Intro: B Db Ebm B Db One, two Ebm One, two, three Pre Chorus: B Db Ebm I’ve been feeling so small B Db Abm Watch the clock ticking off the wall B Db Ebm But tonight I’m letting it go B Db Ebm Spend my coin for sure B Db I’m gonna be myself Ebm Or I could be someone else B Db Ebm No one’s stopping me now B Db I’m gonna skip my brakes Ebm I’m gonna make mistakes B Db Ebm I just wanna feel alive B It’s just what I do when I’m out so Chorus: Ebm Gb Db B Tr-y not to hold me down Ebm Gb Db B Feel alive when I’m in this town Ebm Gb Look at those beautiful stars Db B I wanna drive a faster car Abm Nothing can break me B Db No, no, nothing can break me Ebm Gb Db B Tr-y not to hold me down Ebm Gb Db B Feel alive when I’m in this town Ebm Gb Look at the beautiful stars Db B I wanna take a trip to Mars Abm Nothing can break me B Db Ebm Db Gb B No, no nothing can break me -Ooooooooh x3- Abm Look at those beautiful stars Ebm I wanna drive a faster car Verse 1: B Db Ebm Lay my troubles to rest B Db Ebm Blow the smoke through my cigarette B Db Ebm City lights looking fine Abm Db Ebm And I know this is my time now B Db I’m gonna be myself Ebm Or I could be someone else B Db Ebm No one’s stopping me now B Db I’m gonna skip my brakes Ebm I’m gonna make mistakes B Db Ebm I just wanna feel alive B It’s just what I do when I’m out so Chorus: Ebm Gb Db B Tr-y not to hold me down Ebm Gb Db B Feel alive when I’m in this town Ebm Gb Look at those beautiful stars Db B I wanna drive a faster car Abm Nothing can break me B Db No, no, nothing can break me Ebm Gb Db B Tr-y not to hold me down Ebm Gb Db B Feel alive when I’m in this town Ebm Gb Look at the beautiful stars Db B I wanna take a trip to Mars Abm Nothing can break me B Db Ebm Db Gb B No, no nothing can break me -Ooooooooh x3- Abm Look at those beautiful stars -nc- I wanna drive a faster car Verse 2: Ebm Gb I’m gonna be myself Db B Or I could be someone else Ebm Gb I’m gonna be myself Db B Or I could be someone else Ebm Gb I’m gonna skip my brakes Db B I’m gonna make mistakes Ebm Gb I’m gonna be myself Db B Or I could be someone else Ebm Gb I’m gonna skip my brakes Db B I’m gonna make mistakes Chorus: Ebm Gb Db B Tr-y not to hold me down Ebm Gb Db B Feel alive when I’m in this town Ebm Gb Look at those beautiful stars Db B I wanna drive a faster car Abm Nothing can break me B Db No, no, nothing can break me Ebm Gb Db B Tr-y not to hold me down Ebm Gb Db B Feel alive when I’m in this town Ebm Gb Look at the beautiful stars Db B I wanna take a trip to Mars Abm Nothing can break me -nc- No, no nothing can break
I’ve found a good strumming/plucking pattern for this (and yk i totally could be wrong, but this is what works for me) is to think of each measure as 6 beats (so, for each count, pluck one string)
and i pluck from lowest, to highest, to back down (123432 in terms of pitch). As far as string names i pluck C, E, G, then A. in terms of the pattern this goes CEGAGE
and then I play that twice per chord.
I hope this helps someone out there, maybe even future me who revisits this song lol