Verse          Chorus 
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Am  x0221x     F   13321x 
F   13321x     C   x3201x 
C   x3201x     Am  x0221x 
D5  xx023x     G   32003x 
               Em  02200x
[Strophe]
Am                 F 
   I was born in a messed up century 
C                                   D5 
  My favourite flavoured sweets are raspberry amphetamines 
Am                          F 
   I bought a car, Beretta, age sixteen 
           C                          D5 
I brush my teeth with bleach ‘cause I ain’t got time for cavities  
Am                F 
   My daddy put a gun to my head 
     C                            D5 
Said if you kiss a boy, I'm gonna shoot you dead 
     Am                                F 
So I tied him up with gaffa tape and I locked him in a shed 
       C                            D5 
Then I went out to the garden and I fucked my best friend, 'cause my
[Refrain]
F      C                 Am 
  High hopes are getting low 
              G             F 
Because these people are so old 
             C              Am 
The way they think about it all 
     G 
If I tried, I would never know  
F         C                 Am 
  My high hopes are getting low 
      G 
But I know I'll never be alone 
F        Em               Am 
  It's alright, we'll survive 
      N.C.                 Am 
Cause parents ain't always right  
            F                     C 
Ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah, ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah 
       D5              Am 
Ay-yah yah-yah yah-yah yah 
            F                     C 
Ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah, ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah 
       D5 
Ay-yah yah-yah yah-yah yah
[Strophe]
N.C. 
Put a toaster in my bath, watch my mum and dad laugh 
      C                                      D5 
See a thousand volts go through the son they wish they never had 
             Am                        F 
They told me casual affection leads to sexual infection 
         C                                   D5 
But it's hard to get an erection when you're so used to rejection  
          Am                              F 
Yeah, the teacher fucked the preacher but then he had to leave her 
       C                       D5 
Had to wash away the sins of a male cheerleader 
Am                       F 
Hi, nice to meet ya, got nothing to believe in 
   C                             N.C. 
So let me know when my breathing stops, cause my
[Refrain]
F      C                 Am 
  High hopes are getting low 
              G             F 
Because these people are so old 
             C              Am 
The way they think about it all 
     G 
If I tried, I would never know  
F         C                 Am 
  My high hopes are getting low 
      G 
But I know I'll never be alone 
F        Em               Am 
  It's alright, we'll survive 
      N.C.                 Am 
Cause parents ain't always right  
            F                     C 
Ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah, ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah 
       D5              Am 
Ay-yah yah-yah yah-yah yah 
            F                     C 
Ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah, ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah 
       D5 
Ay-yah yah-yah yah-yah yah
[Pont]
Am 
Tick tock, stop the clock 
  D5                               Em 
Because I got the feeling that I'm gonna get shot 
Am 
Tick tock, stop the clock 
  D5                               Em 
Because I got the feeling that I'm gonna get shot
[Refrain]
      F     C                  Am 
All my high hopes are getting low 
              G             F 
Because these people are so old 
             C              Am 
The way they think about it all 
     G 
If I tried, I would never know  
F         C                 Am 
  My high hopes are getting low 
      G 
But I know I'll never be alone 
F        Em               Am 
  It's alright, we'll survive 
      N.C.                 Am 
Cause parents ain't always right  
            F                     C 
Ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah, ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah 
       D5              Am 
Ay-yah yah-yah yah-yah yah 
            F                     C 
Ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah, ay-ee ay-ee ay-ee-ah 
       D5              Am 
Ay-yah yah-yah yah-yah yah