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