Chords for High Achievers
Tempo:
90.55 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
F#
C#
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D#] [E] [C#]
[G#m] Heroin [D#] has stigma [E] like meth and crack [Em] cocaine
[B] Drug users [G] aren't all losers, [G#m] they can't all [C#] be insane
[B] But sanity is [E] not a trait of extraordinary [G#m]
men
Sometimes it's drugs, [C#] not necessity
That's the mother of [Fm] [F#] invention
[B] Ben Franklin smoked [C#] opium when he held that lightning [E] rod
So did Queen Victoria [F#] and the Marquis de Sade
[B] Sigmund Freud did his best [C#] work on coca medicine
[E] So did Grover Cleveland [F#] and Thomas [B] Edison
[G#m] When Einstein has [D#] flipped the atom, [B] when Carl Sagan half [C#]-wandered space
[B] When the smartest [F#] people are doing [E] drugs, it makes the world a much [B] better place
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates took [C#] acid and changed technology
[E] The Beatles' trips led to Lucy, [F#] Rita, and Eleanor Rigby
[B] And all the apps that got back on [C#] track made a must-star real [E] night
Without drugs, we'd munch and [F#] scream, having the best [B] time of our life
That's not too scary
[G#m] We'll buzz through the [D#] hundreds of homers, [B] we'll laugh with everyone [C#] in France
[B] When a record's [F#] breaking and nothing's taken, a drug can keep [B] performance enhanced
So you guys are trying to tell me that if I take drugs, I'm gonna be smarter?
We're not saying it's gonna make you smarter, but it might make you more interesting
Aaron Sorkin wrote his [C#] best while he was smoking crack
[E] Atleta means what a favorite [F#] means of Aramd and Carowack
[B] Charlie Dickens told the [C#] tale on opiates we know
[E] So did Burroughs, Huxley, Oscar [F#] Wilde, and Edgar [B] Allan Poe
[G#m] If everyone [B] was sober, [C#] could you call this country free?
[G#m] Would we [B] maintain our ethics [C#] and [D#] ingenuity?
[E] Progressive [F#] thought doesn't happen a lot in a dry society
[E] When [F#] everyone is doing some, it makes the world a better [B] place to be
So smoke a joint, or snort a [C#] line, or drop some LSD
[E]
Use a bomb, a glass pipe, [F#] or go straight to an IV
[B] It's a simple [F#] case of better living through modern [E] chemistry
[B] When [F#] everybody is doing drugs, it makes the world a better [B] place to be
When everybody [F#] is doing [E] drugs, it makes the world a better [B] place to [G#m] be
So quit [D#] NA, and school [E] AA, and fuck [C#] sobriety
[B] When [F#] everybody is doing [E] drugs, it makes the world a better [B] place to be
[N]
[G#m] Heroin [D#] has stigma [E] like meth and crack [Em] cocaine
[B] Drug users [G] aren't all losers, [G#m] they can't all [C#] be insane
[B] But sanity is [E] not a trait of extraordinary [G#m]
men
Sometimes it's drugs, [C#] not necessity
That's the mother of [Fm] [F#] invention
[B] Ben Franklin smoked [C#] opium when he held that lightning [E] rod
So did Queen Victoria [F#] and the Marquis de Sade
[B] Sigmund Freud did his best [C#] work on coca medicine
[E] So did Grover Cleveland [F#] and Thomas [B] Edison
[G#m] When Einstein has [D#] flipped the atom, [B] when Carl Sagan half [C#]-wandered space
[B] When the smartest [F#] people are doing [E] drugs, it makes the world a much [B] better place
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates took [C#] acid and changed technology
[E] The Beatles' trips led to Lucy, [F#] Rita, and Eleanor Rigby
[B] And all the apps that got back on [C#] track made a must-star real [E] night
Without drugs, we'd munch and [F#] scream, having the best [B] time of our life
That's not too scary
[G#m] We'll buzz through the [D#] hundreds of homers, [B] we'll laugh with everyone [C#] in France
[B] When a record's [F#] breaking and nothing's taken, a drug can keep [B] performance enhanced
So you guys are trying to tell me that if I take drugs, I'm gonna be smarter?
We're not saying it's gonna make you smarter, but it might make you more interesting
Aaron Sorkin wrote his [C#] best while he was smoking crack
[E] Atleta means what a favorite [F#] means of Aramd and Carowack
[B] Charlie Dickens told the [C#] tale on opiates we know
[E] So did Burroughs, Huxley, Oscar [F#] Wilde, and Edgar [B] Allan Poe
[G#m] If everyone [B] was sober, [C#] could you call this country free?
[G#m] Would we [B] maintain our ethics [C#] and [D#] ingenuity?
