Verse
A# E
Well when she got the grade
A#
She took her first real breath
F A#
As a person without a single damn care left
E
Put a note in her phone
A#
In double bold and red:
C F A#
“Everything that I need is somewhere straight ahead”
E F A#
Oh, it’s somewhere straight ahead
E F
A#
Soon when the fuse was lit
E A#
She tied a few loose ends
F
Certain people she loved
A#
And just a few fake friеnds
E A#
On the morning she left, shе left a text on read
Gm Cm F A#
“Everybody I need is somewhere straight ahead
E F
[Chorus]
A# E
'Cause I don’t wanna live for the summer
C A#
I just wanna live where I wanna
A# E
I don’t see whatever you’re seeing
A#
I just think I’m better off leaving
A# E
I don’t wanna live for the summer
Cm F
I just wanna live where I wanna
A# E
I don’t see whatever you’re seeing
Cm A# N.C.
I just think I’m better off leaving”
[Verse 2]
A# E A#
Two years to the day, she had it all worked out
F A#
Wrote a couple of novels people wrote about
E A#
Captivated the strangers at the bars uptown
Gm Cm F A#
Thinking “nobody here could ever slow me down
E F A#
Nah, they couldn’t slow me down”
E F
A#
And when the thought occurred
E
She bought the house she earned
A# F
She started looking into venues for July the third
A# E
She wants a west coast wedding with a mind like hers
A# Gm Cm
Before she puts a reminder in her phone
F A#
To remind her that she knows
Gm Cm
“I can do it on my own
F
I can do it 'cause
[Chorus]
A# E
I don’t wanna live for the summer
Cm A#
I just wanna live where I wanna
A# E
I don’t see whatever you’re seeing
Cm A#
I just think I’m better off leaving
A# E
I don’t wanna live for the summer
Cm F
I just wanna live where I wanna
A# E
I don’t see whatever you’re seeing
Cm A#
I just think I’m better off leaving”
[Bridge]
A# E Cm A# F
A# E Cm A#
A# E Cm
She’s off the ground
A#
She won’t look down
E Cm
She made a vow
A#
Don’t stop her now
E Cm
The things that she wills
F A#
Become things that she builds
E Cm
So don’t stop her now
F
[Verse 3]
A# E A#m
When she saw the movie all about her life
F A#
Well she noticed some things they didn’t get quite right
E
Cause they added mistakes and cut her best damn nights
Cm C F
Everybody who knew it sent a goddamn text
A# E
“Did you tell them to do it so it makes more sense?”
Cm
She was staring straight ahead
C
Took her time and said:
[Chorus]
A# E
“I don’t wanna live for the summer
Cm A# F
I just wanna live where I wanna
A# E
I don’t see whatever you’re seeing
Cm A#
I just think I’m better off leaving
A# E
I don’t wanna live for the summer
Cm F
I just wanna live where I wanna
A# E
I don’t see whatever you’re seeing
Cm F
I just think I’m better off leaving”