Fireworks -- George Watsky Album -- Cardboard Castles Standard tuning Alignment may be an issue. Fmaj7 EADGBE 003210 C It?s hard to be living Fmaj7 You gotta play the cards you were given Am You think it?s simple, but it goddam* isn?t G It?s tougher now than breaking out of Shawshank prison C And as you?re hittin your prime Fmaj7 People say you been committing a crime Am But I won?t quit till I?m home G I?ll chip the limestone a bit at a time C slap mute Wait! I?m a pale ass pale Fmaj7 Middle-class straight white male Am I won?t have an alibi the day I fail G Cause if I ever went to jail, Mom would pay my bail C In a (boom-boom) heartbeat Fmaj7 Am Mom and Dad have given me a lot more than a pat on the back Am And I gotta thank ?em for loving me G From the moment I was strapped in a Volvo car seat C When I needed a pep talk Fmaj7 I couldn?t remember to wreck shop Am Writer?s block, staring at my laptop desktop G Or sleeping in my rental in a turnpike rest stop C Shi* in storage, living from a suitcase Fmaj7 Thinking ?this is how a silver spoon tastes?? Am Cause you can make a dream possible G But it?ll never be easy, no matter what you chase C If you wanna poke fun then do so Fmaj7 I?ll do it for you, it?s no crime Am I?m like if the dude from Juno G Grew a Jewfro and liked to rhyme (OOoooooohhh!!!) C So tell me that I?m not a rapper Fmaj7 Tell Rudolph he can?t pull sleighs Am Tell pluto it?s not a planet G And he?ll probably keep spinning in the same old way C On and on, every day Fmaj7 Right around the sun, wanna feel the rays Am You do it ?cause you love it like nothing else in the universe G And f*** it, it?s embedded in your DNA