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