Parents

[Intro]
Fm C# G# A#m


[Verse]
Am 
  
                 C#                 G#
  I was born in a messed up century

My favourite flavoured sweets
    A#m                     Fm
are raspberry amphetamines
                
  I bought a car,
          C#
Beretta, age sixteen
           G#
I brush my teeth with bleach
         A#m  
’cause I ain’t

got time for cavities


[Verse]
Fm                C#
   My daddy put a gun to my head
     G#
Said if you kiss a boy,
          A#m
I'm gonna shoot you dead
     Fm
So I tied him up with gaffa tape
      C#
and I locked him in a shed
       G#
Then I went out to the garden
      A#m~  
and I fucked my best

friend, 'cause my


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


[Interlude]
    C#      G#
I-I-I, I-I-I,
    A#m      Fm
I-I-I-I-I-I-I,
    C#      G#
I-I-I, I-I-I,
    A#m         \
I-I-I-I-I-I-I


[Verse]

Put a toaster in my bath,

watch my mum and dad laugh
      G#  
See a thousand volts

go through the son
     A#m
they wish they never had
             Fm
They told me casual affection
         C#
leads to sexual infection
         G#
But it's hard to get an erection
            A#m
when you're so used to rejection


[Verse]
          Fm  
Yeah, the teacher

fucked the preacher
    C#
but then he had to leave her
       G#                  
  Had to wash away the sins
      A#m
of a male cheerleader
Fm                   
  Hi, nice to meet ya,
     C#
got nothing to believe in
   G#                   
  So let me know when my
            \
breathing stops, cause my


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


[Interlude]
    C#      G#
I-I-I, I-I-I,
    A#m      Fm
I-I-I-I-I-I-I,
    C#      G#
I-I-I, I-I-I,
    A#m
I-I-I-I-I-I-I


[Bridge]
Fm
Tick tock, stop the clock
  A#m
Because I got the feeling
         C
that I'm gonna get shot
Fm  
Tick tock, stop the clock

                                       
  A#m
Because I got the feeling
         C
that I'm gonna get shot


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


[Outro]
    C#      G#
I-I-I, I-I-I,
    A#m      Fm
I-I-I-I-I-I-I,
    C#      G#
I-I-I, I-I-I,
    A#m      Fm
I-I-I-I-I-I-I