The Main Character (Live at The Vermont Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA) Chords
Tempo:
110.05 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
Am
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Anyway, um, oh, here's [Cm] the song.
[E]
[C] [D] [F] [G]
[Ebm] [C]
I'm that first person they [F] talk about, not the most.
[C] I'm that [Gm] perspective you [F] cannot doubt.
See how I love
[C] control the [D] narrative [F] reliably.
Maybe it's all about me.
[C] And I wrote the [Am] book about [Bb] throwing the book at [F] those who don't do it by it.
[E] So now I'm holding myself hostage [Am] Stockholm lust just looks like justice [E] and enough lefts don't make the right but [Am] two wrongs do.
Oh [Db] man, Sun Tzu would love [Dm] this.
Feeding my [A] dead high horse off the [B] high road to low ground.
Cause [F] if you shake your [G] fist at snakes and grass, [C] it looks like punching [Bb] down.
So [F] God forbid [G] I'm seen just as an [Em] average [Am] human being.
I mean, [F] imagine if [G] protagonists [C] just died in the [G] first seat.
[F] I'm the [G] gap between a [E] tragedy and [Am] comedy.
Don't come [Fm] at me.
I'm the main character.
[G] If you have to like me,
[C] [F] [Gb] [Gm] [Fm]
[Gm] [F] [Gm] [F]
[Eb] [G]
[C] blood armor [F] from NBC's.
[Am] Well, they ought to me.
[C] Try to Rose trades, chummers, [F] trinkets and dreams.
It's our next P.
So [C] look in the sky.
[Am] It's a bird.
[C] It's a plane.
No, it's [Eb] super [F]
ego.
The underdog gets you full.
[C]
Villains are everywhere.
[Bb] That's how [G] I know that I'm the hero.
[E] So Tommy to the train tracks.
Naveen's not me.
Twist your mustache.
Not you.
It's bad enough.
[Am] Ignore at least bad enough.
The way [Dm] that you get off.
[G] That's done.
You're [C] darling.
The licks in [Am] high collars.
And [G] I am smart.
[C] I'm with a ray gun and a [D] tweet.
So [F] God forbid [G] I'm seen just as [C] an average [Am] human being.
I mean, [F] imagine if [G] protagonists [C] just died in the first [G] scene.
[F] I'm the gap between a [E] tragedy and comedy.
Don't [Fm] come at me.
I'm the main [C] character.
And you have to like me.
[F]
[G] [F] [C]
[F]
[C]
[F] [G]
[Gm] [F] [C] [G]
[Gm] [C] [F]
[E] [G]
[C] [Gb] [F] [Gm]
[C]
[G] So [E] judge me by what my cover shows.
[Am] Of the becomes beyond reproach.
You don't [E] know the pros are if the spine is [Am] still intact.
[A] [Dm] Oh, like Alice fell [G] 200.
[C] So took [Am] my overtainment [F] and bolded my [G] demand to live by [C] alternative [Bb] facts.
[F] Her Majesty.
Rest in peace.
[G] Sister woman.
[C] Demand a [B] standard [Am] of loyalty.
[C] [F] An agreement to be [G] reverent.
[C] Lick the Emperor's [G] new boots.
[F] The court fool got [G] the guillotine.
[Ab] The witch is the stake.
[Am] You the dopamine.
[Fm] And Siemens made the Zyklon B.
[C] And we all still get the flu.
[F] We all do what we [G] need to to get [C] through.
It's nothing new.
[F] But I ain't [G] done a fucking [C] thing to you.
[F] So God [G] forbid I'm seen [C] just as an average human [Am] being.
I mean, imagine [G] if protagonists [C] lacked any evil [G] scheme.
I'm the king of [E] tragedy and [Am] comedy.
Don't [F] come at me.
I'm the main character [G] and you [C] have to like me.
[N]
[E]
[C] [D] [F] [G]
[Ebm] [C]
I'm that first person they [F] talk about, not the most.
[C] I'm that [Gm] perspective you [F] cannot doubt.
See how I love
[C] control the [D] narrative [F] reliably.
Maybe it's all about me.
[C] And I wrote the [Am] book about [Bb] throwing the book at [F] those who don't do it by it.
[E] So now I'm holding myself hostage [Am] Stockholm lust just looks like justice [E] and enough lefts don't make the right but [Am] two wrongs do.
Oh [Db] man, Sun Tzu would love [Dm] this.
Feeding my [A] dead high horse off the [B] high road to low ground.
Cause [F] if you shake your [G] fist at snakes and grass, [C] it looks like punching [Bb] down.
So [F] God forbid [G] I'm seen just as an [Em] average [Am] human being.
I mean, [F] imagine if [G] protagonists [C] just died in the [G] first seat.
[F] I'm the [G] gap between a [E] tragedy and [Am] comedy.
