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