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