Parents

[Intro]
Dm A# F Gm


[Verse]
Am 
  
                 A#                 F
  I was born in a messed up century

My favourite flavoured sweets
    Gm                     Dm
are raspberry amphetamines
                
  I bought a car,
          A#
Beretta, age sixteen
           F
I brush my teeth with bleach
         Gm  
’cause I ain’t

got time for cavities


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

friend, 'cause my


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


[Interlude]
    A#      F
I-I-I, I-I-I,
    Gm      Dm
I-I-I-I-I-I-I,
    A#      F
I-I-I, I-I-I,
    Gm         \
I-I-I-I-I-I-I


[Verse]

Put a toaster in my bath,

watch my mum and dad laugh
      F  
See a thousand volts

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


[Verse]
          Dm  
Yeah, the teacher

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


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


[Interlude]
    A#      F
I-I-I, I-I-I,
    Gm      Dm
I-I-I-I-I-I-I,
    A#      F
I-I-I, I-I-I,
    Gm
I-I-I-I-I-I-I


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

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


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


[Outro]
    A#      F
I-I-I, I-I-I,
    Gm      Dm
I-I-I-I-I-I-I,
    A#      F
I-I-I, I-I-I,
    Gm      Dm
I-I-I-I-I-I-I