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