Key: F major
Verse 1
D
Bm
D
The
gods are real
G
D
A
D
Like, the Greek gods
Asus4
D
Like the ones you learned about
Asus4
Bm
But weren't paying attention to
D
Asus4
Well, they don't pay attention to you,
either
A
E
G
D
Especially if you're their kid
Verse 2
Asus4
D
Godly plans they need to make
Bm
E
That don't include me
Verse 3
D
G
And they have kids
Bm
A
Bm
And those kids have issues
A
Issues
Bm
Verse 4
A
G
'Cause daddy doesn't love me
Asus4
D
And mommy is a god
Asus4
Bm
Busy, busy, busy, busy being a god
Verse 5
Yeah
Asus4
D
Asus4
You never listen
Asus4
A
'Cause it's time you heard
Daug
F#
Verse 6
B
Bm
Look!
Bm
B
I didn't wanna be a half- blood
Abm
I didn't ask to be a hero, seeking praise
It mostly gets you killed in
Bm
B
very nasty ways
Bm
B
I didn't want to cause trouble, trouble
next grade
Verse 7
Abm
B
F#
E
It wasn't dirty socks or my stepdad
Eb
E
It was danger that I smelled
F#
B
The day I got expelled
Verse 8
B
Abm
is because your life is normal
Verse 9
B
trip (freaky trip)
Abm
That's when this story should probably
start (ooh- ooh- ooh)
Verse 10
Bm
B
We stopped by all the statues
And learned about the gods
Mrs. Dodds
B
F#sus4
F#
Hadn't re belled
Verse 11
Bm
B
The Greek gods!
Bm
B
Eb
Almighty titans of earth, sea, and sky
B
Bm
But even they were children once,
Bm
B
F#
F
Bm
Their father, Kronos
B
Bm
So what did he do?
B
C
Anyone? Anyone?
Verse 12
them
B
Bm
Ah, thank you, Mrs. Dodds
Eb
G
Escaped and devised a plan to rescue
B
Bm
B
his brothers and sisters
F
Bm
He tricked Kronos into
And what did Kronos do?
B
C
Abm
F#
B
He vomited them
up
Verse 13
Bm
B
Abm
At least it wasn't boring, as I'd feared
B
Bm
B
I didn't want to pay attention (pay attention,
pay attention)
And gods and indigestion caused
Verse 14
B
Ew!
Baaaaaah!
Dude, what was that?
Uh, nothing!
Abm
F#
My best friend was acting strange
Eb
E
At which he so excelled
Verse 15
butter in your hair?
F#sus4
F#
Ask Nancy
Bobofit, she's a monster
E
B
F#
Well, not literally, I don't think
sandwich at you?
She threw a peanut butter
B
F#sus4
sandwich at you
F#
E
I stopped it, with my head
Verse 16
Percy Jackson!
F#
Abm
F#
I knew something was up
Eb
E
When I heard my name get yelled
G
F#
The day it all went down
Em
G
The day it all got weird
F#
F#
B
The day I got expelled
Verse 17
E
Mr. Jackson
E
Fdim
B
Oh- oh- oh- oh!
E
Fdim
Mr. Jackson!
Look, if this is about Nancy Bobofit
Verse 18
Her to stop wedgie- ing the first graders
F#sus4
Kicked out of five schools in six years
F#
E
One might question your parentage
Hey, don't talk about my mom
F#
B
That's right, you don't know
Verse 19
What is this about,
anyway? (hahaha)
on your (hahaha)
Ha!
What ho, Percy!
Mr. Brunner! What am I supposed
Verse 20
D
A
F#
Oh, brrr, aaagh!
Mr. Brunner?
Um, I didn't know what
just had happened
Then she vanished in the ether
Verse 21
Bm
A
The next thing that I knew
B
F#
G
I was where detention was held
The day I got
Expelled?
Verse 22
Gsus4
G
firm in his de cision
And this was your final warning
G
Gsus4
she attacked me and you saw it!
Verse 23
And you gave me that pen!
F
G
it was a sword, and
Gsus4
What?
Am
G
Percy, we've never had a
Perhaps it's for the best
F
C
This wasn't the place for you
I got kicked out?
Bm
G
That's not what I was
Verse 24
going to
just like everyone else
Dm
B
No, but, that is to say
Percy
F#sus4
F#
Someday you'll understand why
I'm truly sorry
Yeah, well, I'm sorry I let you down
Verse 25
Maybe he's right
You never fit in at this school,
anyway, you're not exactly
Normal?
Bm
B
Exactly! Hahahaha, I mean,
Bm
B
uh, I'll see you on the bus
Verse 26
So if you think you are a half- blood
Better run and don't start crying
B
Bm
B
'Cause you're monster chow
Or stick around and maybe
Verse 27
Fdim
F#sus4
F#
If you're so com pelled
E
B
But nobody listens to me
Verse 28
Em
Dude!
F#
B
You got expelled
E
F#sus4
B
E
I didn't wan na be a half- blood
F#sus4
G#m
B
C#sus4
I didn't ask to be a half-
Em
G
G
B
blood (expelled)
Expelled!
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