Chords for Beautiful

September 1st, 1989.
Dear diary,
[G] I think I'm a good [F] person.
I believe there is good in [C] everyone.
Here we are, [F] first day of senior [Ab] year.
_ [C] I see these kids I've known [G] all my life and wonder what happened.
[C] Freak, [Eb] slut, burnout, guy-guys, poser, [Ab] lard-ass.
[C] _ We were so tiny, happy and shiny, playing tag and getting chased.
Freak, slut, loser, shirt-butt.
Singing [Cm] and clapping, laughing and napping, baking cookies, eating paste.
Bulldye, sack up, hunts [C] back.
Then we got bigger, that was the [G] trigger, like the Huns invading [Bb] Rome.
Moo, sorry!
[C] _
Welcome to my school, this ain't no high school, this is the Thunderdome.
Hold your breath [Db] and count the days, we're [Eb] graduating soon.
White [Db] trash!
College will be paradise if I'm [G] not dead by June.
But [Ab] I know, [F] I know, life can be beautiful.
[Ab] I pray, I [Abm] pray for a [Eb] better way.
[Cm] If we changed [Bb] back then, [Db] we could change [Cm] again.
We can [F] be beautiful.
_ [G] _ _ [C] Just not today.
[Eb] Hey, are you okay?
Get [Cm] away, nerd!
_ [G] Freak, slut, cripple, homo, homo, homo.
[C] _ Things will get badder soon as my letter comes from Harvard, Duke or [F] Brown.
Wicked from this [Cm] coma, take my diploma, then [C] I can blow this town.
[Fm] Dream of ivy-covered walls [Cm] and smoky French cafes.
[Db] Watch this.
Fight the urge to strike [G] a match and set this dump _ ablaze.
[Eb] Oops!
_ Ramsweeny, third year as linebacker and eighth year of smacking lunch trays and being a huge dick.
[Bb] What did you say to me, skank?
[C]
Ha ha ha, nothing.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] I know, I know, life can be beautiful.
I pray, I pray [Eb] for a [Bb] better way.
[Eb] We were kind before, we can be [Ab] kind once more.
We can be [Dm] beautiful.
[Gm] _ _
[C] Hey, Martha.
Hey.
Martha Dunstock, my best friend since diapers.
She's got a huge [G] heart.
Round here, that's not enough.
[C] Thanks.
We [F] on for movie night?
You're on Jiffy Pop detail.
I rented the [C] Princess Pride.
Oh, [G] again?
Don't you have it [D] memorized by now?
[C] What can I say?
I'm a sucker for a happy ending.
Martha Dump Truck!
If you want to lose [Eb] a few pounds, you need more protein in your diet.
[A] Kurt [F] Kelly, quarterback.
He is the smartest guy on the football team, which is kind of like being the tallest dwarf.
What is wrong with you?
I'm sorry, are you actually talking to me?
My buddy Kurt asked you a question.
What gives you the right to pick on my friend?
Look at you, you're a high school has-been waiting to happen.
A future gas station attendant.
You got a zit right there. _ _
[G] _ Dear diary,
[Ebm] Why do [Bbm] they hate me?
Why don't I fight back?
Why do I act like [Gb] such a creep?
Why will he date me?
[F] Why did I wear this?
Why do I cry [B] myself to sleep?
[Ebm] Somebody help me, [Bbm] somebody fix me, [Ebm] somebody save me.
Send [F] me a sign, God, give me some hope here, Sunday [Bb] Village.
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_ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
Oh, [F] Heather and _ [C] _ _ [D] Heather.
Then there's [Bb] the Heathers.
They [Gm] float [D] above it all.
I [Bm] love [F] Heather, _ Heather, [Bb] and [D] Heather.
Heather [Bm] McNamara, head [F] cheerleader.
Her dad's [Eb] loaded.
He sells engagement rings.
[B] Heather Duke runs the [F] yearbook.
No discernible [G] personality, but her mom did [D] pay for implants.
And [B] Heather Chandler, [Am] the almighty.
[Em] _ She is a mythic bitch.
[Fm] The [Db] Heathers are [Eb] solid Teflon.
Never bothered, never [Db] harassed.
I would give [G] anything to be like [Eb] that. _
[Ab] I'd like to be their boyfriend.
That would [Bb] be beautiful.
If [Ab] I sat at their table, guys would [Eb] notice me.
So beautiful.
_ I'd like them to be nicer.
[Ab] That would be beautiful.
[F] I'd like to kidnap Heather and photograph her naked in an abandoned warehouse
and leave her tied up [C] for the rats.
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_ _ _ Grow up, Heather.
[Dm] Bulimia is so [C] 87.
Heather, I need a mint.
What you need, Heather, is to see a doctor.
Ah, Heather and Heather.
And Heather.
Perhaps you [Dbm] didn't hear the bell over all the vomiting.
You're late for class.
Heather wasn't feeling well.
We're helping her.
Not without a hall pass, you're not.
A week's detention.
What?
[Eb] My parents pay her salary.
Actually, Miss Fleming, all four of us are out on a hall pass.
Yearbook committee. _
[Bb] I see you're all [Db] listed.
[Eb] Hurry up and get where you're going. _
[Db] This is an excellent [Bb] forgery.
Who are you?
[G] Veronica Sawyer.
[Bb] I crave a [F] boon.
What boon?
[Bbm] Let [Eb] me sit at your table at lunch.
Just once.
No talking necessary.
If [Bbm] people think you guys tolerate me, they'll [Bb] leave me alone.
Before you answer, I also do report cards, permission slips, and absence notes.
How about prescriptions?
Shut [Db] up, Heather.
Sorry, Heather.
_ [B] For a greasy little nobody, you do have good bone structure.
And a symmetrical [F] face.
If I took a meat cleaver down the center of your skull, I'd have matching halves.
That's very important.
Of course.
You could stand to lose a few [G] pounds.
[Gb] And you know, you know, you [Db] know, this could be beautiful.
[Gb] Mascara, maybe some lip [Db] gloss, and we're on our way.
[Gb] Get this girl some [Db] blush, and Heather, I need your brush.
Let's [Eb] make her beautiful.
Let's make her beautiful.
_ _ [Bbm] _
_ [F] _ _ [F] OK.
OK. _ _ _
[Gb] Out of my way, geek.
[G] I don't want trouble.
[Bbm] You're going to die at 3 [Ebm] PM.
Don't you [Bbm] dare touch me.
Get [Eb] away, [Bbm] pervert.
What did I ever [Abm] do to them?
You could survive [Bb] this.
I can escape this.
I think I'm dying.
[Eb] Who's that with Heather? _
[Bb] Whoa.
_ _ _ Heather, [Bbm] Heather, _ Heather.
And [Bb] someone.
Heather, _ Heather, _ _ and a big fat.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] Veronica.
[Gb] Veronica, Veronica, [Gbm] Veronica.
[Fm] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
And be beautiful.
You only dream, you pray.
_ Pass me hell wheels.
You can like [A] hell on wheels.
[Gb] My god, it's beautiful. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Abm] _ _ [A] It's a beautiful [Db] frickin. _
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_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ Veronica, Veronica, Veronica, Veronica. _ _ _
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