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[Intro]
C5 D5 C5 D5
C5 D5 C5 D5
C5
[Chorus]
  D5I don't ever wanna be that girlC5  
  D5The saddest thing in the whole wide worldC5  
  D5I don't ever wanna be that girlC5  
  D5The saddest thing in the whole wide worldC5  
[Verse 1]
  D5I guess I'm lucky 'cause I learned a long time C5ago
  D5I used to try to be somebody else, but now C5I know
  D5People like you make me know that I don't want C5to beD5  
Stuck in a scene that only puts me down and judgC5es me
[Chorus]
  D5So I don't ever wanna be that girlC5  
  D5The saddest thing in the whole wide worldC5  
  D5I don't ever wanna be that girlC5  
  D5The saddest thing in the whole wide worldC5  
[Interlude]
  D5Now you C5buy the D5right F5recordsD5  
Now you C5got the D5right F5shoesD5  
Yeah you C5look D5so F5goodD5  
But that's C5all D5you  C5do
[Verse 2]
   F5    D5So worried someone's gonna blow your coC5ver
  D5We gotta want talking mad about the oC5ther
  D5So take care of the people you knowC5  
  D5And that's a lesson that I learned a long time C5ago
[Chorus]
  D5That I don't ever wanna be that girlC5  D5  
The saddest thing in the whole C5wide worldD5  
I don't ever wanna be C5that girlD5  
The saddest thing in the wholeC5  
[Outro]
D5

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Lesson Learned

by Gossip

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

C5 D5 C5 D5

[Chorus]

D5 C5

I don't ever wanna be that girl

D5 C5

The saddest thing in the whole wide world

D5 C5

I don't ever wanna be that girl

D5 C5

The saddest thing in the whole wide world

[Verse 1]

D5 C5

I guess I'm lucky 'cause I learned a long time ago

D5 C5

I used to try to be somebody else, but now I know

D5 C5 D5

People like you make me know that I don't want to be

Stuck in a scene that only puts me down and judges me

[Chorus]

D5 C5

So I don't ever wanna be that girl

D5 C5

The saddest thing in the whole wide world

D5 C5

I don't ever wanna be that girl

D5 C5

The saddest thing in the whole wide world

[Interlude]

D5 C5 D5 F5 D5

Now you buy the right records

C5 D5 F5 D5

Now you got the right shoes

C5 D5 F5 D5

Yeah you look so good

C5 D5 C5

But that's all you do

[Verse 2]

F5 D5 C5

So worried someone's gonna blow your cover

D5 C5

We gotta want talking mad about the other

D5 C5

So take care of the people you know

D5 C5

And that's a lesson that I learned a long time ago

[Chorus]

D5 C5 D5

That I don't ever wanna be that girl

C5 D5

The saddest thing in the whole wide world

C5 D5

I don't ever wanna be that girl

The saddest thing in the whole

[Outro]

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