Problematic Chords by Bo Burnham
Tempo:
147.8 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
C
Gm
F
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb]
[C] [G]
[C]
[Eb] [C] I [G]
grew up as your usual suburbanite, a [Bb] tiny town in Massachusetts [C] overwhelmingly white.
[G] I went to church on Sundays in a Sudanite [Bb]
tie, and spent my free time [C] watching Family Guy.
[G] I started doing comedy when I was just a [Bb] sheltered kid.
I wrote offensive [C] shit, and I said [Gm] it, Father please forgive me for I did not realize what [C] I did.
The point that [Eb] I live to regret it.
Time's a-changing [F] and I'm getting [Gm]
old.
Are you [Bb] gonna hold me accountable?
[Eb] My bed is empty [F] and I'm getting cold.
[Gm]
Isn't anybody [D] gonna hold me accountable?
[G] I'm problematic.
He's a [F] problem.
When I was [C] 17 on Halloween I dressed up [G] as Aladdin.
He's a [C] problem.
I did not [D] darken my skin, but still it [G] feels weird in hindsight.
[Bb] [C]
[G]
[Gm]
I [G] wanna show you how I'm growing as a person, but first I [Bb] feel I must address the lyrics
[C] from the previous verse.
I [Gm] tried to hide behind my childhood and that's not okay.
[Bb] My actions are my own, I [C] won't explain them away.
[G] I've done a lot of self-reflecting since I [Gm] started singing [Bbm] this song.
I was totally [C]
wrong when I said [Gm] it.
Father please forgive me for I did not realize what [C] I did.
The point that I [Eb]
live to regret it.
Time's a-changing [F] and I'm getting [Gm] old.
Are you [Bb] gonna hold me accountable?
[Eb] My bed is empty [F] and I'm getting cold.
[Gm] Isn't anybody [D] gonna hold me accountable?
Uh.
[G]
I'm problematic.
He's a problem.
[F] I just remembered [C] that Aladdin costume in my [G] mother's attic.
He's a problem.
I'm [C] gonna go home and burn it.
[Eb] Or not [Cm] burn it.
Is [Dm] burning it bad?
What should I do with it?
[Eb] And I've been totally [Bb] awful.
My closet [F] is chock full of stuff that [Gm] is vaguely [F] shitty.
[Eb]
All of it was perfectly [Bb] lawful.
Just not very [F]
thoughtful at all and [Gm] just [F] really shitty.
[Eb] And I've been totally [Bb] awful.
My closet [F] is chock full of stuff that [Gm] is vaguely [F] shitty.
[Eb]
All of it was perfectly [Bb] lawful.
Just not very [F]
thoughtful at all and [Bb] just really.
In the end I'm really fucking sorry.
[Gm] [Dm]
Shit I've been confessing.
[Bb]
Sorry.
[Gm] [Dm]
If I wanna catch up.
Guess I gotta confess.
[Bb] I'm sorry.
[Gm] [Dm]
Yeah.
[Bb]
Sorry.
[Gm] [Dm]
[C] [G]
[C]
[Eb] [C] I [G]
grew up as your usual suburbanite, a [Bb] tiny town in Massachusetts [C] overwhelmingly white.
[G] I went to church on Sundays in a Sudanite [Bb]
tie, and spent my free time [C] watching Family Guy.
[G] I started doing comedy when I was just a [Bb] sheltered kid.
I wrote offensive [C] shit, and I said [Gm] it, Father please forgive me for I did not realize what [C] I did.
The point that [Eb] I live to regret it.
Time's a-changing [F] and I'm getting [Gm]
old.
Are you [Bb] gonna hold me accountable?
[Eb] My bed is empty [F] and I'm getting cold.
[Gm]
Isn't anybody [D] gonna hold me accountable?
[G] I'm problematic.
He's a [F] problem.
When I was [C] 17 on Halloween I dressed up [G] as Aladdin.
