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