Comedy Chords by Bo Burnham

[Dm] The world is changing, [Db] the planet's [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] The [Gm] [C] people rising in the [F] streets, [C] [Dm] the war, [C] the [Bb] drought.
The more [C] I look, the [F] more I see nothing to [Dm] joke [C] [Bb] about.
Is comedy [C] over?.
[F] .
Should I leave you [Dm] alone?.
Cause [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] .
[Bbm] .
[C] [D] Killing [C] the [F] world with [Dm] comedy.
[C] The indescribable [Bb] power [G] of your comedy.
[D] .
The [C] world needs [F] direction from a white [D] guy like [Eb] me.
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.
Be back on the floor for at least [Eb] 400 years.
So maybe [Bb] I should just shut the [Gm] 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 [Bb] out 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 the [Bb] 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, [G] don't 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 [Bb] know.
And I wanna help [C] to leave this [F] world better than [Am] I [G] found it.
[Bb] And I fear that [C] comedy won't help, and the [F] fear is not [E] unfounded.
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] .