Verse 1:
Am
I'm fading away, off some kinda drug
Em
Maybe it's lust, maybe it's love
G
I know I said I'd straighten out a week ago
Cadd9
I'm fiending though, 'bout to reach my peak, you know
Cadd9
The city's got me falling now
Am
I'm fading away, I'm losing my head
Em
I know you said leave, but xxxx what you said
G
'Cause you've been steady, crawling on your knees again
G
You need a friend
Cadd9
And I've been on the pills again
Chorus:
G
Baby's only twenty-three
Cadd9
Dancing under lights since she was seventeen
Em
Her brain's flooded with ketamine
Am
High from every party, low from self-esteem
Am
It's selfish but she never sleeps
G
Honestly, she needs a little sympathy
Cadd9
Look what's gotten into me?
Em
But baby's only twenty-three
Am
Baby's only twenty-three
Verse 2:
Am
I'm caught in the buzz
Em
Another one down, I'm pushing my luck
G
The future's never looked so bright, it's blinding me
Cadd9
It's hard to see, I'm swimming through dopamine
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Your body looks like heaven and
G
I wanna give up, I just wanna leave
Cadd9
I'm floating away, I'm caught in the breeze
Am
But she's been so dramatic with these paragraphs
Em
Her broken heart, chemicals can mend it fast
Chorus:
G
Baby's only twenty-three
Cadd9
Dancing under lights since she was seventeen
Em
Her brain's flooded with ketamine
Am
High from every party, low from self-esteem
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It's selfish but she never sleeps
G
Honestly, she needs a little sympathy
Cadd9
Look what's gotten into me?
Em
But baby's only twenty-three
Am
Yeah, baby's only twenty-three
Bridge:
Am
I can't believe this is happening
Em Am
What did I do? What did she do to me?
Em Am
This isn't true to me, she's quite acute it seems
Em Am
Now I'm seeking therapy, she won't be there for me
Em
Mending my brain again
Am
Please don't give up on me
Em
This hurts tremendously
Am
How will this end for me?
Em
Deal with this separately, deal with this
G
xxxx it, she's dead to me
Cadd9
I'm on her frequency
Am
I know that she listens secretly
Em
I know that she listens secretly
Cadd9
I'm on her frequency
Chorus:
G
Twenty-three
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-Don't try to level me-
Cadd9
Dancing under lights since she was seventeen
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-Picking apart all these pieces-
Em
Her brain's flooded with ketamine
Am
High from every party, low from self-esteem
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-They listen secretly-
It's selfish but she never sleeps
G
Honestly, she needs a little sympathy
-I'm on her frequency-
Cadd9
Look what's gotten into me?
-I'm now a fiend it seems-
Em
But baby's only twenty-three
-I'm on her frequency-
Am
Baby's only twenty-three
-I'm on her frequency-
