Alyssa Greene Chords by Ariana Debose, Matthew Sklar

You know what my mother's like.
She's a complete and total control freak.
The hair has to be perfect.
The [Ab] A's have to be straight.
You have to join [Cm] the debate club [Db] on that there's no debate.
You'll have [C] Bible camp each summer to keep [Eb] you pure and clean.
Endless rules [Db] apply when you're [F] Alyssa Green. _
[Ab] _ [Eb] Trophies have to be first place.
[Ab] Ribbons have to be blue.
There's always some competition or hopes for jumping [Db] through.
[Gm] Your mom's made [C] sacrifices, so win [Ab] homecoming queen.
[Cm] Cause it's do or [Db] die when you're [Ab] Alyssa Green. _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] And you wish there was a world where you [Cm] were simply [Ab] free to live.
[Bbm] And when people criticized [Eb] you, you had no more shit [Ab] to give.
[Db] And in this other life, die [C] when you tell yourself be brave.
You [Bb] won't cave.
That's the one [Eb] thing I truly crave. _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ But [Ab] your feelings have to be phony.
Your weight has to be tracked.
If you don't like shaking pom [Cm]-poms, [Db] you'd better learn to act.
[G] Just have everything [C]
perfected by the time [Cm] you reach 18.
Don't ask how or [Eb] why when you're [F] Alyssa Green.
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_ [Ab] Improve all of your strong points [Dbm] and hide [Ab] things that you lack.
Cause mom's convinced [Cm] if you're perfect, [Db] your father might come back.
[Eb] _ _ [Db] _
You're [G] not yourself.
[C] You're not what she wants.
You're someone in between.
[Eb] Your whole life's a [Ab] lie when you're [Ab] Alyssa Green.
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[G] You're not yourself.
You're [C] not what she wants.
You're [F] someone [Fm] in between.
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