Verse 1:
EEmaj7
I notice how she looks at me
EEmaj7
But I pretend that I don't see
AbmE -note-
It's easier if I let the tension subside
Verse 2:
EEmaj7
I've seen it in the books I read
EEmaj7A magic that you cannot see
Abm
There's no limitations
Aadd9
They wear it with pride
Bridge 1:
AbmB
But the characters I read
Esus2E
Never act or look like me
BEsus2E
I can't depend on them to lead me through the right door!
Pre-Chorus 1:
EbmE
And what's the point of falling
DAadd9
When I know I'm only stalling
DBsus4B
'cause I have to go back home
Chorus 1:
Dbm
Where I'm just one in the herd!
B
Tripping over my words
Aadd9
Trying hard to go with the grain
Bsus4Cdim
Keeping the quirks in my brain
Dbm
I'm on the brink of discovery
B
I think
Gbadd9
But what if I'm dreaming
Bsus4B
That's what it seems like
Chorus 2:
Dbm
'cause this girl
Eaug/C
Thinks I'm part of her world
AAm
And that new territory's scary
D
If I turn the handle
AAm I asking for a scandal
BEEmaj7
Should I try to be ordinary?
B -note- E
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Verse 3:
EEmaj7
I've always been a little odd
EEmaj7
The only pea inside the pod
Abm
That's not an expression, I'm guessin'
-nc-
Oh well
Verse 4:
ACdimEEmaj7
See that's exactly what I mean!
EEmaj7
I'm just as awkward as I seem
Abm
Plus she makes me nervous
Aadd9
I hope she can't tell
Bridge 2:
Bsus4B
What is it she sees?
E
In this cluster-clump of me
-nc- BDE
Or could it maybe be I'm going crazy
EbmE
And hey, who am I kidding?
DA
This isn't some sweet beginning
DBsus4
Just a detour to the end
Chorus 3:
Dbm
Then back to the herd!
B
Tripping over my words
Aadd9
Trying hard to go with the grain
Bsus4B
Keeping the quirks in my brain
EaugDbmB
I'm on the brink of discovery, I think
Gbadd9A
But what if I'm dreaming?
Bridge 3:
A
Do I rewind, induce amnesia?
Abm
Pretend I didn't see her
A
Sucxxxb to stupid fear
DbmBGbadd9
Or just believe in my heart?
CD
Why play a pa-art?
Chorus 4:
Dbm
Why follow the herd?
B
Why not trust in my words?
Aadd9
I don't wanna go with the grain
Bsus4B
Why try to make myself plain?
EaugDbmB
I'm on the brink of rediscovery, I think
Gbadd9
So what if I'm dreaming?
B
I like the scene that I'm in
Chorus 5:
DbmEaug
And this girl is a part of this world
AAm
The thought of being normal's far more scary
Post-Chorus 2:
Gbm
I'll be brave and I'll be kind!
I'll make a choice and change my mind!
A
I'll mess up all the time
Gb
They'll say I'm weird, but I'll be fine
BE
And I'll be anything but ordinary!