That would Abbe beautiful.
[BELEAGUERED GEEK]
F7sus4I'd like to kidnap a HeFather and photogCm7/Fraph her naked in an abF7sus4andoned warehouse
F N.C.
and leave her tied up for the rats!
[HEATHER DUKE]
(vCm7omitF/Cs)F7sus4 F9
[HEATHER CHANDLER]
GrCm7ow uF/Cp, Heather. Bulimia F7sus4is so F9'87.
[HEATHER MCNAMARA]
Maybe you should see a doctor, HeaCm7therF/C.
[HEATHER DUKE]
Yeah, HeathCm7er, F/CMaybe I should.
[MS. FLEMING]
N.C.
Ah, Heather and Heather...and Heather.
C#mPerhapC#m7s you F#/C#didn't hear the bell over all the vomitinF#7sus4g. You're lF#9ate for class.
[HEATHER CHANDLER]
Heather wasn't fC#meeling C#m7well. F#/C#We're helping her.
[MS. FLEMING]
Not wiF#7sus4thout a halF#9l pass you're not. Week's C#mdetentC#m7ion.F#/C#
[VERONICA]
N.C.
Uh, actually, Ms. Fleming, all four of us are out on a hall pass. Yearbook committee.
[MS. FLEMING]
Ebm... I see F/Ebyou're all Dbmaj7listed. BbmHurry up and get where you're goiEbmng.F/Eb
[HEATHER CHANDLER]
This is an eDbmaj7xcellenBbmt forgery. Who arEbme yoF/Ebu?
[VERONICA]
Veronica SawyerDbmaj7. I craBbmve a boon.
[HEATHER CHANDLER]
What booEbmn?F/Eb
[VERONICA]
Um, let me sit at your Dbmaj7table Bbmat lunch. Just once. No talking necessary.
If pEbmeoplF/Ebe think you guys tolerate me, they'll leave mDbmaj7e aloneBbm...
BeEbmfore F/Ebyou answer, I also do report cards, permission slips and Dbmaj7absence Bbmnotes.
[HEATHER DUKE]
How about prescriptions?
[HEATHER CHANDLER]
Shut up, Heather.
[HEATHER DUKE]
FSorry, Heather.
[HEATHER CHANDLER]
For a Fgreasy little nobody, you dFo have good bone structure.
[HEATHER MCNAMARA]
And a sFsus4ymmetrical face. If I took a meat cleaver down the Fadd4center of your skull,
I'd have Bb7sus/Fmatching halves. That's vGbmaj13/Fery important.
[HEATHER DUKE]
Bb7sus/F Gbmaj13/F N.C.
Of course, you could stand to lose a few pounds.
[HEATHER CHANDLER]
And ya Gbmaj7know, ya know, ya know?
DbThis could be beautiful.
MasGbmaj7cara, maybe some lip gloss,
Dband we're on our way.Dbsus
Get this Gb/Bbgirl some Db/Abblush;
And Heather, I F/Gbneed your brGbush.
Let's make her Eb7sus4beautiful.
[HEATHER MCNAMARA]
Let's make her beautiful...
[HEATHER DUKE]
Let's make her beautiful...
[HEATHER CHANDLER]
Make her beautifulF7sus4!
Okay?
[VERONICA]
Okay!
[KURT]
Ebm6/GbOut of my way, Bbm/Fgeek!
[BELEAGUERED GEEK]
I don't want trouF7/Ebble!
[RAM]
You're gonna Bbm/Dbdie at 3pBbmm!
[REPUBLICAN GIRL & GOTH GIRL]
Ebm6/GbDon't you dare touch Bbm/Fme! Get away, perF7/Ebvert!
[BELEAGUERED GEEK]
What'd I eBbm/Dbver do to tBbmhem?
[KIDS]
Abm6/FWho could survive tEbm/Bbhis?
I can't escape Bb7/Abthis!
Ebm/FI think I'm dyF7sus4ing!
[MS. FLEMING]
N.C.
Who's that with Heather?
[KIDS]
Eb/BbWhoa.Gb/Bb Ebm6/Bb
Bb5HeatheF/Bbr, HeatAbmaj7/Bbher, Heather..Ebmaj7/Bb.
[GOTH GIRL]
And someone!
[KIDS]
Bb5HeatheF/Bbr, HeatAbmaj7/Bbher, Heather..Eb/Bb.
[PRINCIPAL, COACH, & MS. FLEMING]
Ebmaj7/BbAnd a babe!
[KIDS]
Bb5HeatheF/Bbr, HeaAbm/Bbther, HEb/Bbeather...
[MARTHA]
N.C. F7sus4
Veronica?!
[KIDS]
VeroGbnicFa?
VeroGbnicFa!
VeroGbnicF7sus4a!!!
[VERONICA & KIDS]
And ya Esus/Aknow, ya know, ya know, Elife can be beautiful.
You Esus/Ahope, you dream, you pray, Eand you get your way!
Ask me C#m7#5how it G#m7#5/Bfeels
looking liE7/Ake hell Aon wheels...
My God, it's F#7sus4beautiful!
I might be F#7sus4beautiful!
And when you're G#7sus4beautiful...
It's a beautiful frickin' day!C#
[KIDS]
HeaG#/C#ther! HeaG#m/C#ther! HeaF#/C#ther! VeroniC#ca!
HeaG#/C#ther! HeaG#m/C#ther! HeaF#/C#ther! VeroniC#5ca!
AVeD#dimronicaC#5!
AVeD#dimronicaC#5!
AVeD#dimronicaC#5!
VERONIC#CA!