Intro: D  C  G  Em  (x2) 

A               G                Em 
Understand the purpose of making 
D        A        G              Em 
Everything around you better 
D         A        G             Em 
But all those zeroes after this one 
A                     G           Em  
There is no one to destroy your sweater 

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I'll try to hum it to you if I can't sing 
A               G                 Em  
My baby wants me back before I even leave 
A               G                 Em  
Smothered and covered by my high school dreams 
A               G                 Em  
Call mom and daddy cause the nest is empty 
D                        Dm  
And so are you 

D   A    G   E   D   Am   G   Em (x2) 

A               G                 Em  
Did you meet with your advisor? 
A               G                 Em  
Do you still draw in the margins? 
A               G                 Em  
Bubble letters reading "WHAT FOR?" 
A               G                 Em  
And "I wish I had a stand-in..." 

A               G                 Em  
Let's try to make another year for the teens 
A               G                 Em  
I miss your bangs, can cut them for me 
A               G                 Em  
Smothered and covered by my high school dreams 
A               G                 Em  
Call mom and daddy cause the nest is empty 
D 
And so are you 

A     Bm    D    A   Bm     D    A     Em      D      F#m    Bm 

Dm (x3) 

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D   A    G    Em   (x2) 


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