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Intro:
 
    Csus2                 G                     
xA|---------------------|-0----0----0----0----|
xE|---------0-----------|---------0-----------|
xC|-2----2----2----2----|---------------------|
xG|----2---------2----2-|----2---------2----2-|

    Em7                  Dsus4
xA|---------------------|---------------------|
xE|---------0-----------|------0--0-0----0----|
xC|-6----6----6----6----|-4-------------------|
xG|----2---------2----2-|----2---------2----2-|
 
 
Verse 1:
               C
Hey homecoming queen
           G
Why do you lie
               Em
When somebody's mean?
             D
Where do you hide?
          C
Do people assume
              G
You're always alright?
                Em
Been'so good at smiling
              D
Most of your life
 
Pre-Chorus:
     C                G
Look damn good in the dress
                    Em
Zipping up the mess
                  D
Dancing with your best foot forward
C
Does it get hard
G
To have to play the part?
Em              D
Nobody's feeling sorry for ya
 
Chorus:
C              G                          Em
But what if I told you the world wouldn't end
               D                         C
If you started showing what's under your skin
            G                      Em
What if you let 'em all in on the lie?
             D                   C  G  Em  D
Even the homecoming queen cries
 
Verse 2:
                C
Hey homecoming queen
                G
How's things at home?
                 Em
Still walking on eggshells
                   D
When that curtains closed
               C
Did your daddy teach you
           D
How to act tough?
                  Em
Or more like your momma?
                   D
Sweep it under the rug
 
Pre-Chorus:
     C                G
Look damn good in the dress
                    Em
Zipping up the mess
                  D
Dancing with your best foot forward
C
Did you want the crown
G
Or does it weigh you down
Em              D
Nobody's feeling sorry for ya
 
Chorus:
C              G                          Em
What if I told you the world wouldn't end
               D                         C
If you started showing what's under your skin?
            G                      Em
What if you let 'em all in on the lie?
             D                   C
Even the homecoming queen cries
                G                         Em
Yeah, what if I told you the sky wouldn't fall?
                 D                                  C
If you lost your composure, said to hell with it all
               G                     Em
Not everything pretty sparkles and shines
                D                   C
And even the homecoming queen cries
   G     Em
Oh yeah
          D                       C  G  Em  D
Even the homecoming queen cries
 
Outro:
               C
Hey homecoming queen
           G
Why do you lie
               Em
When somebody's mean?
             D
Where do you hide?