Spoken:
I, your name, do solemnly swear, not to off myself, think about offing myself,
or continue thinking about offing myself without reaching out for help after listening to this song
Verse:
G
Sometimes I see them on the sidewalk, biking on the wet chalk
Em
Spelling out their names and I feel insane
C
Cause I know it's just a game, that I'm playing with my brain
D
I don't see her but I see her and I know it isn't real
G
But I fake it anyway, pull a smile and wave
Em
Nod and look away, wait for it to fade
C
But it happens all the time and people say it's fine
D
My roommate says they're killing us but we're killing ourselves and I'm surrounded by
Chorus:
G
Dead girls on the road
Em
Dead girls on my phone
C
Dead girls
D
Where do they go
G
All of the xxxxin', dead girls all around
Em
Dead girls in my town
C
Dead girls
D
I don't know
C D
Dead girls, where do they go
Verse:
G
And it’d be wrong to say I miss them I didn’t really know him
Em
I just have a couple friends who say they knew him well
C
He seemed like something special, really don’t they all
D
I guess before you’re gone it can be kind of hard to tell
G Em
I broke the xxxxing news, it wasn’t mine to break
C D
She cried and I was empty, it wasn’t mine to say
Chorus:
G
There’s dead kids on the road
Em
Dead kids in my phone
C
Dead kids
D
Where do they go
G
I wanna be a, dead kid with my friends
Em
Dead kids home again
C
Dead kids
D
I don’t know
Verse:
G Em
You like them better dead, better dead
C D
Just say you want it like that
G Em
You like me better dead, better dead
C D G
Gun against your head, you like them dead
Bridge:
C D G
And if all you ever see are dead girls
C D Em
If all you hear is terrible news
C D G
Maybe it’s not all about the dead girls
C D G Em C D G
Maybe it’s more about you, the living need attention too
Chorus:
G
Dead kids all the time
Em
Dead kids in our prime
C
Dead kids
D
Where do they go?
G
I wanna be a dead girl like the rest
Em
Dead girls are the best
C D
That’s why we’re on every show
Outro:
G Em
You like them better dead, better dead
C D
Just say you want it like that
G Em
You like me better dead, better dead
C D G
Gun against your head, you like them dead
