Intro
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[Verse 1]
C Em
Jessie was the prom queen back in 1995
C Em
Punk and super pretty like a goddess on the outside
F Am G
She was sweet and funny, popular and cool
F Am G
It's got to be a drag when you peak in high school
C Em
She left college and she never went back
C Em
She posed for Playboy, made her think that she could act
F Am G
Ten years looking for the luck
F Am G
Chased her dreams in Cali but her laughing kinda sucked
F Am G
Now she's pushing thirty five, working at Starbucks
C Cm
Oh well, nowhere to go but up
[Verse 2]
C Em
Bill and Bobby Ann, Tiffany and Mike
C Em
They seemed to be the kids that did everything right
F Am G
Now the boys are doing time for robbing a Korean store
F Am G
The girls grow pot and do internet porn
C Em
Bobby's little brother Brett always talked smack
C Em
He learned that you can go too far and never get back
F Am
He was drinking at the wrong place
G
at the wrong time
F Am
He said the wrong thing
G
to the wrong guy
F Am G
He got himself stabbed in his one good eye
[Chorus]
C G
Life goes south when pretty goes away
C
The best that you can get is when you're
F C Am
falling in a good way
F Em C Am
Good enough is never enough
F Em C Am
Good enough is never enough
F G Em F C
There was nowhere to go but up
Dm Em F C
There was nowhere to go but up
Dm
There was nowhere to go
[Verse 3]
Em F
Jimmy found god, Timmy lost a leg
C Dm
Amy married well to a man she hates
Em F
Jamie bought a strip club makes a lot of dough
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Alex sold drugs now he has his own reality show
[Chorus]
C G
Life goes south when pretty goes away
C
The best that you can get is when you're
F
falling in a good way
C G
Life goes south when pretty goes away
C
The best that you can get is when you're
F C Am
falling in a good way
F Em C Am
Good enough is never enough
F Em C Am
Good enough is never enough
F Em C Am
Good enough is never enough
F Em C
There was nowhere to go but up