I Am Everyone Else by Declan Mckenna, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

I Am Everyone Else

Biography:

Declan McKenna is an English singer, songwriter, and musician from Hertfordshire. He won the Glastonbury Festival's Emerging Talent Competition in 2015.
He writes alternative indie-pop music with influences from artists such as David Bowie. He has toured in the UK, Europe and in the US.
Declan is known for his outspoken political views, including in his songs such as 'Brazil' which portrays a social commentary on the corruption within the Fifa organisation.

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[Chords used]
G 320003
B x24442
C x32010
Am x02210
D xx0232
Em 022000
Cadd11 x32011

[Verse 1]
G
Children on the street
B C Am G
Are cowardly and scared
B C Am G
And powerfully prepared
B C D Em D C Cadd11 C
For things I dare not speak of in all of my lifetime
G
For I am ready

[Verse 2]
G
Mother nature calls
B C Am G
And beckons them to come
B C Am G
The innocent and dumb
B C D Em D C Cadd11 C
To witness persecution for my privilege
G
For I am ready

[Pre-Chorus]
Em D C G
To turn the many into some
Em D C G
Before you run out of rhyming words for "scum"

[Interlude]
e|--/12--10------10~--|---------------------------|--/12--15--12----/12--10------10~--|
B|-----------12-------|--/13--12------10------8~--|---------------------------12-------|
G|--------------------|-----------/11------/9-----|------------------------------------|
D|--------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|--------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------|
B|--/13--12------10------8~--|
G|-----------/11------/9-----|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

(or if you want to play the chords)
G Em B C Am G D Em C

[Chorus]
G D
Why'd you act sick and pretend?
C B C
Pretend that you're never laughing
Am G D
Aren't you just sick of expending?
C B C
All your time getting noticed
C G D
Show me the message you sent
Em B C
And act like you never wrote it
Am G D
Well aren't you just sick of your friends?
C B C
Your friends are ulterior motives
Am G D
'Cause I'm everyone else
Em D C
I am everyone else
Am G D
I am everyone else
Em D C
I am everyone else
Am
I-

[Verse 4]
G
I am insecure
B C Am G
As pretty as I seem
B C Am G
It's a reoccuring theme
B C D Em D C Cadd11 C
I never heard much different in all of my lifetime
G
For I am ready
G
I love and care for you
B C Am G
As ugly as you are
B C Am G
You precious golden star
B C D Em D C Cadd11 C
Your energy is admirable at the most
G
For I am ready

[Pre-Chorus]
Em D C G
So reconsider what you have
Em D C G
Before you run out of rhyming words for "chav"

[Chorus]
G D
Why'd you act sick and pretend?
C B C
Pretend that you're never noticed
Am G D
Aren't you just sick of expending
C B C
All your time getting noticed
C G D
Show me the message you sent
Em B C
And act like you never wrote it
Am G D
Well aren't you just sick of your friends?
C B C
Your friends are ulterior motives
Am G D
'Cause I am everyone else
Em D C
I am everyone else
Am G D
I am everyone else
Em D C
I am everyone else
Am
I-

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