Chords for Prologue / The Day I Got Expelled

_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ Your gods are real, [Bbm] like the [F] Greek gods.
_ [Cm] Like the ones you learn about but won't pay [Dm] attention to.
[C] Well, they don't pay attention to you either, especially if you're [F] their kid.
The gods have godly things to do, _ godly places they need to see.
[Cm] Godly plans they need to make [Dm] that don't include _ [F] me.
Yeah, the gods [Bb] are real, [G] and they have kids, and those [Dm] kids have me.
[F] _ _ _ _
[C] You [Bb] look at [F] everybody loving and loving the god.
Mommy is [B] too busy, and Daddy [F] is a god.
Mommy is too [Bb] busy, and Daddy is [F] too busy.
Busy, [Dm] busy, busy, busy being a god.
You never [C] listen to me, you never [Dm] listen.
You never [Bm] listen to me, you [F] never listen.
You never [Bb] listen, well now you're gonna [C] listen.
But it's time [Dm] you heard our side of the story.
[F] It's time you heard our [A] story.
_ [D] I didn't want to be a half-blood.
I didn't [B] ask to be a hero seeking praise.
[G] Being a half-blood, it's scary.
It mostly means you're [D] killed in very nasty [Dm] ways.
I [D] didn't want to cause trouble, unless [B] a player [Bm] more the play.
[G] And honestly, I'd totally be fine if I [D] could make it to the next grade.
Next grade.
[Bm] It wasn't dirty [A] socks or my stash [Gb] of lead.
It was [G] danger that I [Gm] smelled.
The day it all [A] went down, [D] the day I got expelled.
Maybe you don't know what a half-blood is [Bm] because your life is normal, and happy, and not [G] constantly in danger.
But in my life, [D] let me set the scene.
We were on this freaky field trip.
Freaky trip.
That's when the [Bm] story should probably start.
[G] We were geeking out on Ancient Creek at the New York [D] Metropolitan Museum of Art.
We stopped by all the statues and learned about the gods.
[Bm] The runner and myself did do the sit [G]-stods.
And in time, the view was [Ab] erudite and [D] inferior.
_ [A] _ [Bb] On the day it all [A] went down, [D] the day I got expelled.
The Greek gods, almighty [Gb] titans of earth, sea, and sky.
But even they were [D] children once, and they didn't have it easy.
Their father, Cronos, feared the day his children would [Gb] inherit the earth.
[G] So what did he [Gb] do?
[D]
Anyone?
_ [Gb] Anyone?
_ He ate them.
[Eb] Ah, thank you, Mrs.
Dodds.
[D] But one child, Zeus, [Gb] escaped and devised a plan to rescue his brothers and [D] sisters.
He tricked Cronos into eating a rock.
And what did Cronos do?
_ Anyone?
Any student?
[Eb] _ He vomited them up. _
_ [B] _ [A] _ [D] _ I didn't really get the story.
At least it [B] wasn't boring as I feared.
[A] But is [G] it me, or is Greek mythology [D] not [Gbm] deeply [B] weird?
I didn't want to [D] pay attention.
_ [Bm] I wish I had taken notes.
[G] Right, my focus isn't questioning the gods' indigestion [D] from the throne for our [Ab] cause.
[Bm] Oh, look.
Baaaaah!
Dude, what was that?
Uh, nothing.
_ My best [Db] friend was acting [Gb] strange.
In which she [G] so excelled.
[Gm] The day [A] it all went down.
The day [Bm] I got expelled.
Why do you have peanut butter in your [D] hair?
Ask Nancy Boba Fett.
[A] She's a monster.
[G] Well, not literally.
I don't think.
She threw [Bm] a peanut butter sandwich at you?
She threw a peanut butter [D] sandwich at you.
I stopped it.
[A] With my head.
[G] Grover, you are a good friend.
[A] Aww.
[B] Dude, I'm your only friend.
Percy Jackson!
I knew [A] something was [Gb] up when I heard my [G] name get yelled.
[Gm] The day [A] it all went down.
[Bm] I [D] saw [E] something not in its [Bm] darkest [Gm] brown.
The day it all got [D] weird.
The day I got expelled.
Mr.
Jackson. _
[Db] Mr.
[D] Jackson.
[Db] Please _ _ [Bm] save me by the sphinx.
Look, if this is about Nancy Boba [A] Fett, she only hates me because I tried to get her to
stop wedging [Bm] the first graders.
I have heard much about [D] you, Percy Jackson.
Really?
That's very dedicated for a substitute.
Kicked out of five schools in six years.
[A] One might [Bm] question your parentage.
Hey, don't talk about [A] my mom.
And your father.
That's [G] right.
You don't know who he is.
_ [D] _ What is this about anyway?
[Cm] _ [D] [Dm] Mrs.
Dodds?
[D] [Ab] You have [D] something going on here!
_ _ _ [Dm] [Gm] What's wrong, Percy?
Mr.
[Db] Brunner!
[G] What am I supposed to do with the [Bb] pen?
Zork!
[F] Whoa!
[Bb] _ [F] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Db] Mr.
[Gbm] _ _
_ Brunner?
[A] Mrs.
_ [F] Dodds?
_ _ _ Um, I didn't know it just had happened.
[Dm] Was that all a peepin' crazy dream?
[Bb] My teacher was a creature and she vanished in the ether [F] with a demon scream.
[Dm] The next [C] thing that I [A] knew, I was where detention [Bb] was held.
[Bbm] The day it all [C] got real, [Cm] the day I got expelled!
I tried, Percy, but the headmaster [Eb] stands firm in his decision.
You [Cm] were supposed to stay with the group, and this was your final warning.
But it wasn't [Bb] my fault, it was Mrs.
Dodds!
She lured me away, she attacked me, and [Ab] you saw it!
[Eb] Did I?
[Abm] And you [Eb] gave me that pen, only it wasn't [C] a pen, it was a sword!
[Cm] What?
[Bb] Percy, we've never had a [Ab] teacher named Mrs.
Dodds.
Perhaps it's for the best.
[Eb] This wasn't the place for you.
It [Bb] was only a matter of [Cm] time before-
I got kicked [Eb] out?
That's not what I was going to say-
You think I'm trouble just like everyone [Bbm] else?
No, but that is to [D] say, [Bm] I can only accept the [G] best from you, Percy.
Someday you'll [D] understand why.
I'm truly sorry.
Yeah, well, I'm sorry I let you down.
Maybe he's right.
You never fit in at this school anyway.
You're not exactly- Normal?
Exactly!
_ Heheheheh.
I mean, um, I'll see you on the bus.
_ So if you think you are a half-blood,
Better [B] get headed to the exit now.
_ [G] There's folks who think you're lying,
Better run and don't [D] start crying cause you're a monster, child.
Stick around and maybe you'll learn from [Bm] me.
This ain't Odysseus' [G] odyssey!
So hear [Ab] me out, if [A] you're so kindred!
_ _ [D] But nobody [G] listens to [D] me, they never listen.
[G] Nobody [Bm] listens to me, they never [Gm] listen to [A] You, [D] Dodds! It's mine
[G] [D] I wanna be a half [G]-boss
I [Bm] wanna be a half [E] _ _ [Gm]-boss _