He's a [C] problem.
I did not [D] darken my skin, but still it [G] feels weird in hindsight.
[Bb] [C]
[G]
[Gm]
I [G] wanna show you how I'm growing as a person, but first I [Bb] feel I must address the lyrics
[C] from the previous verse.
I [Gm] tried to hide behind my childhood and that's not okay.
[Bb] My actions are my own, I [C] won't explain them away.
[G] I've done a lot of self-reflecting since I [Gm] started singing [Bbm] this song.
I was totally [C]
wrong when I said [Gm] it.
Father please forgive me for I did not realize what [C] I did.
The point that I [Eb]
live to regret it.
Time's a-changing [F] and I'm getting [Gm] old.
Are you [Bb] gonna hold me accountable?
[Eb] My bed is empty [F] and I'm getting cold.
[Gm] Isn't anybody [D] gonna hold me accountable?
Uh.
[G]
I'm problematic.
He's a problem.
[F] I just remembered [C] that Aladdin costume in my [G] mother's attic.
He's a problem.
I'm [C] gonna go home and burn it.
[Eb] Or not [Cm] burn it.
Is [Dm] burning it bad?
What should I do with it?
[Eb] And I've been totally [Bb] awful.
My closet [F] is chock full of stuff that [Gm] is vaguely [F] shitty.
[Eb]
All of it was perfectly [Bb] lawful.
Just not very [F]
thoughtful at all and [Gm] just [F] really shitty.
[Eb] And I've been totally [Bb] awful.
My closet [F] is chock full of stuff that [Gm] is vaguely [F] shitty.
[Eb]
All of it was perfectly [Bb] lawful.
Just not very [F]
thoughtful at all and [Bb] just really.
In the end I'm really fucking sorry.
[Gm] [Dm]
Shit I've been confessing.
[Bb]
Sorry.
[Gm] [Dm]
If I wanna catch up.
Guess I gotta confess.
[Bb] I'm sorry.
[Gm] [Dm]
Yeah.
[Bb]
Sorry.
[Gm] [Dm]
Key:
Bb
C
Gm
F
G
Bb
C
Gm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] I [G]
grew up as your usual suburbanite, a [Bb] tiny town in Massachusetts [C] _ overwhelmingly white.
[G] I went to church on Sundays in a _ Sudanite [Bb]
tie, and spent my free time [C] watching Family Guy.
[G] I started doing comedy when I was just a [Bb] sheltered kid.
I wrote offensive [C] shit, and I said [Gm] it, Father please forgive me for I did not realize what [C] I did.
The point that [Eb] I live to regret it.
Time's a-changing [F] and I'm getting _ _ [Gm]
old.
Are you [Bb] gonna hold me accountable?
[Eb] My bed is empty [F] and I'm getting cold.
[Gm] _
Isn't anybody [D] gonna hold me accountable? _
_ [G] I'm problematic. _ _ _
He's a [F] problem.
When I was [C] 17 on Halloween I dressed up [G] as Aladdin. _ _ _
He's a [C] problem.
I did not [D] darken my skin, but still it [G] feels weird in hindsight. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ I [G] wanna show you how I'm growing as a person, but first I [Bb] feel I must address the lyrics
[C] from the previous verse.
I [Gm] tried to hide behind my childhood and that's not okay.
[Bb] My actions are my own, I [C] won't explain them away.
[G] I've done a lot of self-reflecting since I [Gm] started singing [Bbm] this song.
I was totally [C]
wrong when I said [Gm] it.
Father please forgive me for I did not realize what [C] I did.
The point that I [Eb]
live to regret it.
Time's a-changing [F] and I'm getting _ _ [Gm] old.
Are you [Bb] gonna hold me accountable?
[Eb] My bed is empty [F] and I'm getting cold.
[Gm] Isn't anybody [D] gonna hold me accountable?
Uh.
