Am                F
 I was born in a messed up century
C                                   Dm
 My favourite flavoured sweets are raspberry amphetamines
Am                        F
 I bought a car, Beretta, age 16
            C                         Dm
I brush my teeth with bleach 'cause I ain't got time for cavities
Am               F
 My daddy put a gun to my head
       C                              Dm
Said, "If you kiss a boy, I'm gonna shoot you dead"
      Am                               F
So I tied him up with gaffer tape and locked him in a shed
            C                        Dm
Then I went out to the garden and I fucked my best friend


[Chorus]
          F      C                 Am
'Cause my- high hopes are getting low
               G          Em F
Because these people are so old
               C            Am
The way they think about it all
       G                    F
If I tried, I would never know
         C                 Am
My high hopes are getting low
        G                Em F
But I know I'll never be alone
        Em              Am
It's alright, we'll survive
                             Am
'Cause parents ain't always right


[Post-Chorus]
    F        C
I-I-I-I, I-I-I-I
    Dm      Am
I-I-I-I-I-I-I
    F        C
I-I-I-I, I-I-I-I
    Dm
I-I-I-I-I-I-I


[Verse 2]
N.C.
Drop a toaster in my bath, watch my mum and dad laugh
        C                                     Dm
See a thousand volts go through the son they wish they never had
              Am                        F
They told me casual affection leads to sexual infection
          C                                   Dm
But it's hard to get an erection when you're so used to rejection
           Am                                F
Yeah, the teacher fucked the preacher, but then he had to leave her
        C                       Dm
Had to wash away the sins of a male cheerleader
  Am                        F
"Hi, nice to meet ya," got nothing to believe in
    C                              Dm
So let me know when my breathing stops


[Chorus]
          F      C                 Am
'Cause my- high hopes are getting low
               G          Em F
Because these people are so old
               C            Am
The way they think about it all
       G                    F
If I tried, I would never know
         C                 Am
My high hopes are getting low
        G                Em F
But I know I'll never be alone
        Em              Am
It's alright, we'll survive
                             Am
'Cause parents ain't always right


[Post-Chorus]
    F        C
I-I-I-I, I-I-I-I
    Dm      Am
I-I-I-I-I-I-I
    F        C
I-I-I-I, I-I-I-I
    Dm
I-I-I-I-I-I-I


[Bridge]
 Am
Tick, tock, stop the clock
   Dm                               Em
Because I get the feeling that I'm gonna get shot
 Am
Tick, tock, stop the clock
   Dm                               Em
Because I get the feeling that I'm gonna get shot


[Chorus]
F         C                 Am
 My high hopes are getting low
               G            F
Because these people are so old
               C            Am
The way they think about it all
       G                    F
If I tried, I would never know
         C                 Am
My high hopes are getting low
        G                  F
But I know I'll never be alone
        Em              Am
It's alright, we'll survive
N.C.
'Cause parents ain't always right


[Chorus]
F         C                 Am
 My high hopes are getting low
               G          Em F
Because these people are so old
               C            Am
The way they think about it all
       G                    F
If I tried, I would never know
         C                 Am
My high hopes are getting low
        G                Em F
But I know I'll never be alone
        Em              Am
It's alright, we'll survive
                             Am
'Cause parents ain't always right


[Post-Chorus]
    F        C
I-I-I-I, I-I-I-I
    Dm      Am
I-I-I-I-I-I-I
    F        C
I-I-I-I, I-I-I-I
    Dm
I-I-I-I-I-I-I