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