Intro
N.C#
Mr. third world, your first question
N.C.
What is your aspiration in life?
N.C.
Oh, my aspiration in life
N.C.
Would be to be happy
C G Am F
[Verse]
C G
Mama said, you're a pretty girl
Am F
What's in your head, it doesn't matter
C G
Brush your hair, fix your teeth
Am F
What you wear is all that matters
C G Am F
Just another stage, pageant the pain away
C G
This time I'm gonna take the crown
Am F
Without falling down, down
[Chorus]
C G Am F
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
C G Am F
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
C G Am F
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
C G Am
Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see
F
It's the soul that needs the surgery
[Verse]
C G
Blonder hair, flat chest
Am F
TV says bigger is better
C G
South beach, sugar free
Am F
Vogue says thinner is better
C G
Just another stage
Am F
Pageant the pain away
C G
This time I'm gonna take the crown
Am F
Without falling down, down
[Chorus]
C G Am F
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
C G Am F
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
C G Am F
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
C G Am
Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see
F
It's the soul that needs the surgery
[Bridge]
G
Ain't got no doctor or pill that can take the pain away
Am
The pain's inside and nobody frees you from your body
F
It's the soul, it's the soul that needs surgery
G
It's my soul that needs surgery
G
Plastic smiles and denial can only take you so far
Am
Then you break when the fake facade leaves you in the dark
F F
You left a shattered mirror and the shards of a beautiful girl
[Chorus]
C G Am F
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
C G Am F
Perfection is a disease of a nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
C G Am F
Pretty hurts, shine the light on whatever's worse
C G Am
Trying to fix something but you can't fix what you can't see
N.C.
It's the soul that needs the surgery
[Outro]
C G
When you're alone all by yourself
Am F
And you're lying in your bed
C G
Reflection stares right into you
Am F
Are you happy with yourself
C G
You stripped away the masquerade
Am F
The illusion has been shed
C G
Are you happy with yourself?
Am F
Are you happy with yourself?, yes