[Verso 1]

                  C 
Let me tell you a story 
                  F 
About a boy and a girl 
                       C 
It’s kinda short kinda boring 
                  F 
But the? end is a ?whirl 
          Am 
They were just 16 
         G 
When the people? were mean 
        F 
So they didn’t love themselves 
            C 
Now they’re gone 
                F 
Headstones on a lawn 


[Verso 2]

           C 
When I was younger 
                   F 
I knew a boy and a boy 
                       C 
Best friends with each other 
                            F 
But always wished they were more 
            Am 
‘Cause they loved one another 
      G                     F 
But never discovered ‘cause they were too afraid 
               C 
Of what they’d say 
                   F 
Moved to different states 


[Refrão]
 
        Em7                                F 
Oh, and I’m afraid that’s just the way the world works 
         C                                G6 
It ain’t funny, it ain’t pretty, it ain’t sweet 
        Em7                                F 
Oh, and I’m afraid that’s just the way the world works 
      C                                    G6 
But I think that it could work for you and me 
N.C           C    F 
Just wait and see 
                        C       F 
It’s not the end of the story 


[Verso 3]
 
                   C 
Now it's on to the sequel 
                F 
About me and my friend 
                           C 
See, both our parents were evil 
                  F 
So we both made a bet 
      Am 
If we worked till we saved 
         G 
We could both run away 
         F 
And we’d have a better life 
          C 
And I was right 
                    F 
I wonder if she’s alright 


[Refrão]
 
        Em7                                F 
Oh, and I’m afraid that’s just the way the world works 
         C                                G6 
It ain’t funny, it ain’t pretty, it ain’t sweet 
        Em7                                F 
Oh, and I’m afraid that’s just the way the world works 
      C                                    G6 
But I think that it could work for you and me 
N.C.          C     F 
Just wait and see 
                        C     F C 
It’s not the end of the story 


[Ponte]
 
        F                            C 
And the movie’s always running in my head 
        F                              C 
All the people, all the lovers, all my friends 
      F                                     C 
And I hope that they’ll all get their happy end 
       F 
In the end 


[Refrão]
 
        Em7                                F 
Oh, and I’m afraid that’s just the way the world works 
         C                                G6 
It ain’t funny, it ain’t pretty, it ain’t sweet 
        Em7                                F 
Oh, and I’m afraid that’s just the way the world works 
      C                                    G6 
But I think that it could work for you and me 
N.C.          C     F 
Just wait and see 
                        C       F C 
It’s not the end of the story