Intro
E
[Verse 1]
E G#m
Jessie was the prom queen back in 1995
E G#m
Punk and super pretty like a goddess on the outside
A C#m B
She was sweet and funny, popular and cool
A C#m B
It's got to be a drag when you peak in high school
E G#m
She left college and she never went back
E G#m
She posed for Playboy, made her think that she could act
A C#m B
Ten years looking for the luck
A C#m B
Chased her dreams in Cali but her laughing kinda sucked
A C#m B
Now she's pushing thirty five, working at Starbucks
E Em
Oh well, nowhere to go but up
[Verse 2]
E G#m
Bill and Bobby Ann, Tiffany and Mike
E G#m
They seemed to be the kids that did everything right
A C#m B
Now the boys are doing time for robbing a Korean store
A C#m B
The girls grow pot and do internet porn
E G#m
Bobby's little brother Brett always talked smack
E G#m
He learned that you can go too far and never get back
A C#m
He was drinking at the wrong place
B
at the wrong time
A C#m
He said the wrong thing
B
to the wrong guy
A C#m B
He got himself stabbed in his one good eye
[Chorus]
E B
Life goes south when pretty goes away
E
The best that you can get is when you're
A E C#m
falling in a good way
A G#m E C#m
Good enough is never enough
A G#m E C#m
Good enough is never enough
A B G#m A E
There was nowhere to go but up
F#m G#m A E
There was nowhere to go but up
F#m
There was nowhere to go
[Verse 3]
G#m A
Jimmy found god, Timmy lost a leg
E F#m
Amy married well to a man she hates
G#m A
Jamie bought a strip club makes a lot of dough
G#maj D5 D#5 E
Alex sold drugs now he has his own reality show
[Chorus]
E B
Life goes south when pretty goes away
E
The best that you can get is when you're
A
falling in a good way
E B
Life goes south when pretty goes away
E
The best that you can get is when you're
A E C#m
falling in a good way
A G#m E C#m
Good enough is never enough
A G#m E C#m
Good enough is never enough
A G#m E C#m
Good enough is never enough
A G#m E
There was nowhere to go but up