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[Intro]
E5
[Verse 1]
E5Half of the B5time I'm A5normal, 
E5Half of the B5time I'm C#5too crazy to A5function
E5Half of the B5time I'm A5straight edge, 
E5The other B5half I'm C#5a raging A5alcoholic
[Chorus 1]
E5I'm either the B5life of the party C#5or not speaking at A5all
E5I'm in love B5or disinterested, C#5infatuated A5or indifferentE5  B5  
C#5There's no in beA5tween
E5I feel like I have B5nothing, I C#5feel like I have A5everything I need
[Break]
E5 B5 C#5 A5
E5 B5 C#5 C#5 B5 A5
[Bridge]
E5When people B5say you should C#5"be yourB5self" they're A5lying
E5When people B5say you should C#5"be yourB5self", C#5"be yourB5self" they're A5lying
[Chorus 2]
E5They want you B5to be normal C#5in a vaguely A5quirky way
E5They want you B5to be normal C#5every A5single day
E5They meant B5different like C#5nerdy kids in A5high school movies
E5Not tranB5sexual, C#5mentally unstable, A5or autistiE5cB5  
Because C#5one day someone A5said E5we should B5all C#5just preA5tendE5  B5  
Because C#5one day someone A5said E5we should B5all C#5just pre - B5e - A5tend
[Outro]
E5When people B5say you should C#5"be yourB5self" they're A5lying

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New Years

by Human Kitten

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#5

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

E5 B5 A5

Half of the time I'm normal,

E5 B5 C#5 A5

Half of the time I'm too crazy to function

E5 B5 A5

Half of the time I'm straight edge,

E5 B5 C#5 A5

The other half I'm a raging alcoholic

[Chorus 1]

E5 B5 C#5 A5

I'm either the life of the party or not speaking at all

E5 B5 C#5 A5 E5 B5

I'm in love or disinterested, infatuated or indifferent

C#5 A5

There's no in between

E5 B5 C#5 A5

I feel like I have nothing, I feel like I have everything I need

[Break]

E5 B5 C#5 A5

E5 B5 C#5 C#5 B5 A5

[Bridge]

E5 B5 C#5 B5 A5

When people say you should "be yourself" they're lying

E5 B5 C#5 B5 C#5 B5 A5

When people say you should "be yourself", "be yourself" they're lying

[Chorus 2]

E5 B5 C#5 A5

They want you to be normal in a vaguely quirky way

E5 B5 C#5 A5

They want you to be normal every single day

E5 B5 C#5 A5

They meant different like nerdy kids in high school movies

E5 B5 C#5 A5 E5 B5

Not transexual, mentally unstable, or autistic

C#5 A5 E5 B5 C#5 A5 E5 B5

Because one day someone said we should all just pretend

C#5 A5 E5 B5 C#5 B5 A5

Because one day someone said we should all just pre - e - tend

[Outro]

E5 B5 C#5 B5 A5

When people say you should "be yourself" they're lying

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