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