Comedy Chords by Bo Burnham

[Dm] The world is changing
[Db] The _ planets [F] heating up
What the [G] fuck is going [C] on?
_ [Dm] _ _ Rearranging
[Db] It's like everything happened all at [F] once.
Um, what the [G] fuck is going on?
[C] _ [Bb] _
[Gm] [C] People rising in the [F] streets [C] [Dm] the war
[C] [Bb] The drought the more [C] I look the [F] more I see nothing to [Dm] [C] joke [Bb] about
Is comedy [C] over?
[F] _
Should I leave you [Dm] alone?
Cuz [C] really who's [Bb] gonna go for [C] joking at a time [F] like this?
Should I be [Dm] joking at a [Am] time like this?
[Bb] I [Gm] wanna [C] help to leave this [F] world
Better than [Dm] I [C] found it [Bb] and I fear that
[C] Comedy [F] won't help and the fear [C] is not [Dm]
[C] unfounded
Should [Bb] I stop trying [C] to be [F] funny?
Should [A] I give away [Dm] my [C] money?
No
[Bb] What _ _
_ [Bbm] _ do I do? _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ Filling [C] the [F] world with [Dm] comedy
[C] The _ indescribable [Bb] power [G] of your comedy
[D] _
The [C] world needs [F] a wrench
From a [D] white guy like me
[Eb] Who is healing the [Bb] world with comedy
That's _ [Dm] _ it.
_ _ [C] [F] The world is so fucked [Dm] up
[C] _
Systematic [E] oppression
[Bb] Income [Gm] inequality
[Dm] The other stuff
[C] _ [F] There's only one [Dm] thing that I can [Eb] do about it
_ [Bb] While being paid and being the center of attention
[Dm] _
_ [C] Healing [F] the world with [Dm] [C] comedy
Making [G] a [Bb] literal difference [Gm] _ [Dm] Metaphorically
A Jew [C] walks into [F] a bar
And [Dm] I've saved [Eb] him a seat
That's healing [Bb] the world with comedy
[Dm] I'm a special kind of white [F] guy
I'm self-reflected and [Dm] I wanna be [C] an agent of change
So I am gonna [D] use my [Bb] privilege for the good
[F] Very cool way to go!
American white guys
Leave at the floor for at least [Eb] 400 years
So maybe [Bb] I should just shut [Gm] the fuck up _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ I'm bored
I don't wanna [C] do [F] that
There's gotta [Dm] be [C] another way
For me to help out [Bb] without standing on the [Gm] [Dm] sidelines Never!
The wait is over
[F] I'm a white man, [Dm] I'm here to [Eb] save the day
Lord help me channel [Bb] Sandra Bullock in the [Gm] blind [Dm] spot Sandra Bullock!
[C] Healing [F] the world [Dm] with [C] comedy
Making a [Bb] literal difference [Gm] [Dm] Metaphorically
And yes, [C] most likely [F] they'll pay me
But [Dm] I'd do it for [Eb] free
I am healing [Bb] the world with comedy
If _ you wake up [F] in a house that's full [C] of smoke
Don't [Dm] panic, call [C] me and I'll tell [Bb] you a joke
If [F] you see white men dressed in white [C] clothes
Don't panic, [Dm] call me [Am] and I'll tell you [Bb] a joke Oh [F] shit!
_ [A]
Should I be choking [Dm] in a [C] time like [Bb] this?
[F] If you start to smell [C] burning toast
[Dm] You're having a stroke or [C] overcooking [Bb] your toast
If you wake up [F] in a house that's full [C] of smoke
Don't panic, call me and I'll tell [Bb] you a joke
[F] If you see white men [C] dressed in white clothes
Don't [G] panic, [C] call me and [Dm] I'll tell you a joke [F] Oh shit!
_ [Dm] Should I be choking in a [C] time like [Bb] this?
Somebody help me [Bbm] out, cause I don't know
[Bb] And I wanna help [C] to leave this [F] world
The world's better than [Am] I [G] found it
[Bb] And I fear that [C] comedy won't help
And the [F] fear is not unfounded
[E] Should [Bb] I stop trying to [C] be funny?
[Db] Should I give away [F] my [E] money?
[Bb] No!
_ _ _ [C] I know [D] what I gotta [Em] do
Healing [G] the world [Em] with [D] comedy
Making a literal [C] _ difference [Am] [Em] metaphorically
I swore [D] I'd never be [G] back
And now [Em] I'm back on my [F] feet
And I'm healing [C] the world with comedy _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _