Intro: G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 Your breath hangs in the air. E5 It's freezing, but the bus ain't there. C5 You're wishing for someone to stop this. G5 D5 Back in class again, E5 You feel just like an empty pen, C5 Loss for words and void of purpose. G5 D5 C5 They cornered you, there's nowhere to get out. How? How? E5 C5 They'll try to convince you G5 D5 and tell you that they're right. E5 C5 They'll break you and beat you G5 D5 and steal away your life E5 C5 G5 D5 And tell you that you're nothing and they'll never get it right, E5 D5 But high school's the place where dreams go to die. Inst: G5 D5 C5 G5 D5 Teacher thinks you're rude E5 Says, "I dont like your attitude". C5 Well maybe you're just condescending G5 D5 But bring us up to follow rules E5 And throw us all in cubic rooms C5 But we're not gonna sit by idle. G5 D5 C5 We're getting out, we're gonna find our way Hey, hey. Chorus G5 D5 Well, we'll be more than they'll ever be E5 C5 Just bitter from their own failed dreams. G5 D5 E5 C5 They're desperate, and do anything to bring you down. G5 D5 Well, we'll do more than they ever did E5 C5 Talk down to some poor old kid. G5 D5 C5 We are the ones, the ones who made it. E5 C5 They'll try to convince you G5 D5 and tell you that they're right. E5 C5 They'll break you and beat you G5 D5 and steal away your life E5 C5 G5 D5 And tell you that you're nothing and they'll never get it right, E5 D5 But high school's the place where dreams, E5 D5 But high school's the place where dreams, E5 D5 G5 D5 C5 But high school's the place where dreams go to die.