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