Problematic chords by
Bo Burnham
Bo Burnham

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

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsGm Bb Cm Eb F...