Tone: [A]
Capo:
Fingerpicking/Strumming pattern:
Verse 1
I have [A] this thing [E] where
I get older [B] but just never wiser [C#m]
Midnights [A] become [E] my [B] afternoons [C#m]
When [A] my depression [E] works the graveyard shift [B]
All [C#m] of the people [A] I’ve
ghosted [E] stand there [B] in the room
Pre-chorus 1
I should [A] not be [E] left to my own devices [B]
They come [C#m] with prices and vices [B]
I end [E]up in crisis [B] (Tale as old as time) [C#m]
I wake up [A] screaming [E] from dreaming [B]
One day [C#m] I’ll watch as [A]you’re leaving
Cause you [E] got tired of my [B] scheming
[C#m] (For the last time)
Chorus
[A] It’s me, [E] hi
[B] I’m the problem, [C#m] it’s me
[A] At tea [E]time, [B] everybody agrees [C#m]
[A] I’ll stare [E] directly at [B] the sun
But never [C#m]in the mirror
[A] It must be [E] exhausting
[B] Always rooting [C#m] for the anti-hero
[A] [E] [B] [C#m]
Verse 2
[A] Sometimes I [E] feel like everybody [B] is a sexy baby [C#m]
[A] And I’m [E] a monster [B] on the hill [C#m]
[A]Too big to [E] hang out, [B] slowly
lurching [C#m] toward your favorite city
[A] Pierced through [E]the heart, [B] but never killed [C#m]
Pre-chorus 2
[A] Did you hear [E] my covert [B]
narcissism I disguise [C#m] as altruism
[E] Like some kind [B] of congressman [C#m] (Tale as old as time)
[A] I wake up [E] screaming [B] from dreaming
[C#m] One day I’ll watch as [A]you’re leaving
[E] And life will [B] lose all its meaning
[C#m](For the last time)
Chorus
[A] It’s me, [E] hi
[B] I’m the problem, [B] it’s me
[A] At tea time, [E] everybody agrees [C#m]
[A] I’ll stare [E] directly at [B] the sun
But never [C#m]in the mirror
[A] It must be [E] exhausting
[B]Always rooting [C#m] for the anti-hero
[A] [E] [B] [C#m]
Bridge
[A] I have this [E] dream my [B]
daughter-in-law [C#m]kills me for the money
[A] She thinks [E] I left them [B] in the will [C#m]
[A]The family gathers [E] around and [B]
reads it and [C#m] someone screams out
[A] “She’s laughing [E] up at [B] us from hell!” [C#m]
[A] It’s me, [E] hi,
[B] I’m the problem, [C#m] it’s me
[A] It’s me, [E] hi
[B] I’m the problem, [C#m] it’s me
[A] It’s me, [E] hi, [B] everybody [C#m] agrees
[A]Everybody [E] agrees…
Chorus
[A] It’s me, [E] hi
[B] I’m the problem, [B] it’s me
[A] At tea time, [E] everybody agrees [C#m]
[A] I’ll stare [E] directly at [B] the sun
But never [C#m]in the mirror
[A] It must be [E] exhausting
[B] Always rooting [C#m] for the anti-hero