[Intro]
Am F C Dm
[Verse]
Am F C
I was born in a messed up century
My favourite flavoured sweets
Dm Am
are raspberry amphetamines
F
I bought a car, Beretta, age sixteen
C
I brush my teeth with bleach
Dm
’cause I ain’t got time for cavities
[Verse]
Am F
My daddy put a gun to my head
C
Said if you kiss a boy,
Dm
I'm gonna shoot you dead
Am
So I tied him up with gaffa tape
F
and I locked him in a shed
C
Then I went out to the garden
Dm~
and I fucked my best friend, 'cause my
[Chorus]
F C Am
High hopes are getting low
G F
Because these people are so old
C Am
The way they think about it all
G F
If I tried, I would never know
C Am
My high hopes are getting low
G F
But I know I'll never be alone
C Am
It's alright, we'll survive
\
Am
Cause parents ain't always right
[Interlude]
F C
I-I-I, I-I-I,
Dm Am
I-I-I-I-I-I-I,
F C
I-I-I, I-I-I,
Dm \
I-I-I-I-I-I-I
[Verse]
Put a toaster in my bath,
watch my mum and dad laugh
C
See a thousand volts go through the son
Dm
they wish they never had
Am
They told me casual affection
F
leads to sexual infection
C
But it's hard to get an erection
Dm
when you're so used to rejection
[Verse]
Am
Yeah, the teacher fucked the preacher
F
but then he had to leave her
C Dm
Had to wash away the sins of a male cheerleader
Am F
Hi, nice to meet ya, got nothing to believe in
C \
So let me know when my breathing stops, cause my
[Chorus]
F C Am
High hopes are getting low
G F
Because these people are so old
C Am
The way they think about it all
G F
If I tried, I would never know
C Am
My high hopes are getting low
G F
But I know I'll never be alone
C Am
It's alright, we'll survive
\
Am
Cause parents ain't always right
[Interlude]
F C
I-I-I, I-I-I,
Dm Am
I-I-I-I-I-I-I,
F C
I-I-I, I-I-I,
Dm
I-I-I-I-I-I-I
[Bridge]
Am
Tick tock, stop the clock
Dm
Because I got the feeling
E
that I'm gonna get shot
Am
Tick tock, stop the clock
Dm
Because I got the feeling
E
that I'm gonna get shot
[Chorus]
F C Am
All my high hopes are getting low
G F
Because these people are so old
C Am
The way they think about it all
G F
If I tried, I would never know
C Am
My high hopes are getting low
G F
But I know I'll never be alone
C Am
It's alright, we'll survive
\
Am
Cause parents ain't always right
[Outro]
F C
I-I-I, I-I-I,
Dm Am
I-I-I-I-I-I-I,
F C
I-I-I, I-I-I,
Dm Am
I-I-I-I-I-I-I
[Intro]
Am F C Dm
[Verse]
Am
F C
I was born in a messed up century
My favourite flavoured sweets
Dm Am
are raspberry amphetamines
I bought a car,
F
Beretta, age sixteen
C
I brush my teeth with bleach
Dm
’cause I ain’t
got time for cavities
[Verse]
Am F
My daddy put a gun to my head
C
Said if you kiss a boy,
Dm
I'm gonna shoot you dead
Am
So I tied him up with gaffa tape
F
and I locked him in a shed
C
Then I went out to the garden
Dm~
and I fucked my best
friend, 'cause my
[Chorus]
F C Am
High hopes are getting low
G F
Because these people are so old
C Am
The way they think about it all
G F
If I tried, I would never know
C Am
My high hopes are getting low
G F
But I know I'll never be alone
C Am
It's alright, we'll survive
\
Am
Cause parents ain't always right
[Interlude]
F C
I-I-I, I-I-I,
Dm Am
I-I-I-I-I-I-I,
F C
I-I-I, I-I-I,
Dm \
I-I-I-I-I-I-I
[Verse]
Put a toaster in my bath,
watch my mum and dad laugh
C
See a thousand volts
go through the son
Dm
they wish they never had
Am
They told me casual affection
F
leads to sexual infection
C
But it's hard to get an erection
Dm
when you're so used to rejection
[Verse]
Am
Yeah, the teacher
fucked the preacher
F
but then he had to leave her
C Had to wash away the sins
Dm
of a male cheerleader
Am Hi, nice to meet ya,
F
got nothing to believe in
C So let me know when my
\
breathing stops, cause my
[Chorus]
F C Am
High hopes are getting low
G F
Because these people are so old
C Am
The way they think about it all
G F
If I tried, I would never know
C Am
My high hopes are getting low
G F
But I know I'll never be alone
C Am
It's alright, we'll survive
\
Am
Cause parents ain't always right
[Interlude]
F C
I-I-I, I-I-I,
Dm Am
I-I-I-I-I-I-I,
F C
I-I-I, I-I-I,
Dm
I-I-I-I-I-I-I
[Bridge]
Am
Tick tock, stop the clock
Dm
Because I got the feeling
E
that I'm gonna get shot
Am
Tick tock, stop the clock
Dm
Because I got the feeling
E
that I'm gonna get shot
[Chorus]
F C Am
All my high hopes are getting low
G F
Because these people are so old
C Am
The way they think about it all
G F
If I tried, I would never know
C Am
My high hopes are getting low
G F
But I know I'll never be alone
C Am
It's alright, we'll survive
\
Am
Cause parents ain't always right
[Outro]
F C
I-I-I, I-I-I,
Dm Am
I-I-I-I-I-I-I,
F C
I-I-I, I-I-I,
Dm Am
I-I-I-I-I-I-I