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