Intro: B  Gb  Abm  E

 B                  Gb
Mama said, you're a pretty girl
 Abm                    E
What's in your head, it doesn't matter
 B                  Gb
Brush your hair, fix your teeth
 Abm             E
What you wear is all that matters
 B     Gb           Abm            E
Just another stage, pageant the pain away
 B               Gb
This time I'm gonna take the crown
Abm            E
Without falling down, down


B      Gb     Abm                E
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
B           Gb             Abm       E
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
B      Gb     Abm              E
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
B                 Gb                           Abm
Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see
E
It's the soul that needs the surgery


 B             Gb
Blonder hair, flat chest
 Abm             E
TV says bigger is better
 B             Gb
South beach, sugar free
 Abm                E
Vogue says thinner is better
 B           Gb
Just another stage
 Abm          E
Pageant the pain away
 B               Gb
This time I'm gonna take the crown
Abm            E
Without falling down, down


B      Gb     Abm                E
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
B           Gb             Abm       E
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
B      Gb     Abm              E
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
B                 Gb                            Abm
Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see
E
It's the soul that needs the surgery


  Gb
Ain't got no doctor, no computer can take the pain away
   Abm
The pain's inside and nobody frees you from your body
   E
It's the soul, it's the soul that needs surgery
   Gb
It's my soul that needs surgery
 

   Gb
Plastic smiles and denial can only take you so far
   Abm
And you break when the paper sign leaves you in the dark
   E                                                       E
You left a shattered mirror and the shards of a beautiful girl


B      Gb     Abm                E
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
B           Gb             Abm       E
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
B      Gb     Abm              E
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
B                 Gb                            Abm
Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see

It's the soul that needs the surgery


         B                  Gb
When you're alone all by yourself
            Abm             E
And you're lying in your bed
               B                  Gb
Reflection stares right into you
              Abm             E
Are you happy with yourself
             B                  Gb
It's just a way to masquerade
             Abm             E
The illusion that's been shed
           B                  Gb
Are you happy with yourself?
          Abm             E  
Are you happy with yourself?, yes