Pretty Hurts

	  		  

Intro:  

Mr. third world, your first question  
What is your aspiration in life?  
Oh, my aspiration in life  
Would be to be happy  

B  F#  G#m  E  

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Mama said, you're a pretty girl  
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What's in your head, it doesn't matter  
 B                  F#  
Brush your hair, fix your tee  
 G#m             E  
What you wear is all that matters  
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Just another stage, pageant the pain away  
 B               F# 
This time I'm gonna take the crown  
G#m            E  
Without falling down, down  


B      F#     G#m                E  
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse  
B           F#             G#m       E  
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts  
B      F#     G#m              E  
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse  
B                 F#                            G#m  
Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see  
E  
It's the soul that needs the surgery  


 B             F#  
Blonder hair, flat chest  
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TV says bigger is better  
 B             F#  
South beach, sugar free  
 G#m                E  
Vogue says thinner is better  
 B           F#  
Just another stage  
 G#m          E  
Pageant the pain away  
 B               F# 
This time I'm gonna take the crown  
G#m            E  
Without falling down, down  


B      F#     G#m                E  
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse  
B           F#             G#m       E  
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts  
B      F#     G#m              E  
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse  
B                 F#                            G#m  
Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see  
E  
It's the soul that needs the surgery  


  C#m  
Ain't got no doctor or pill that can take the pain away  
   G#m  
The pain's inside and nobody frees you from your body  
   E  
It's the soul, it's the soul that needs surgery  
   F#  
It's my soul that needs surgery  
   
   C#m  
Plastic smiles and denial can only take you so far  
   G#m  
Then you break when the fake facade leaves you in the dark  
   E                                                       F# 
You left with shattered mirror and the shards of a beautiful past  


B      F#     G#m                E  
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse  
B           F#             G#m       E  
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts  
B      F#     G#m              E  
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse  
B                 F#                            G#m  
Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see  
{pause or} E 
It's the soul that needs the surgery  


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When you're alone all by yourself  
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And you're lying in your bed  
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Reflection stares right into you  
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Are you happy with yourself  
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You stripped away the masquerade  
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The illusion that's been shed  
           B                  F#  
Are you happy with yourself?  
          G#m             E    
Are you happy with yourself?, yes