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