Verse:
Gmaj7
my mask of glue and plastic
C7       B
hides my fragile face
Gmaj7
it’s almost like a magic
C7      B
spell i put in place

Alternate Verse:
Em B      G     Cm
as not to cause alarm
   G                 Am                   Cmaj7
to anyone that might suspect that i’m not real

Verse:
Gmaj7                  C7
i’m slowly building my relationships
     B
with people that i know
Gmaj7                             C7
it’s not what i expected but i’ve learned
   B
to go with the flow

alternate Verse:
Em B     G      Cm
i  must adapt because it’s the
G           Am              Cmaj7
only way to prove that i am real
          Cm      Cm 
but i’m not real

Chorus:
  G              B               Em       C
i never said you had to put your trust in me
  G              B
despite my fancy tie
          Em
my pretty lies
           C
our pretty see through-

     G             B
look closely at my smile
             Em
and you will find
        C
that my disease lies
G               Am                Cmaj7
right behind my teeth and down my throat
    Cm 
and i’m not gonna sugarcoat it.

Post-chorus:
G      B       Em  B  C   C
you’re dead to me
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Verse:
Gmaj7                       C7                 B
the world is full of horrid people from end to end
Gmaj7                      C7       B          Em
and those of us considered good are only pretend-

alternate Verse:
     B      G     Cm             G
-ing to fit in to what they were told
Am        Cmaj7
counts as real

Chorus:
  G              B               Em       C
i never said you had to put your trust in me
  G              B
despite my fancy tie
          Em
my pretty lies
           C
our pretty see through-


     G             B
look closely at my smile
             Em
and you will find
        C
that my disease lies
G               Am                Cmaj7
right behind my teeth and down my throat
    Cm 
and i’m not gonna sugarcoat it.

Bridge:
G                Am
i like it better anyway
                     Em
i don’t know what to say to you
       Cm    Cm 
it was fake

Chorus:
  G              B                 Em     C 
i never said you had to put your trust in me
  G              B 
despite my fancy tie
          Em 
my pretty lies
           C 
our pretty see through-


     G             B
look closely at my smile
             Em
and you will find
        C
that my disease lies
G               Am                Cmaj7
right behind my teeth and down my throat
    Cm            Cm
and i’m not gonna sugarcoat you...