Em
quick, quick
tell me something awful
G
like you are a poet
C
trapped inside the body of a finance guy..
tell me all your secrets
C
all you'll ever be is
Em
my eternal consolation prize..
G
you see i was a debutant in another life, but
C
now i seem to be scared to go outside..
if comfort is a construct
C
i don't believe in good luck
now that i know what's what..
Chorus
G
i hate it here so i will go to
secret gardens in my mind
Em
people need a key to get to
the only one is mine
D
i read about it in a book
C
when i was a precocious child
no mid sized city hopes and small town fears..
G
i'm there most of the year
Em D C
cause i hate it here.. i hate it here
Em
my friends used to play a game where
G
we would pick a decade
C
we wished we could live in instead of this..
C
i'd say the 1830s but without all the racists
Em
and getting married off for the highest bid..
G
everyone would look down cause it wasn't fun now
C
seems like it was never even fun back then
nostalgia is a mind's trick
C
if i'd been there, i'd hate it
it was freezing in the palace..
Chorus
G
i hate it here so i will go to
lunar valleys in my mind
Em
when they found a better planet
only the gentle survived
D
i dreamed about it in the dark
C
the night i felt like i might die
no mid sized city hopes and small town fears..
G
i'm there most of the year
Em D/F# C
cause i hate it here.. i hate it here
D
i'm lonely, but i'm good
i'm bitter, but i swear i'm fine..
C
i'll save all my romanticism for my inner life
Am Em
and i'll get lost.. on purpose
C G
this place made me.. feel worthless
Am Em
lucid dreams like electricity,
the current flies through me and
C G
in my fantasies i rise above it
C
and way up there, i actually love it
Chorus
G
i hate it here so i will go to
secret gardens in my mind
Em
people need a key to get to
the only one is mine
D
i read about it in a book
C
when i was a precocious child
no mid sized city hopes and small town fears..
G
i'm there most of the year
Em D
cause i hate it here.. i hate it here
C
quick, quick
tell me something awful
G
like you are a poet
(Em)
trapped inside the body of a finance.. guy
Outro Em D C G
Note: Original key from G