Don't come [Fm] at me.
I'm the main character.
[G] If you have to like me,
[C] [F] [Gb] [Gm] [Fm]
[Gm] [F] [Gm] [F]
[Eb] [G]
[C] blood armor [F] from NBC's.
[Am] Well, they ought to me.
[C] Try to Rose trades, chummers, [F] trinkets and dreams.
It's our next P.
So [C] look in the sky.
[Am] It's a bird.
[C] It's a plane.
No, it's [Eb] super [F]
ego.
The underdog gets you full.
[C]
Villains are everywhere.
[Bb] That's how [G] I know that I'm the hero.
[E] So Tommy to the train tracks.
Naveen's not me.
Twist your mustache.
Not you.
It's bad enough.
[Am] Ignore at least bad enough.
The way [Dm] that you get off.
[G] That's done.
You're [C] darling.
The licks in [Am] high collars.
And [G] I am smart.
[C] I'm with a ray gun and a [D] tweet.
So [F] God forbid [G] I'm seen just as [C] an average [Am] human being.
I mean, [F] imagine if [G] protagonists [C] just died in the first [G] scene.
[F] I'm the gap between a [E] tragedy and comedy.
Don't [Fm] come at me.
I'm the main [C] character.
And you have to like me.
[F]
[G] [F] [C]
[F]
[C]
[F] [G]
[Gm] [F] [C] [G]
[Gm] [C] [F]
[E] [G]
[C] [Gb] [F] [Gm]
[C]
[G] So [E] judge me by what my cover shows.
[Am] Of the becomes beyond reproach.
You don't [E] know the pros are if the spine is [Am] still intact.
[A] [Dm] Oh, like Alice fell [G] 200.
[C] So took [Am] my overtainment [F] and bolded my [G] demand to live by [C] alternative [Bb] facts.
[F] Her Majesty.
Rest in peace.
[G] Sister woman.
[C] Demand a [B] standard [Am] of loyalty.
[C] [F] An agreement to be [G] reverent.
[C] Lick the Emperor's [G] new boots.
[F] The court fool got [G] the guillotine.
[Ab] The witch is the stake.
[Am] You the dopamine.
[Fm] And Siemens made the Zyklon B.
[C] And we all still get the flu.
[F] We all do what we [G] need to to get [C] through.
It's nothing new.
[F] But I ain't [G] done a fucking [C] thing to you.
[F] So God [G] forbid I'm seen [C] just as an average human [Am] being.
I mean, imagine [G] if protagonists [C] lacked any evil [G] scheme.
I'm the king of [E] tragedy and [Am] comedy.
Don't [F] come at me.
I'm the main character [G] and you [C] have to like me.
[N]
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_ Anyway, um, oh, here's [Cm] the song.
[E] _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [C] _ _
I'm that _ first person they [F] talk about, not the most. _ _ _
[C] I'm that _ [Gm] perspective you [F] cannot doubt.
See how I love _ _
[C] control the _ [D] narrative [F] reliably.
_ Maybe it's all about me. _ _
[C] And I wrote the [Am] book about [Bb] throwing the book at [F] those who don't do it by it. _
[E] So now I'm holding myself hostage [Am] Stockholm lust just looks like justice [E] and enough lefts don't make the right but [Am] two wrongs do.
Oh [Db] man, Sun Tzu would love [Dm] this.
Feeding my [A] dead high horse off the [B] high road to low ground.
Cause [F] if you shake your [G] fist at snakes and grass, [C] it looks like punching [Bb] down.
_ So [F] God forbid [G] I'm seen just as an [Em] average [Am] human being.
I mean, [F] imagine if [G] protagonists [C] just died in the [G] first seat.
_ [F] I'm the [G] gap between a [E] tragedy and [Am] comedy.
Don't come [Fm] at me.
I'm the main character.
[G] If you have to like me, _
[C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Gm] _ [Fm] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ blood armor [F] from NBC's.
[Am] Well, they ought to me. _ _
[C] Try to Rose trades, chummers, [F] trinkets and dreams.
It's our next P.
So [C] look in the sky.
[Am] It's a bird.
[C] It's a plane.
No, it's [Eb] super [F]
ego.
The underdog gets you full.
_ _ [C]
Villains are everywhere.
_ [Bb] That's how [G] I know that I'm the hero.
_ _ _ [E] So Tommy to the train tracks.
Naveen's not me.
Twist your mustache.
Not you.
It's bad enough.
[Am] Ignore at least bad enough.
The way [Dm] that you get off.
[G] That's done.
You're [C] darling.
The licks in [Am] high collars.
And [G] I am smart.
[C] I'm with a ray gun and a [D] tweet.
So [F] God forbid [G] I'm seen just as [C] an average [Am] human being.
I mean, [F] imagine if [G] protagonists [C] just died in the first [G] scene.
[F] I'm the gap between a [E] tragedy and comedy.
Don't [Fm] come at me.
I'm the main [C] character.
And you have to like me.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Gm] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] So [E] judge me by what my cover shows.
[Am] Of the becomes beyond reproach.
You don't [E] know the pros are if the spine is [Am] still intact.
[A] _ [Dm] Oh, like Alice fell [G] 200.
[C] So took [Am] my overtainment [F] and bolded my [G] demand to live by [C] alternative [Bb] facts. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Her Majesty.
_ Rest in peace.
[G] Sister woman.
_ _ _ [C] Demand a [B] standard [Am] of loyalty.
[C] [F] An agreement to be [G] reverent.
[C] Lick the Emperor's [G] new boots.
[F] The court fool got [G] the guillotine.
[Ab] The witch is the stake.
[Am] You the dopamine.
[Fm] And Siemens made the Zyklon B.
[C] And we all still get the flu.
_ [F] We all do what we [G] need to to get [C] through. _ _
_ It's nothing new.
[F] But I ain't [G] done a fucking [C] thing to you.
[F] So God [G] forbid I'm seen [C] just as an average human [Am] being.
I mean, imagine [G] if protagonists [C] lacked any evil [G] scheme.
I'm the king of [E] tragedy and [Am] comedy.
Don't [F] come at me.
I'm the main character [G] and you [C] have to like me. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [C] _ _
I'm that _ first person they [F] talk about, not the most. _ _ _
[C] I'm that _ [Gm] perspective you [F] cannot doubt.
See how I love _ _
[C] control the _ [D] narrative [F] reliably.
_ Maybe it's all about me. _ _
[C] And I wrote the [Am] book about [Bb] throwing the book at [F] those who don't do it by it. _
[E] So now I'm holding myself hostage [Am] Stockholm lust just looks like justice [E] and enough lefts don't make the right but [Am] two wrongs do.
Oh [Db] man, Sun Tzu would love [Dm] this.
Feeding my [A] dead high horse off the [B] high road to low ground.
Cause [F] if you shake your [G] fist at snakes and grass, [C] it looks like punching [Bb] down.
_ So [F] God forbid [G] I'm seen just as an [Em] average [Am] human being.
I mean, [F] imagine if [G] protagonists [C] just died in the [G] first seat.
_ [F] I'm the [G] gap between a [E] tragedy and [Am] comedy.
Don't come [Fm] at me.
I'm the main character.
[G] If you have to like me, _
[C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Gm] _ [Fm] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ blood armor [F] from NBC's.
[Am] Well, they ought to me. _ _
[C] Try to Rose trades, chummers, [F] trinkets and dreams.
It's our next P.
So [C] look in the sky.
[Am] It's a bird.
[C] It's a plane.
No, it's [Eb] super [F]
ego.
The underdog gets you full.
_ _ [C]
Villains are everywhere.
_ [Bb] That's how [G] I know that I'm the hero.
_ _ _ [E] So Tommy to the train tracks.
Naveen's not me.
Twist your mustache.
Not you.
It's bad enough.
[Am] Ignore at least bad enough.
The way [Dm] that you get off.
[G] That's done.
You're [C] darling.
The licks in [Am] high collars.
And [G] I am smart.
[C] I'm with a ray gun and a [D] tweet.
So [F] God forbid [G] I'm seen just as [C] an average [Am] human being.
I mean, [F] imagine if [G] protagonists [C] just died in the first [G] scene.
[F] I'm the gap between a [E] tragedy and comedy.
Don't [Fm] come at me.
I'm the main [C] character.
And you have to like me.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
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[Gm] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] So [E] judge me by what my cover shows.
[Am] Of the becomes beyond reproach.
You don't [E] know the pros are if the spine is [Am] still intact.
[A] _ [Dm] Oh, like Alice fell [G] 200.
[C] So took [Am] my overtainment [F] and bolded my [G] demand to live by [C] alternative [Bb] facts. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Her Majesty.
_ Rest in peace.
[G] Sister woman.
_ _ _ [C] Demand a [B] standard [Am] of loyalty.
[C] [F] An agreement to be [G] reverent.
[C] Lick the Emperor's [G] new boots.
[F] The court fool got [G] the guillotine.
[Ab] The witch is the stake.
[Am] You the dopamine.
[Fm] And Siemens made the Zyklon B.
[C] And we all still get the flu.
_ [F] We all do what we [G] need to to get [C] through. _ _
_ It's nothing new.
[F] But I ain't [G] done a fucking [C] thing to you.
[F] So God [G] forbid I'm seen [C] just as an average human [Am] being.
I mean, imagine [G] if protagonists [C] lacked any evil [G] scheme.
I'm the king of [E] tragedy and [Am] comedy.
Don't [F] come at me.
I'm the main character [G] and you [C] have to like me. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _