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