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The Competition
Kimya Dawson
Key : A
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[Intro]
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A | E | G | A | E | G | A 
E | G | A | E | G | A 

[Verse 1]
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        E            G            A
I never wanted to be better than my friends
              E                  G          A
I just wanted to prove wrong the people in my head
             E              G            A
The ones who told me I'd be better off dead
             E            G            A
The ones who told me that I  would never win

[Verse 2]
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                 E                G            A
When I delivered newspapers, they said I was too slow
               E                G           A
When I was a barista, they said I  made lousy foam
                 E            G          A
When I worked in retail, they said I was a slob
                  E                   G        A
Much too dumb for school and much too lazy for a job

[Verse 3]
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     E       G       A
So I rode my bike like lightning
              E                   G             A
And I made cappuccinos that would make the angels sing
                   E          G               A
Took two showers a day, and I dressed up like a princess
                        E                  G                A
Shook my fist in my own face and said I'll show you who's the best

[Verse 4]
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                     E               G              A
I wrote the kinds of papers teachers hang up on their walls
                      E              G                A
I was employee of the month at seven different shopping malls
                     E                      G           A
And one time playing football, I pulled the tendons in my leg
                    E                  G
To prove that I was tough, I hopped on one foot
                    A   E
And finished up the game

[Verse 5]
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G A E G A  A               E             G              A
             I thought if I succeeded I'd be happy and they'd go away
                      E                 G             A
But first thing every morning I'd still wake up and I'd hear them say
                       E                  G         A
"You're fat, ugly, and stupid, you should really be ashamed
                 E                    G         A
No one will ever like you, you're not good at anything"

[Bridge]
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    A             E           A
And sometimes I'd rise to the challenge
                    E                G              A
But other times I'd feel so bad that I  could not get out of bed
                  E                G               A
And on the days I stayed in bed, I sang and sang and sang
 A                E                    G
About how crappy I felt, not realizing how many other people would relate

[Interlude]
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A | E | G | A | E | G | A 
E | G | A | E | G 
A

[Verse 6]
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    A              E      G      A                     E                  G        
Now people send me emails that say thanks for saying the things they didn't know how to
 A
 say
                     E          G          A
And the people in my head still visit me sometimes
                            E           G      A
And they bring all of their friends but I  don't mind

[Chorus]
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  E          G      A
I play my guitar like lightning
              E                G               A
When I sing I like it when you sing too loud and clear
                 E                   G                  A
Different voices different tones all sayin', "Yeah, we're not alone"
              E                G                  A
I got good at feeling bad, and that's why I'm still here

[Post-Chorus]
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              E                G                  A
I got good at feeling bad, and that's why I'm still here
              E                G                  A   E
I got good at feeling bad, and that's why I'm still here

[Outro]
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G | A | E | G | A 
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