Key: G minor
Intro 1
F#m
F#m
A
Bm
F#m
F#m
Bm
D
Bm
Verse 1
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I grew up as your usual suburbanite
A
A tiny town in Massachusetts
Bm
Overwhelmingly white
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I went to church on Sundays in a suit and a tie
A
Then spent my free time
Bm
watching Family Guy
F#m
I started doing comedy
A
when I was just a sheltered kid
Bm
I wrote offensive shit and I said it
F#m
Father, please forgive me
Bm
For I did not realize what I did
D
Bm
Or that I'd live to regret it
Pre-chorus 1
D
E
The times are changing and I'm getting old
F#m
A
Are you gonna hold me accountable?
D
E
My bed is empty, and I'm getting cold
F#m
C#
Isn't anybody gonna hold
me accountable? (Uh)
Chorus 1
F#m
I'm problematic (He's a problem)
E
Bm
When I was 17, on Halloween,
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I dressed up as Aladdin
(He's a problem)
Bm
I did not darken my skin
Interlude 1
But still, it feels weird in
F#m
F#m
A
Bm
(hindsight)
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F#m
Bm
Verse 2
F#m
I want to show you how I'm growing
as a person, but first
A
I feel I must address the lyrics
Bm
from the previous verse
F#m
I tried to hide behind my childhood
and that's not okay
A
My actions are my own,
Bm
I won't explain them away
F#m
I've done a lot of self-reflecting
A
Since I started singing this song
Bm
I was totally wrong when I said it
F#m
Father, please forgive me
Bm
For I did not realize what I did
D
Bm
Or that I'd live to regret it
Pre-chorus 2
D
E
The times are changing and I'm getting old
F#m
A
Are you gonna hold me accountable?
D
E
My bed is empty, and I'm getting cold
F#m
C#
Isn't anybody gonna hold
me accountable? (Uh)
Chorus 2
F#m
I'm problematic (He's a problem)
E
Bm
I just remembered that Aladdin costume's
F#m
In my mother's attic (He's a ...)
Bm
I'm gonna go home and burn it
D
Bm
Or not burn it, is burning it bad?
What should I do with it?
Bridge 1
D
A
And I've been totally awful
E
My closet is chock-full of stuff
F#m
E
that is vaguely shitty
D
A
All of it was perfectly lawful
E
Just not very thoughtful at all
F#m
E
and just really shitty
D
A
And I've been totally awful
E
My closet is chock-full of stuff
F#m
E
that is vaguely shitty
D
A
All of it was perfectly lawful
E
Just not very thoughtful at all and just really
Outro 1
A
F#m
And I'm really fucking sorry
C#m
(Bitch, I'm trying to listen)
(Shit, I've been complacent)
A
F#m
C#m
Sorry (If I'm gonna catch up)
(First, I gotta fess up)
A
F#m
C#m
Sorry
A
F#m
C#m
Sorry
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