Key: B
Introduction:
Bm A G A
Hurry up before you go and get old
Bm A G A
Hurry up before your blood runs cold
Bm A G A
None of us were ever meant to stay
Bm A G A
We're all gonna find that one day
Pre-Chorus
Bm A G A
You see life's too short to run it like a race
Bm A E
So it's never gonna matter if you win first place
E/G#
Cause we're all the same
G D Bm
Stop waiting on your fifteen minutes of fame
A
Cause you're not special
G D Bm
I'm not trying to rain on your parade
A
But you're not special
G D
I'm not trying to bring you down
Bm A
G
I'm not trying to sound so ineffectual
A
But you're not special
Bm D GA
verse 2
Bm A G A
Hurry up before the bottle kicks in
Bm A G A
Before the poison and the pain sets in
Pre-Chorus
Bm A G A
If you take it down a notch and you let me explain
Bm A E
That on this earth we are all the same
E/G#
And all I can say is
G D Bm
Stop waiting on your fifteen minutes of fame
A
Cause you're not special
G D Bm
I'm not trying to rain on your parade
A
But you're not special
G D
I'm not trying to bring you down
Bm A
G
I'm not trying to sound so ineffectual
A
Bm D
But you're not special
Bridge
G
We all live to lie We all fall apart
Bm
We all go to war For the faint of heart
A
Instead we're condescending
A
Bm
There are no happy endings
G
I won't hold my breath I won't cast a doubt
Bm
I'd never sell you out
A
But I'll give you one last chance to own it
A/C#
Cause you're not a god or a poet so
G D Bm
Stop waiting on your fifteen minutes of fame
A
Cause you're not special
G D Bm
I'm not trying to rain on your parade
A
But you're not special
G D
I'm not trying to bring you down
Bm A
G
I'm not trying to sound so ineffectual
A
But you're not special
Outro
G D BmA