Intro/Verse Riff:
   Am   x A11 x Am  E  x G x
    /   \ /   \ /   /  \ / \
e | --0---x-0---x-0---0--x-0-x--- | 
B | --1---x-0---x-1---0--x-3-x--- | 
G | --2---x-0---x-2---1--x-0-x--- | 
D | --2---x-0---x-2---2--x-0-x--- | 
A | --0---x-0---x-0---2--x-2-x--- | 
E | ------------------0--x-3-x--- | 

(Verse 1)
               Am A11 Am
I don't want to be second best
E      G     Am   A11 Am E G
Don't want to stand in line
E      G   Am A11 Am
Don't want to fall behind


E      G   Am A11 Am

Am            D9   
Don't want to get caught out
            Dm6  
Don't want to do without


Am A11 Am E G       Am A11 Am

Am      F/E               G9    
And the lesson I must learn
           E11/b9          Am A11 Am
Is that I've got to wait my turn


E      G   Am A11 Am

E      G   Am A11 Am

E      G   Am A11 Am


(Verse 2) - repeat Verse1

Looks like I got to be hot and cold

I got to be taught and told

Got to be good as gold

But perfectly honest

I think it would be good for me

Coz it's a hindrance to my health

I'm a stranger to myself

(Chorus)
D9                  Am            Asus Am7/G D9
Miniature disasters and minor catastrophoes
             Am A11 Am
Bring me to my knees
       F/E
Well I must be my own master
     G9     E11/b9           Am Am7  E7#9
Or a miniature disaster will be

It will be the death of me

(Verse 3) - repeat Verse1

I don't have to raise my voice

Don't have to be underhand

Just got to understand

That it's gonna be up and down

It's gonna be lost and found

And I can't take to the sky

Before I like it on the ground

(Bridge)
      F/E  
And i need to be patient
      G9
And i need to be brave
E11/b9
Need to discover
      Am        Am7
How i need to behave
       F/E
And I'll find out the answers
       Gsus          E11/b9
When i know what to ask
      A/F?7            
But i speak a different language
            E7#9
And everybody's talking too fast


(Chorus) - repeat Chorus
Miniature disasters and minor catastrophoes
Bring me to my knees
Well I must be my own master
I've got to run a little faster
I need to know I'll last if a little
Miniature disaster hits me
It could be the death of me