Key: B
Introduction: B C#m G#m F# B C#m G#m F#
B C#m
Mama said: you're a pretty girl
G#m F#
What's in your head, it doesn't matter
B C#m
Brush your hair, fix your teeth
G#m F#
What you wear is all that matters
B C#m G#m F#
Just another stage, pageant the pain away
B C#m
This time I'm gonna take the crown
G#m F#
Without falling down, down, down
B C#m G#m
Pretty hurts, we shine the
F#
Light on whatever's worse
B C#m G#m
Perfection is a disease of a nation
F#
Pretty hurts, pretty hurts
B C#m G#m
Pretty hurts, we shine the
F#
Light on whatever's worse
B C#m
Trying to fix something but you can't fix
G#m
What you can't see
F#
It's the soul that needs the surgery
B C#m
Blonder hair, flat chest
G#m F#
TV says bigger is better
B C#m
South beach, sugar free
G#m F#
Vogue says thinner is better
B C#m G#m F#
Just another stage, pageant the pain away
B C#m
This time I'm gonna take the crown
G#m F#
Without falling down, down, down
B C#m G#m
Pretty hurts, we shine the
F#
Light on whatever's worse
B C#m G#m
Perfection is a disease of a nation
F#
Pretty hurts, pretty hurts
B C#m G#m
Pretty hurts, we shine the
F#
Light on whatever's worse
B C#m
Trying to fix something but you can't fix
G#m
What you can't see
F#
It's the soul that needs the surgery
C#m
Ain't got no doctor or pill
That can take the pain away
G#m
The pain's inside and nobody
Frees you from your body
B
It's the soul, it's the soul
F#
That needs surgery
(It's my soul that needs surgery)
C#m
Plastic smiles and denial
Can only take you so far
G#m
Then you break when the fake
Façade leaves you in the dark
B
You left with shattered mirrors
F#
And the shards of a beautiful past
B C#m G#m
Pretty hurts, we shine the
F#
Light on whatever's worse
B C#m G#m
Perfection is a disease of a nation
F#
Pretty hurts, pretty hurts
B C#m G#m
Pretty hurts, we shine the
F#
Light on whatever's worse
B C#m
Trying to fix something but you can't fix
G#m
What you can't see
It's the soul that needs the surgery
B C#m
When you're alone all by yourself
G#m F#
And you're lying in your bed
B C#m
Reflection stares right into you
G#m F#
Are you happy with yourself
B C#m
You stripped away the masquerade
G#m F#
The illusion has been shed
B C#m
Are you happy with yourself?
G#m F#
Are you happy with yourself?
Yes