Tone: [D]
Capo: none
[D] [G/D] [A/D] [G/D]
Verse 1
[D]
So your best friend screwed you over
[G/D]
Acted nice when she not nice
[A/D]
Well, I have some advice
[G/D]
‘Cause it’s happened to me. Twice.
[D]
Here’s my secret strategy
[G/D]
It always works because
[A/D]
The world doesn’t end
[G/D]
It just feels like it does
Chorus
[D] [G/D]
So raise your right finger
[A/D] [G/D]
And solemnly swear
[D] [G/D]
"Whatever they say about me
[A/D] [G/D]
I don’t care!"
Verse 2
[D]
I won’t twist in knots to join your game
[A]
I will say, "you make me mad."
[Bm]
And if you treat me bad
[G]
I’ll say “you’re bad.”
[Bm]
And if I eat alone from this moment on
[A] [E7]
That’s just what I’ll do
Chorus
[G5]
‘Cause I’d rather be me
[D]
I’d rather be me
[A]
I’d rather be me
[D]
than be with you
Verse 3
[D]
We’re supposed to all be ladies
[G/D]
And be nurturing and care
[A/D]
Is that really fair?
[G/D]
Boys get to fight, we have to share
[D]
Here’s the way that turns out
[G/D]
We always understand
[A/D]
How to slap someone down
[G/D]
With our underhand
Chorus
[D] [G/D]
So here’s my right finger
[A/D] [G/D]
To how girls should behave
[D] [G/D]
'Cause sometimes what’s meant to break you
[A/D] [G/D]
Makes you brave
Verse 3
[D]
So I will not act all innocent
[A]
I won’t fake apologize
[Bm]
Let’s just fight and then make up
[G]
Not tell these lies
[Bm]
Let’s call our damage even
[A] [Em]
Clean the slate till it's like new
Chorus
[G]
It’s a new life for me
[D]
Where I’d rather be me
[A]
I’d rather be me
[D]
Than be with you
Bridge
[Bm]
I'll say, "NO!"
[A]
I’ll say, "knock it off, with
your notes and your rules and your games."
[G]
And those sycophants who follow you
[G] [F#7]
I’ll remember all their names
[Bm]
And when they drag you down
[A]
Like they inevitably do
[G]
I will not laugh along with them
[A] [D]
and approve their palace
coup, ‘cause that’s not me
Verse 4
[Bm]
I don’t need their good opinions
[G]
I have plenty of opinions
[Bm]
Every asshole has opinions
[A] [E7]
but it doesn’t make them true
Chorus
[G]
What’s true is being me
[D]
And I’d rather be me
[A]
I’d rather be me
[D]
than be with you.
[Bm]
So raise them high
[A]
‘cause playing nice and shy
[G] [E7]
is insulting my IQ
Coda
[D] [E7]
I’d rather be me
[G]
I’d rather be me
[D]
I’d rather be me than be with you!
[E7]
I’d rather be me
[G]
I’d rather be me
[A] [A7sus4] [D]
I’d rather be me than be with you!