Second Best

Intro 
G Bm Em Am 
G Bm Em Am 

G           Bm             Em         Am 
Lately, my insecurity has got me paralyzed 
G                  Bm 
Look in the Mirror. It's getting clearer. 
               Em         Am 
I've got those Ed McMahon eyes. 


 
G               Bm 
Feelin' humble! Just like Barney Rubble 
     Em                            Am 
I am just a part of someone else's show. 
G                      Bm 
Don't wanna be the guy who has to die, 
       Em                       Am 
in the middle of a Star Trek episode. 
 

 
D                C 
I don't wanna go on like Frank Stallone... 
 

 
N.C.          G 
Don't wanna be 

Second Best 
Bm 
  Second Best 
Em                    C 
I don't wanna be your Second Best 
G 
 Second Best 
Bm 
  Second Best 
Em                    C 
I don't wanna be your Second Best 


{Instrumental} 
G Bm Em Am 
 

 
G                Bm 
I go to parties, trying to be smart 
           Em                        Am 
I practice lines. I try to show some wit. 
G                       Bm 
No matter how I say it, nobody takes the bait 
      Em                          Am 
And I end up in the corner eating chips. 
 

 
      G                              Bm 
Don't wanna go through life with my (Rolling 25!!)? 
       Em                           Am 
Always playing second fiddle to the man 
    G                    Bm 
Why can't I be the best? Not like all the rest. 
            Em              Am 
Not the professor, I am Mary Ann. 
 

 
D 
I don't wanna be 
C 
like Andrew Wrigley 
N.C.          G 
Don't wanna be 

Second Best 
Bm 
  Second Best 
Em                    C 
I don't wanna be your Second Best 

G 
 Second Best 
Bm 
 Second Best 
Em                    C 
I don't wanna be your Second Best 
 

 
Em            C  Em          C 
I don't wanna go on like Don Oates 
     D      G 
Just second best. 


{Intrumental} 
Em Am G Bm 
   Ooo 
Em Am G Bm 
Em Am 

     D                       C 
Everytime I turn around, I'm Art Garfunkeled out 
 

 
N.C.          G 
Don't wanna be 

Second Best 
Bm 
 Second Best 
Em                      C 
I don't wanna to be your Second Best 
G 
 Second Best 
Bm 
 Second Best 
Em                       C 
I don't wanna to be your Second Best 

Em            C  Em                C 
I don't wanna go on like Frank Stallone 
      D       G 
Don't wanna be 
                    Bm 
Second Best (Second Best) 

Second Best 
Em                    C 
I don't wanna be your Second Best 
G                    Bm 
 Second Best (Second Best) 

Second Best 
Em                   C 
I don't wanna be your Second 
D      G 
Second Best..