Verse
B B/A#
I wish my life was like a John Hughes movie
B B/A#
Good times and easy on the dark side
B B/A#
I wish my life was like a John Hughes movie
B B/A# B
Bright lights, always looking for a better life
N.C.
We were looking for each other
B Ebm E B/A# B
In the bars on the west side
N.C.
We were looking for the summer
B Ebm E
When it's cold outside
B
This is gonna be good
[Chorus]
B Ebm E B/A# B
Life is coming up aces
Ebm E
Everything is coming up aces
B/A# B Ebm
We found a way to make money out of
E B/A# B
Broken boys and difficult girls - Reality is wonderful
G#m Ebm E
We were waking up waiting
B/A# B
For the world to begin - Things are so much better now
G#m
I have a good reason to
E B Ebm E
Want to get wasted again
[Verse]
B
We were slumming for a buzz
Ebm E B/A# B Ebm E
In a new place that used to be the old school
B/A# B Ebm
We were happy for the pain of being
E B/A# B
Lame enough to want to look cool
Ebm E
I really think that this is going to be good
[Chorus]
B Ebm E B/A# B
Life is coming up aces
Ebm E
Everything is coming up aces
B/A# B Ebm
We can make a good living out
E B/A# B
Of broken lives and empty hearts
B
Ain't this entertaining watching people fall apart
G#m
We were wasting time waiting
B
For the world to begin - things are so much better now
G#m
I have a good reason to
B
Want to get wasted again
[Bridge]
B
Black hole
C#m
white trash
A E
There isn't any limit to the shame these people have
B
Good people do
C#m
Bad things
A E
Have sex with an ex in the bathroom on their wedding day
B
Pretty faces with
C#m
no soul
A
And now you're in the way
E
And nobody really wants to know
B C#m
Big noise and a bright light
A
Everybody needs a chance to
E
Win themselves a better life
[Outro]
B B/A# B
Everybody wants a better life
B B/A# B
Everybody wants a better life
B B/A# B
Everybody wants a better life
B B/A# B
Everybody wants a better life