Intro -x2-: Ab Db Bb7 Db

Verse 1:
                        Ab                  Db
Lucy wants to write the next great American novel
              Bb7           Db
And she can’t even read the bottle
        Fm          Abaug
She says I might be a genius
      Bb            Db
Well, she could be a model
                     Ab               Db
Didn’t think I’d get in, so I didn’t apply
          Bb7
Now I’m a drunk hanger-on
        Db
Hittin’ on the younger guy
  Fm                                   Abaug
I buy booze for the Ivy League with my television salary
     Bb              Db
They think they look up to me, ha

Pre-Chorus:
      Ab              Db
Well, I was left like coals in leaves
    Bb7             Db
And I sparked up in winter’s breeze
    Fm    Cm        Db       Ab      Bb7
And now I know it’s me who’s missin’ out

Chorus:
                 Db
I’m missin’ out, missin’ out, missin’ out
Ab               Db
 I’m missin’ out, missin’ out, missin’ out
Bb7               Db
 I’m missin’ out, missin’ out, missin’ out
    Fm    Cm        Db       Ab      Bb7
Now I know it’s me who’s missin’ out

Verse 2:
          Ab                       Db
But I was born with my foot in thе door
       Bb7                       Db
And my mind in the gutter and my guts on the floor
Fm          Abaug     Bb 
Holdin’ thе party line
            Db
Embarrassed all the time
    Ab          Db
I remember my potential
  Bb7                Db
Before I skipped the fundamentals
Fm        Abaug          Bb 
 Before I ran from safety
          Db
Hopin’ someone would chase me

Pre-Chorus:
      Ab              Db
Well, I was left like coals in leaves
    Bb7             Db
And I sparked up in winter’s breeze
    Fm    Cm        Db       Ab      Bb7
And now I know it’s me who’s missin’ out

Chorus:
                 Db
I’m missin’ out, missin’ out, missin’ out
Ab               Db
 I’m missin’ out, missin’ out, missin’ out
Bb7               Db
 I’m missin’ out, missin’ out, missin’ out
    Fm    Cm        Db       Ab      Bb7
Now I know it’s me who’s missin’ out
                 Db
I’m missin’ out, missin’ out, missin’ out
Ab               Db
 I’m missin’ out, missin’ out, missin’ out
Bb7               Db
 I’m missin’ out, missin’ out, missin’ out
    Fm    Cm        Db       Ab      Bb7
Now I know it’s me who’s missin’ out

Instrumental -x4-: Ab Db Bb7 Db

Bridge:
     Ab              Gb
I’ve been someone to talk about
        Fm     Abaug  Eb     Bb 
I wanna be someone to talk to
     Fm     Eb      Bb        Db         Eb  Ebaug Ab
I’ve bitten off way more than I can spit out

Chorus:
                 Db
I’m missin’ out, missin’ out, missin’ out
Ab               Db
 I’m missin’ out, missin’ out, missin’ out
Bb7               Db
 I’m missin’ out, missin’ out, missin’ out
    Fm    Cm        Db       Ab      Bb7
Now I know it’s me who’s missin’ out