Intro
E A C#m B )x2
[Verse 1]
E A
Mike was right, when
C#m B
he said I'd put up a
A E
fight to be someone, a
A B
fight to be me, but see
E A
now, I'm down
C#m B
Under the pavement of
A E
Capital Hills and
A B
lowercase people, as
C#m A
time goes by, my
F#m B
dreams have be- come that
G# C#m
which is at- tainable,
B
not what I'm looking for
[Chorus]
E B
I've got the company
C A
car, I'm the one
E G#m
swinging at two below
A C
par, Yeah, I've become
E B
one with the ones that I've
C#m A
never be- lieved in, but
E F# A B
I've got the company car
[Verse 2]
Hey, I'm the
E A
King of things, I've
C#m B
always de- spised, I'm the
A E
Gingerbread Man, who got
A B
eaten a- live. I'm half-
E A
baked, I'm fake! But
C#m B
see I got hotels on
A E
Park Place 'nd Boardwalk and
A B
Two hundred bucks, I pass
C#m A
go, but oh, life's
F#m B
taken its toll, have
G# C#m
I won mon- opoly, to
B
forfeit my soul, but see
[Chorus]
E B
I've got the company
C A
car, I'm the one
E G#m
swinging at two below
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A C
par, Yeah, I've become
E B
one with the ones that I've
C#m A
never be- lieved in, but
E F# A B
I've got the company car, yeah
[Bridge]
C#m <-
All the king's horses at the
G# <-
foot of the wall
B <-
They're taking pictures of the
F# <-
These chords aren't played in full on the track, these are best guesses that are compatible
man who's lost all of his
A
Masks of pretension, he's got
E
two faces left
A
His is the one that he
F#
hides, on the
A
left, behind that smile
[Verse 3]
Hiding
E A
tears 'n fear that
C#m B
burns like an engine, it
A E
drives him a- way from the
A B
ones that he loves. Mike was
E A
Right: "Hey Mike! We're
C#m B
one and the same; we're the
A E
faceless com- batants in the
A B
loneliest game Ah but
C#m A
say, I'll wave as
F#m B
I'm driving by with that
G# C#m
smirk in my eye, yelling
B
"Hey! I'm something man, check me out!"
[Chorus]
E B
I've got the company
C A
car, I'm the one
E G#m
swinging at two below
A C
par, Yeah, I've become
E B
one with the ones that I've
C#m A
never be- lieved in, but
E F# A B
I've got the company car, yeah check me out
E F# A B
I've got the company car, yeah check me out
E F# A B E
I've got the company car, yeah