[G] _ _ _
_ I'm problematic. _ _ _
He's a problem.
[F] I just remembered [C] that Aladdin costume in my [G] mother's attic. _ _
He's a problem.
I'm [C] gonna go home and burn it.
[Eb] Or not [Cm] burn it.
Is [Dm] burning it bad?
What should I do with it?
_ [Eb] And I've been totally [Bb] awful.
My closet [F] is chock full of stuff that [Gm] is vaguely [F] shitty.
[Eb]
All of it was perfectly [Bb] lawful.
Just not very [F]
thoughtful at all and [Gm] just [F] really shitty.
[Eb] And I've been totally [Bb] awful.
My closet [F] is chock full of stuff that [Gm] is vaguely [F] shitty.
[Eb]
All of it was perfectly [Bb] lawful.
Just not very [F]
thoughtful at all and [Bb] just really.
In the end I'm really fucking sorry.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ Shit I've been confessing.
[Bb] _
Sorry.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
If I wanna catch up.
Guess I gotta confess.
[Bb] I'm sorry.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm]
Yeah.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
Sorry.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] I [G]
grew up as your usual suburbanite, a [Bb] tiny town in Massachusetts [C] _ overwhelmingly white.
[G] I went to church on Sundays in a _ Sudanite [Bb]
tie, and spent my free time [C] watching Family Guy.
[G] I started doing comedy when I was just a [Bb] sheltered kid.
I wrote offensive [C] shit, and I said [Gm] it, Father please forgive me for I did not realize what [C] I did.
The point that [Eb] I live to regret it.
Time's a-changing [F] and I'm getting _ _ [Gm]
old.
Are you [Bb] gonna hold me accountable?
[Eb] My bed is empty [F] and I'm getting cold.
[Gm] _
Isn't anybody [D] gonna hold me accountable? _
_ [G] I'm problematic. _ _ _
He's a [F] problem.
When I was [C] 17 on Halloween I dressed up [G] as Aladdin. _ _ _
He's a [C] problem.
I did not [D] darken my skin, but still it [G] feels weird in hindsight. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ I [G] wanna show you how I'm growing as a person, but first I [Bb] feel I must address the lyrics
[C] from the previous verse.
I [Gm] tried to hide behind my childhood and that's not okay.
[Bb] My actions are my own, I [C] won't explain them away.
[G] I've done a lot of self-reflecting since I [Gm] started singing [Bbm] this song.
I was totally [C]
wrong when I said [Gm] it.
Father please forgive me for I did not realize what [C] I did.
The point that I [Eb]
live to regret it.
Time's a-changing [F] and I'm getting _ _ [Gm] old.
Are you [Bb] gonna hold me accountable?
[Eb] My bed is empty [F] and I'm getting cold.
[Gm] Isn't anybody [D] gonna hold me accountable?
Uh.
[G] _ _ _
_ I'm problematic. _ _ _
He's a problem.
[F] I just remembered [C] that Aladdin costume in my [G] mother's attic. _ _
He's a problem.
I'm [C] gonna go home and burn it.
[Eb] Or not [Cm] burn it.
Is [Dm] burning it bad?
What should I do with it?
_ [Eb] And I've been totally [Bb] awful.
My closet [F] is chock full of stuff that [Gm] is vaguely [F] shitty.
[Eb]
All of it was perfectly [Bb] lawful.
Just not very [F]
thoughtful at all and [Gm] just [F] really shitty.
[Eb] And I've been totally [Bb] awful.
My closet [F] is chock full of stuff that [Gm] is vaguely [F] shitty.
[Eb]
All of it was perfectly [Bb] lawful.
Just not very [F]
thoughtful at all and [Bb] just really.
In the end I'm really fucking sorry.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ Shit I've been confessing.
[Bb] _
Sorry.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
If I wanna catch up.
Guess I gotta confess.
[Bb] I'm sorry.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm]
Yeah.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
Sorry.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _