Key: B major•
Verse 1
B
D#m
E
F#
B
E
B
Early
wrapped in nineteen years
B
A
E
At looks that'll make a grown man cry
The commercial man made blunt demands
D#
D#m
B
by east
A
E
Ellie became a woman overnight
D#m
D#
The millionaire's retreat
D#m
E
She gazed up at the tall glass
F#
B
of surface paradise
before the deal
B
D#m
B
D#m
B
D#m
You learn to compromise
F#
F#sus4
F#
You get to play the cool
B
E
B
hand with the dice
D#m
F#
You're living
F#sus4
F#
in high society,
B
E
Just to survive, la -la -la -whoa
B
E
B
Just to survive, la -la -la -whoa
Because the centerfold looks
in babe -blue eyes
D#m
D#
Man, she's stacked him in
D#m
B
A
All the senators and all the doctors
F#
B
E
B
would call the wages of sin
before the deal
D#m
B
You learn to compromise
B
E
B
hand with the dice
D#m
B
D#m
For they make their mistakes twice
B
F#
F#sus4
F#
You're living in high society
E
B
Just to survive, la, la, la
E
B
Just to survive, la, la, la
E
B
Just to survive
E
B
A wealthy woman drinks
with diamond rings
D#
D#m
Twenty stories high
B
A
E
It looks out as the sun lifts from the sea
F#
B
It was way too high a fee
before the deal
D#m
B
You learn to compromise
F#
F#sus4
You get to play the cool hand
F#
B
E
B
with the dice
D#m
B
For they make their mistakes
D#m
B
twice
D#m
F#
You're living in high society
B
E
Just to survive, na -na -na -na -na
Outro 1
B
E
B
E
B
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB D#m E F# A...
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