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The Lightning Thief - Good Kid

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[Intro]
G  G
[Verse]
GSix schools in Csix years
Been Dkicked out of every Emplace
Everything I Gever do is wrong
Never Cfind where I belong
EveryDbody on my case
[Instrumental]
G G G D
[Verse]
GThe same old story
DThe same old song
Don’t act Emup
Don’t act Cout
Be Gstrong
I keep my Emhead down
I keep my Emchin up
But it Cends up all the same
With “Gpack your bags CPercy you’re Cmalways to blEbame”
[Chorus]
I never try to do AbanythinBbg
I never mean to hurt CmanyonEbe
I swear, I swear that I’m a Abgood kid
A good Bbkid
A good GmsonEb  
But no one will Abtake my sideBb  
All I ever do is Cmtake the falEbl
I swear, I swear that I’m a Abgood kid
Guess I’m Bbgood for nothing at all
[Instrumental]
D D D D
[Verse]
GGabe, was a world class jerk
DDad, was never there
The only Emfamily, that really Cmattered
Well, she Gvanished into the air
Now I Emfinally find a haven
Some place Csafe where I can stay
’til it’s “Empack your bags CPercy now Cmgo, go awaEby!”
[Chorus]
I never try to do AbanythingBb  
I never mean to hurt CmanyoneEb  
I swear, I swear that I’m a Abgood kid
Yeah, EbPercy that’s a good GmoneEb  
But no one will Abtake my sideBb  
All I ever do is Cmtake the falEbl
I swear, I swear that I’m a Abgood kid
Guess I’m Bbgood for nothing at all
[Verse]
GThe schools in Csix years
Every Dbattle
Every Emday
No one ever Gtells you that they’re proud
No one Casked me
“Percy how’d you like to Dcome around and stay?”
All you get are Embad grades
And a Embum rap
And a Cbad rep
And a Cgood smack
And Gno friends
And Gno hope
And Bbno mom
She’s taken away
[Instrumental]
Ab Bb Cm Eb
[Chorus]
I swear I never stole AbanythingBb  
I never meant to hurt CmanyonEbe
I swear, I swear that I’m a Abgood kid
A good Bbkid
Who’s had a bad EbrunF  
And all I need is one Ablast chance
To prove I’m good enough for someone
[Outro]
Ab Bb
Good enough for CmsomeonBbe
Ab Bb
I’m good enough for CmsomeonBbe
I’m good enough for GmsomAbeonBbeCm  

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The Lightning Thief - Good Kid

by Misc Musicals

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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[Intro]

G G

[Verse]

G C

Six schools in six years

D Em

Been kicked out of every place

Everything I ever do is wrong

Never find where I belong

Everybody on my case

[Instrumental]

G G G D

[Verse]

The same old story

The same old song

Don’t act up

Don’t act out

Be strong

I keep my head down

I keep my chin up

But it ends up all the same

G C Cm Eb

With “pack your bags Percy you’re always to blame”

[Chorus]

Ab Bb

I never try to do anything

Cm Eb

I never mean to hurt anyone

I swear, I swear that I’m a good kid

A good kid

Gm Eb

A good son

Ab Bb

But no one will take my side

Cm Eb

All I ever do is take the fall

I swear, I swear that I’m a good kid

Guess I’m good for nothing at all

[Instrumental]

D D D D

[Verse]

Gabe, was a world class jerk

Dad, was never there

Em C

The only family, that really mattered

Well, she vanished into the air

Now I finally find a haven

Some place safe where I can stay

Em C Cm Eb

’til it’s “pack your bags Percy now go, go away!”

[Chorus]

Ab Bb

I never try to do anything

Cm Eb

I never mean to hurt anyone

I swear, I swear that I’m a good kid

Eb Gm Eb

Yeah, Percy that’s a good one

Ab Bb

But no one will take my side

Cm Eb

All I ever do is take the fall

I swear, I swear that I’m a good kid

Guess I’m good for nothing at all

[Verse]

G C

The schools in six years

Every battle

Every day

No one ever tells you that they’re proud

No one asked me

“Percy how’d you like to come around and stay?”

All you get are bad grades

And a bum rap

And a bad rep

And a good smack

And no friends

And no hope

And no mom

She’s taken away

[Instrumental]

Ab Bb Cm Eb

[Chorus]

Ab Bb

I swear I never stole anything

Cm Eb

I never meant to hurt anyone

I swear, I swear that I’m a good kid

A good kid

Eb F

Who’s had a bad run

And all I need is one last chance

To prove I’m good enough for someone

[Outro]

Ab Bb

Cm Bb

Good enough for someone

Ab Bb

Cm Bb

I’m good enough for someone

Gm Ab Bb Cm

I’m good enough for someone

About The Lightning Thief - Good Kid Chords by Misc Musicals

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