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