Intro: 
C 
Yo, this one right here
G 
Is for all the drop out-of-schoolers
Em 
The future cougars
D 
The Mary Jane abusers
C 
The ones that chose to be losers
G 
For all the misfit kids and the total outcasts
Em 
MKTO
D 
This one's for you
D 
Role models

Chorus:
C          G 
We are the ones   
                   Em 
The ones you left behind
                  D 
Don't tell us how
                              C 
Tell us how to live our lives
                   G 
Ten million strong             
                             Em 
We're breaking all the rules
                      D 
Thank you for nothing 
                              C 
Cause there's nothing left to lose

Verse: 
C                                 G 
Thank you for feeding us years of lies
Em                          D 
Thank you for the wars you left us to fight
C                        G 
Thank you for the world you ruined overnight
Em 
But we'll be fine
D 
Yeah we'll be fine

Bridge:
C 
Thank you for the world you broke
G 
Like yolk and it ain't no joke
Em 
So cold and there ain't no coat
D 
Just me, my friends, my folks, and
C 
We gonna do what we like
G 
So raise that bird up high
Em 
And when they ask you why
D 
Just stand there laugh and smile

Chorus:
C          G 
We are the ones   
                   Em 
The ones you left behind
                  D 
Don't tell us how
                              C 
Tell us how to live our lives
                   G 
Ten million strong             
                             Em 
We're breaking all the rules
                      D 
Thank you for nothing 
                              C 
Cause there's nothing left to lose


C           G 
Na na na na 
                  Em 
Na na na na na na
             D 
Na na na na
                  C 
Na na na na na na

Verse: 
C                                G                  Em 
Thank you for the times you said don't make a sound
                                  D          
Thanks for the ropes you used to hold us down
C                           G                              
Cause when I break through I'ma use them to reach the cloud
Em 
We ain't comin' down
D 
We ain't comin' down

Bridge:
C 
Look Ma I finally made it
G 
This world is too damn jaded
Em 
My life is just like Vegas
D 
Go big, go home, get faded
C 
Been a since '92
G 
Can't shut me down curfew
Em 
And them girls I'll take a few
D 
Do what I wanna do

Chorus:
C          G 
We are the ones   
                   Em 
The ones you left behind
                  D 
Don't tell us how
                              C 
Tell us how to live our lives
                   G 
Ten million strong             
                             Em 
We're breaking all the rules
                      D 
Thank you for nothing 
                              C 
Cause there's nothing left to lose


C           G 
Na na na na 
                  Em 
Na na na na na na
             D 
Na na na na
                   C 
Na na na na na na


C           G 
Na na na na 
                  Em 
Na na na na na na
             D 
Na na na na
                  C 
Na na na na na na

Verse:
C                  G 
Thank you from the bottom of my heart
Em                         D                    C 
From head to toe, from the soul you ripped apart
  G            Em 
I say thank you
  D  
I say thank you
C      G 
Yeah...
Em  D   
Oh...
C    G    Em          D 
Thank you, thank you....

Chorus -x2-:
C          G 
We are the ones   
                   Em 
The ones you left behind
                  D 
Don't tell us how
                              C 
Tell us how to live our lives
                   G 
Ten million strong             
                             Em 
We're breaking all the rules
                      D 
Thank you for nothing 
                              C 
Cause there's nothing left to lose


C          G 
We are the ones   
                   Em 
The ones you left behind
                  D 
Don't tell us how
                              C 
Tell us how to live our lives
                   G 
Ten million strong             
                             Em 
We're breaking all the rules
                      D 
Thank you for nothing 
                              C 
Cause there's nothing left to lose

Outro: C  G  Em  D

Yo, if you don't like what they tell you to do
Don't do it
If you don't want to be who they want you to be
Screw it
It's your world
It's your life
And they ruined it
Role models
Tune in
Turn up
Drop out 

C