Intro
B
[Verse 1]
B D#m
Jessie was the prom queen back in 1995
B D#m
Punk and super pretty like a goddess on the outside
E G#m F#
She was sweet and funny, popular and cool
E G#m F#
It's got to be a drag when you peak in high school
B D#m
She left college and she never went back
B D#m
She posed for Playboy, made her think that she could act
E G#m F#
Ten years looking for the luck
E G#m F#
Chased her dreams in Cali but her laughing kinda sucked
E G#m F#
Now she's pushing thirty five, working at Starbucks
B Bm
Oh well, nowhere to go but up
[Verse 2]
B D#m
Bill and Bobby Ann, Tiffany and Mike
B D#m
They seemed to be the kids that did everything right
E G#m F#
Now the boys are doing time for robbing a Korean store
E G#m F#
The girls grow pot and do internet porn
B D#m
Bobby's little brother Brett always talked smack
B D#m
He learned that you can go too far and never get back
E G#m
He was drinking at the wrong place
F#
at the wrong time
E G#m
He said the wrong thing
F#
to the wrong guy
E G#m F#
He got himself stabbed in his one good eye
[Chorus]
B F#
Life goes south when pretty goes away
B
The best that you can get is when you're
E B G#m
falling in a good way
E D#m B G#m
Good enough is never enough
E D#m B G#m
Good enough is never enough
E F# D#m E B
There was nowhere to go but up
C#m D#m E B
There was nowhere to go but up
C#m
There was nowhere to go
[Verse 3]
D#m E
Jimmy found god, Timmy lost a leg
B C#m
Amy married well to a man she hates
D#m E
Jamie bought a strip club makes a lot of dough
D#maj A5 A#5 B
Alex sold drugs now he has his own reality show
[Chorus]
B F#
Life goes south when pretty goes away
B
The best that you can get is when you're
E
falling in a good way
B F#
Life goes south when pretty goes away
B
The best that you can get is when you're
E B G#m
falling in a good way
E D#m B G#m
Good enough is never enough
E D#m B G#m
Good enough is never enough
E D#m B G#m
Good enough is never enough
E D#m B
There was nowhere to go but up