Nerdy Prudes Must Die
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Intro: Cm Bb F F
Ab Bb Ab Bb
C4 Bb
Intro
F
I'm Dead
Ebm F
The blood is all but draining from my head
Ebm F
The nightmare started there but now has spread
Ebm Gb
My pulse is certainly dropping
Db Gb F
And my life is hanging on by a thread (I'm scared)
Ebm F
Someone comes for me I'm unprepared
Ebm Eb
The wait has got me sweating
Dbm Db
You can't cut through all the tension
F
It's hell on Earth, you know
Bbm
I'm tweetin' all about it
F
I take it blow by blow
Bbm
But I'd never scream or shout it
Passing period is over, everyone find your seats
Refrão
F Ab
High School is killing me
Bb
It's got me all out of rhythm and my melody
F
It's not cool
Ab
It's a fallacy
Bb
It's a cruel and unusual brutality
F Ab
And I can survive it
Bb Db
For only so long
F Ab
High school is killing me
F
I'm so fucking dead
Interlúdio
F Ab
Alright, class, pop quiz
Bb Db
I hope you've been hitting those books, Miss Lauter
(Shit)
Primeira Parte
F Ab
I was up all late last night
Bb Db
And I couldn't fucking study
F
(Didn't want to anyway)
Ab
I was deep in a twitter fight
Bb Db
About a problematic puppy
F
(Problematic pooch)
Ab
I had heart palpitations
Bb Db
Trying to convert crypto to lunch money
F Ab
There's nowhere to turn
Bb
For the class of twenty twenty-wern
Refrão
F Ab
High school is killing me
Bb
It's got me all out of rhythm and my melody (my melody)
F
A cesspool
Ab
Faux democracy
Bb
It's one hell of a normal abnormality
Bb
Ugh! Agh! Arrgh!
F Ab
And I can survive it
Bb Db
For only so long
F Ab
High School is killing me
I'm so fucking-
Segunda Parte
Hey! Hey, geek (Me?)
F F
Your name's Peter right? (yeah)
Eb
Hey, Pete, we've been in classes together
Bb
For a long time, haven't we? (I'm so fucking dead)
F
Since the first grade
F
But I'm just realising
Eb Bb
I've never introduced myself, Im Stephanie (I'm so fucking dead)
F F
Lauter, the mayor's daughter, I know
Eb
Yeah, but my friends all call me Steph
Bb
We're friends, aren't we Pete? (I'm so fucking dead)
F
I don't know,are we?
F Eb
Well, I wouldn't advertise it to the whole school or anything
Bb F
But uh… (High School!)
F
But there's an unspoken bond between us
Eb
We're classmates, comrades, we're Nighthawks
Bb
And we don't leave anyone behind
F
But I got left behind this morning
F
The bus driver's a fucking asshole
Eb Bb
We succeed together we fail together
F F
I won't mince words, I'm gonna fail this test, Peter
Eb Bb
Unless you help me cheat
Cheat? (I'm so fucking dead)
Ponte
Bb
Eight o'clock bell rings
F
Place my head on my desk
F
(Come on! Just finish your exam, pass it to me
And I'll put my name on it!)
Bb
Twelve o'clock, Girl Scout
F
Can't I just get my rest?
F
(I'll give you mine, and you can take the test all over again
Doesn't that sound fun?)
Bb
Three o'clock countdown
Bb
Everyday lockdown
F Gm
Classroom arrest
F Bb C7
Is God the one giving the test?
F
Well yeah, but won't we get in trouble?
Eb
Please, Pete, don't you wanna help me out?
Oh, alright
Cheater!
Oh, God, butt out Chasity!
Refrão
F Ab
High school is killing me
Bb Gb
It's got me all out of rhythm and my melody
Eb
My melody!
Ab
My melody!
F Ab
It's not cool, it's a tragedy
Bb
I've been thrown to the wolves of my community
Bb
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!
F Ab
And I can survive it
Bb Db
For only so long
F Ab
And I'll still despise it
Bb Db
When I am gone!
F Ab
High school is killing me
Grace, just be cool
Bb Db
Fuck you, biology
Never!
F Cm7
High school will murder me
Miss Mulberry, they're cheating!
I'm so fucking dead
F
Yeah!
How to play Nerdy Prudes Must Die
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