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