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