[E] Progressive [F#] thought doesn't happen a lot in a dry society
[E] When [F#] everyone is doing some, it makes the world a better [B] place to be
So smoke a joint, or snort a [C#] line, or drop some LSD
[E]
Use a bomb, a glass pipe, [F#] or go straight to an IV
[B] It's a simple [F#] case of better living through modern [E] chemistry
[B] When [F#] everybody is doing drugs, it makes the world a better [B] place to be
When everybody [F#] is doing [E] drugs, it makes the world a better [B] place to [G#m] be
So quit [D#] NA, and school [E] AA, and fuck [C#] sobriety
[B] When [F#] everybody is doing [E] drugs, it makes the world a better [B] place to be
[N]
Key:
B
E
F#
C#
G#m
B
E
F#
_ _ [D#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [G#m] _ Heroin [D#] has stigma [E] like meth and crack [Em] cocaine
_ [B] Drug users [G] aren't all losers, [G#m] they can't all [C#] be insane
[B] But sanity is [E] not a trait of extraordinary [G#m] _
men
Sometimes it's drugs, [C#] not necessity
That's the mother of [Fm] [F#] invention _ _ _
_ _ [B] Ben Franklin smoked [C#] opium when he held that lightning [E] rod
So did Queen Victoria [F#] and the Marquis de Sade
[B] Sigmund Freud did his best [C#] work on coca medicine
_ [E] So did Grover Cleveland [F#] and Thomas [B] Edison
_ [G#m] When Einstein has [D#] flipped the atom, [B] when Carl Sagan half [C#]-wandered space
_ [B] When the smartest [F#] people are doing [E] drugs, it makes the world a much [B] better place _
_ Steve Jobs and Bill Gates took [C#] acid and changed technology
[E] The Beatles' trips led to Lucy, [F#] Rita, and Eleanor Rigby
[B] And all the apps that got back on [C#] track made a must-star real [E] night
Without drugs, we'd munch and [F#] scream, having the best [B] time of our life
That's not too scary
[G#m] We'll buzz through the [D#] hundreds of homers, [B] we'll laugh with everyone [C#] in France
_ [B] When a record's [F#] breaking and nothing's taken, a drug can keep [B] performance enhanced
So you guys are trying to tell me that if I take drugs, I'm gonna be smarter?
We're not saying it's gonna make you smarter, but it might make you more interesting
Aaron Sorkin wrote his [C#] best while he was smoking crack
[E] Atleta means what a favorite [F#] means of Aramd and Carowack
[B] Charlie Dickens told the [C#] tale on opiates we know
[E] So did Burroughs, Huxley, Oscar [F#] Wilde, and Edgar [B] Allan Poe
_ [G#m] If everyone [B] was sober, [C#] could you call this country free?
[G#m] Would we [B] maintain our ethics [C#] and [D#] ingenuity?
_ [E] Progressive [F#] thought doesn't happen a lot in a dry society
_ [E] When [F#] everyone is doing some, it makes the world a better [B] place to be
_ So smoke a joint, or snort a [C#] line, or drop some LSD
_ [E]
Use a bomb, a glass pipe, [F#] or go straight to an IV
[B] It's a simple [F#] case of better living through modern [E] chemistry _
_ [B] When [F#] everybody is doing drugs, it makes the world a better [B] place to be
When everybody [F#] is doing [E] drugs, it makes the world a better [B] place to [G#m] be
So quit [D#] NA, and school [E] AA, and fuck [C#] sobriety
_ _ _ [B] When [F#] everybody is doing [E] drugs, it makes the world a better [B] place to be
_ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ [G#m] _ Heroin [D#] has stigma [E] like meth and crack [Em] cocaine
_ [B] Drug users [G] aren't all losers, [G#m] they can't all [C#] be insane
[B] But sanity is [E] not a trait of extraordinary [G#m] _
men
Sometimes it's drugs, [C#] not necessity
That's the mother of [Fm] [F#] invention _ _ _
_ _ [B] Ben Franklin smoked [C#] opium when he held that lightning [E] rod
So did Queen Victoria [F#] and the Marquis de Sade
[B] Sigmund Freud did his best [C#] work on coca medicine
_ [E] So did Grover Cleveland [F#] and Thomas [B] Edison
_ [G#m] When Einstein has [D#] flipped the atom, [B] when Carl Sagan half [C#]-wandered space
_ [B] When the smartest [F#] people are doing [E] drugs, it makes the world a much [B] better place _
_ Steve Jobs and Bill Gates took [C#] acid and changed technology
[E] The Beatles' trips led to Lucy, [F#] Rita, and Eleanor Rigby
[B] And all the apps that got back on [C#] track made a must-star real [E] night
Without drugs, we'd munch and [F#] scream, having the best [B] time of our life
That's not too scary
[G#m] We'll buzz through the [D#] hundreds of homers, [B] we'll laugh with everyone [C#] in France
_ [B] When a record's [F#] breaking and nothing's taken, a drug can keep [B] performance enhanced
So you guys are trying to tell me that if I take drugs, I'm gonna be smarter?
We're not saying it's gonna make you smarter, but it might make you more interesting
Aaron Sorkin wrote his [C#] best while he was smoking crack
[E] Atleta means what a favorite [F#] means of Aramd and Carowack
[B] Charlie Dickens told the [C#] tale on opiates we know
[E] So did Burroughs, Huxley, Oscar [F#] Wilde, and Edgar [B] Allan Poe
_ [G#m] If everyone [B] was sober, [C#] could you call this country free?
[G#m] Would we [B] maintain our ethics [C#] and [D#] ingenuity?
_ [E] Progressive [F#] thought doesn't happen a lot in a dry society
_ [E] When [F#] everyone is doing some, it makes the world a better [B] place to be
_ So smoke a joint, or snort a [C#] line, or drop some LSD
_ [E]
Use a bomb, a glass pipe, [F#] or go straight to an IV
[B] It's a simple [F#] case of better living through modern [E] chemistry _
_ [B] When [F#] everybody is doing drugs, it makes the world a better [B] place to be
When everybody [F#] is doing [E] drugs, it makes the world a better [B] place to [G#m] be
So quit [D#] NA, and school [E] AA, and fuck [C#] sobriety
_ _ _ [B] When [F#] everybody is doing [E] drugs, it makes the world a better [B] place to be
_ _ _ _ [N] _