Rät Chords by Penelope Scott

_ _ _ _ _ _ I come from scientists [G] and atheists [C] and white men who kill [F] God.
They make [Bb] technology [G] high quality, [C] complex, [F] physiological _
[Bb] experiments [G] and sacrilege [C] in
the name of public [F] good.
They taught [Eb] me everything, [F] just like a daddy [Bb] should.
_ And you were beautiful [G] and vulnerable [C] and power and [F] success.
Goddamn, [Bb] I fell for you.
[G] Your flame doors, [C] your tunnels, and your [F] tech.
I [Eb] studied code because [F] I wanted to [D] do something great [G] like you.
And the [C] real tragedy [F] is half of it was [Bb] true.
But we've been [Eb] fucking mean.
We're [Bb] elitist.
We're as [D] flawed as any [G] church.
And [C] this faux-rad-west [Bb]-coast dogma [D] has a higher fucking [G] net worth.
I bit [C] the apple because I [F] trusted you.
[D] It tastes like [G] Thomas Malthus.
Your [C] proposal [F] is immodest and [Bb] insane.
[G] And I [C] hope someday [F] Selmers rides her [Bb] fucking train.
_ [Eb]
I loved you, [Bb] I loved you, [D] I loved you, [Gm] it's true.
[Cm] I wanted [Bb] to be you [D] and do what [Gm] you do.
[Cm] I lived here, [Bb] I loved here, [D] I thought it [Gm] was true.
I feel [Cm] so stupid [F] and [Bb] so used.
[Gm] _ _
[C] _ [F] I feel [Bb] so used.
I was your baby, your [G] firstborn, the [C] hot girl in your comp [F] sci class.
And I [Bb] was Darwin's prep [G] school dream, bread-born [C] and raised to kick [F] your ass.
I fell for circuit boards, [G] rocket ships, [C] pictures of [F] the stars.
If you [Eb] could only be [F] what you pretend [Bb] you are.
When I said take me to [G] the moon, I [C] never meant take me [F] alone.
I thought [Bb] if mankind toured [G] the sky, it meant [Cm] that all of us [F] could go.
But I [Eb] don't want to see the [F] stars if they're [D] just one more [G] piece of land for us [Cm] to call
and eyes, [F] for us to turn [Bb] to sand.
Cause we're so [Eb] fucking mean, we're so [Bb] elitist, we're as [D] fucked as any [G] church.
And [Cm] this bullshit west [Bb] coast dogma [D] has a higher fucking [Gm] net worth.
I bit [C] the apple cause [Bb] I loved you.
[D] And why would [G] you lie?
And [Cm] then I realized [F] you're just as naive [Bb] as I [G] am.
Oh you're [C] so traumatized, [F] it makes me [Bb] wanna cry.
You dumb bitch.
[Eb] I loved you, I loved you, [D] I loved you, [Gm] it's true.
[Cm] I wanted [F] to be you [D] and do what [Gm] you do.
[Cm] I lived here, [Bb] I loved here, [D] I bought it, [Gm] it's true.
I'm so [Cm] embarrassed, [F] I feel [Bb] abused.
Well I don't want to eat [G] the rich, I'd [C] have to eat my [F] heroes first.
And my [Bb] tuition's paid [G] by blood, I might [C] deserve your [F] fate or worse.
But I [Bb] don't need your [G] goddamn money, [C] I don't need jack shit [F] from you.
So when [Eb] I speak, you bet [F] your life my [Bb] words are true.
Let me level with you [G] man, is [C] someone guilty [F] of the game?
I took [Bb] the help, I took [G] the cash, I [C] would've taken your [F] last name.
[Eb] So if any girl [F] on earth should get [D] to make a call about this, it should [Cm] be me.
And [F] as I see it, you're [Bb] a dick.
_ So fuck [Eb] your tunnels, [Bb] fuck your cars, [D] fuck your rockets, fuck your cars again.
[Cm] Promised [F] you'd be Tesla, but [D] you're just [G] another Edison.
[Cm] Cause Tesla broke [F] a patent, all [D] you ever broke [G] were hearts.
I [Cm] can't believe you [F] tore humanity [Bb] apart.
With [G] the very same [Cm] machines that [F] could've been our brand new start.
[Ab] And the worst part [Eb] is I loved you, I loved you, [D] I loved you, [Gm] it's true.
[C] And sometimes I feel like [D] I still [Eb] fucking do.
I lived here, [Bb] I loved here, I bought it, it's true.
I'm so embarrassed, I feel abused. _ _
[Eb] _ [Bb] I feel [D] so [Gm] used, _
_ [C] I feel [D] so [Gm] used. _
[Eb] Take [Bb] me to [D] the [Gm] moon, _
_ [F] I feel [Bb] so used, [Gm] _ _
[C] _ [F] I feel [Bb] so [Ab] used. _