Key: D major
Intro 1
Ab
Eb
Ab
Eb
Ab
Eb
Ab
Eb
Verse 1
Dm
Bb
Eb
Bb
Everything's a lie
Dm
Bb
Eb
Bb
We're all gonna die
Dm
Bb
Before we say goodbye,
Eb
F
Eb
Cm
let's attack
F
Eb
Cm
I admit it's bleak
F
Eb
Cm
But I give it a week
Eb
F
Until our friends the meek
F
Eb
Verse 2
Ab
Is it true?
Bb
F
Eb
Ab
Well, it's true enough I guess
Bb
F
Join the chorus of the second
Eb
Ab
best (second be st)
Verse 3
Ab
Second best (second best)
Verse 4
F
Bb
What's left of you that's real?
Dm
Bb
Eb
Bb
A mutated ideal
F
Dm
Eb
With limited appeal, I suggest
F
Eb
Fm
F
Eb
Cm
If winning is an art
F
Cm
Then it's drawn us apart
Eb
Cm
and beat your chest
F
Eb
Verse 5
Ab
Is it you?
Bb
F
Eb
Ab
Well, it's you enough I guess
Bb
F
You're an angel in a see-through dress
Eb
Ab
dress
F
Eb
Yes, it's true enough I guess
Ab
Eb
Ab
(second be st)
Verse 6
Eb
Ab
Eb
Ab
Second best (second best)
Second best (second best)
F
Eb
Bb
F
Eb
Second best
F
Eb
F
Eb
(second)
Verse 7
F
Eb
Perhaps it's just as well
Verse 8
At least the world can tell us apart
F
Bb
F
Eb
Ab
Yes, it's true enough I guess
F
Eb
the unimpressed
Ab
Bb
Is it true? (Is it true?)
F
Eb
Ab
Yes, it's true enough I guess
Bb
F
Sometimes it's better to be second
Eb
Ab
Eb
Ab
best (second best)
Verse 9
Eb
Ab
Eb
Ab
Second best (second best)
Eb
Ab
Second best (second be st)
Eb
Ab
Eb
Ab
Eb
Fm
Second best (second best)
Ab
Eb
Second best (second best)
Second best (second best)
Second best (second best)
Second best (second best)
Outro 1
Second best, uh-uh
Eb
Bb
Bb
Bb
Bb
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