Chords for "You Had To Pick On Me" by Matt Kennon (Echols Middle School)
Tempo:
109.1 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Db
Fm
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [Ab]
[Eb] He hid behind his lunchbox [Fm] every day at that bus stop
Where [Ab] some big ol' boys got their kicks kickin' him around
He was scared as hell of that recess bell [Fm] That playground's more like a battlefield
[Ab] And he knew he'd get himself killed if he didn't back [Eb] down
[Fm] With black in his eye [Eb] and blood in his mouth [Ab] On the way home, all he thought about
Is we could've been teammates, we could've been friends
[Fm] You could've made a difference, you could've stepped in
[Db] If you didn't like me, you should've [Ab] just let me be
[Eb]
[Db] But no, [Eb] you had to pick on [Ab] me
She
[F] [Ebm]
[Ab] [Eb] heard them laughin' about the way he [Ab] looked
[Fm] In the hallway at the high school, she hid behind her books
[Ab] Every day in that lunchroom, she wouldn't even think
She stared in that mirror, hatin' what she'd see
[Fm] Tryin' to be pretty, became a disease
[Ab] She was killin' herself, she's died fit [Eb] in
The
[Fm] diary she kept [Eb] underneath her bed
[Db] Hid all those words [Bb] that she never said
[Db] We could've been sisters, cheering at the games
[Fm] We could've gone to prom, shared the same limousine
[Db] If you didn't like me, you should've [Ab] just let me [Eb] be
[Db] But no, [Bb] you had to pick [Db] on me
[Fm]
[Db]
[Eb]
[Db] It's time to make a stand, take responsibility
[Ab] Cause it's gotten out of hand, there should never have to be
[Db] Another child's headstone, [Ab]
that might [F] as well read
[Eb]
[Db] [Ab] You had to pick [Fm] on me
[F]
[Ebm] Yeah, you had to pick on me
[Eb] [Ab] [Fm]
[Ebm] [Db]
[Eb]
[Db]
[F]
[Fm]
[Eb] He hid behind his lunchbox [Fm] every day at that bus stop
Where [Ab] some big ol' boys got their kicks kickin' him around
He was scared as hell of that recess bell [Fm] That playground's more like a battlefield
[Ab] And he knew he'd get himself killed if he didn't back [Eb] down
[Fm] With black in his eye [Eb] and blood in his mouth [Ab] On the way home, all he thought about
Is we could've been teammates, we could've been friends
[Fm] You could've made a difference, you could've stepped in
[Db] If you didn't like me, you should've [Ab] just let me be
[Eb]
[Db] But no, [Eb] you had to pick on [Ab] me
She
[F] [Ebm]
[Ab] [Eb] heard them laughin' about the way he [Ab] looked
[Fm] In the hallway at the high school, she hid behind her books
[Ab] Every day in that lunchroom, she wouldn't even think
She stared in that mirror, hatin' what she'd see
[Fm] Tryin' to be pretty, became a disease
[Ab] She was killin' herself, she's died fit [Eb] in
The
[Fm] diary she kept [Eb] underneath her bed
[Db] Hid all those words [Bb] that she never said
[Db] We could've been sisters, cheering at the games
[Fm] We could've gone to prom, shared the same limousine
[Db] If you didn't like me, you should've [Ab] just let me [Eb] be
[Db] But no, [Bb] you had to pick [Db] on me
[Fm]
[Db]
[Eb]
[Db] It's time to make a stand, take responsibility
[Ab] Cause it's gotten out of hand, there should never have to be
[Db] Another child's headstone, [Ab]
that might [F] as well read
[Eb]
[Db] [Ab] You had to pick [Fm] on me
[F]
[Ebm] Yeah, you had to pick on me
[Eb] [Ab] [Fm]
[Ebm] [Db]
[Eb]
[Db]
[F]
[Fm]
Key:
Ab
Eb
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Fm
F
Ab
Eb
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[F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Eb] _ He hid behind his lunchbox _ [Fm] every day at that bus stop
Where [Ab] some big ol' boys got their kicks kickin' him around _ _ _ _
_ He was scared as hell of that recess bell [Fm] That playground's more like a battlefield
_ [Ab] And he knew he'd get himself killed if he didn't back [Eb] down _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] With black in his eye [Eb] and blood in his mouth [Ab] On the way home, all he thought about
Is we could've been teammates, we could've been friends
[Fm] You could've made a difference, you could've stepped in
[Db] If you didn't like me, you should've [Ab] just let me be
_ [Eb] _ _
_ [Db] But no, _ _ [Eb] you had to pick on [Ab] me
She _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] heard them laughin' about the way he [Ab] looked
[Fm] In the hallway at the high school, she hid behind her books
[Ab] Every day in that lunchroom, _ she wouldn't even think
She _ _ _ _ _ _ stared in that mirror, hatin' what she'd see
[Fm] Tryin' to be pretty, _ became a disease
[Ab] She was killin' herself, _ she's died fit [Eb] in
The _ _
_ _ [Fm] diary she kept [Eb] underneath her bed
[Db] Hid all those words [Bb] that she never said
[Db] We could've been sisters, cheering at the games
[Fm] We could've gone to prom, shared the same limousine
[Db] If you didn't like me, you should've [Ab] just let me _ _ _ [Eb] be
_ [Db] But no, [Bb] _ _ you had to pick [Db] on _ me _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] It's time to make a stand, take responsibility
[Ab] Cause it's gotten out of hand, there should never have to be
[Db] Another child's headstone, [Ab]
that might [F] as well read
_ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] You had to pick [Fm] on me
[F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ Yeah, you had to pick on me
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Eb] _ He hid behind his lunchbox _ [Fm] every day at that bus stop
Where [Ab] some big ol' boys got their kicks kickin' him around _ _ _ _
_ He was scared as hell of that recess bell [Fm] That playground's more like a battlefield
_ [Ab] And he knew he'd get himself killed if he didn't back [Eb] down _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] With black in his eye [Eb] and blood in his mouth [Ab] On the way home, all he thought about
Is we could've been teammates, we could've been friends
[Fm] You could've made a difference, you could've stepped in
[Db] If you didn't like me, you should've [Ab] just let me be
_ [Eb] _ _
_ [Db] But no, _ _ [Eb] you had to pick on [Ab] me
She _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] heard them laughin' about the way he [Ab] looked
[Fm] In the hallway at the high school, she hid behind her books
[Ab] Every day in that lunchroom, _ she wouldn't even think
She _ _ _ _ _ _ stared in that mirror, hatin' what she'd see
[Fm] Tryin' to be pretty, _ became a disease
[Ab] She was killin' herself, _ she's died fit [Eb] in
The _ _
_ _ [Fm] diary she kept [Eb] underneath her bed
[Db] Hid all those words [Bb] that she never said
[Db] We could've been sisters, cheering at the games
[Fm] We could've gone to prom, shared the same limousine
[Db] If you didn't like me, you should've [Ab] just let me _ _ _ [Eb] be
_ [Db] But no, [Bb] _ _ you had to pick [Db] on _ me _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] It's time to make a stand, take responsibility
[Ab] Cause it's gotten out of hand, there should never have to be
[Db] Another child's headstone, [Ab]
that might [F] as well read
_ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] You had to pick [Fm] on me
[F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ Yeah, you had to pick on me
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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