Detention Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Dm][Em]
[Am][Dm][Em]
[Am][Dm][Em]
[Am][Dm][Em]

[Verse 1]
[Am]I'm not a bad [Dm]guy
So [Em]don't treat me bad
if [Am]I'm feeling sad, [Dm]alright?
[Em]Please don't be mad
if [Am]I don't smile back, alr[Dm]ight?
If I [Em]fuck up my words,
don't [Am]think I'm absurd, [Dm]alright?
[Em]Alright?

[Pre-chorus 1]
[Am]I'm physically exhausted
[Dm]Tired of my [Em]knuckles beating
[Am]I'm chewing gum to pass this time[Dm]
Sadness, [Em]can't you see [Am]it?
You're too busy seeking [Dm]self wishes
Look at [Em]how I'm feeling
[Am]You write me up and say it's love[Dm]

[Chorus 1]
And I can't believe it
[Am]Hey, can you meet me to[Dm]night
in de[E]tention?
[Am]I can feel your blood pressure ris[Dm]e,
fuck this [E]tension
[Am]Let me crawl up into your [Dm]mind,
did I [E]mention?
[F]Pretending everything's alright
[Dm]is detenti[E]on
[Am]Dete[Dm]ntion, detenti[E]on
[Am]Pretending everything's all right is (shh)

[Verse 2]
The [Am]teachers don't care about [Dm]me
[Em]Fuck how I feel,
as [Am]long as I make [Dm]money[Em]
[Am]They let them do
whatever they [Dm]want to [Em]me
They're the [Am]customer, I'm chopped meat
[Dm]I'm chopped meat[Em]

[Pre-chorus 2]
[Am]I'm physically exhausted
[Dm]Tired of my [Em]knuckles beating
[Am]I'm chewing gum to pass this time[Dm]
Sadness, [Em]can't you see [Am]it?
You're too busy seeking [Dm]self wishes
Look at [Em]how I'm feeling
[Am]You write me up and say it's love[Dm]

[Chorus 2]
And I can't believe it
[Am]Hey, can you meet me to[Dm]night
in de[E]tention?
[Am]I can feel your blood pressure ris[Dm]e,
fuck this [E]tension
[Am]Let me crawl up into your [Dm]mind,
did I [E]mention?
[F]Pretending everything's alright
[Dm]is detenti[E]on
[Am]Dete[Dm]ntion, detenti[E]on
[Am]Pretending everything's all right is detention

[Bridge 1]
[Am]I wanna go home
and you say, [Dm]"Now is not the [E]time"
[Am]Fuck being all alone
in back of the [Dm]classroom, [E]ah
[Am]Stop calling up my phone,
trying to say that [Dm]I've been out of [E]line
[Am]When all I ever asked
was to go to the [Dm]bathroom[E]

[Interlude 1]
[Am][Dm][E]
[F][E]

[Chorus 3]
[Am]Hey, can you meet me to[Dm]night
in de[E]tention?
[Am]I can feel your blood pressure ris[Dm]e,
fuck this [E]tension
[Am]Let me crawl up into your [Dm]mind,
did I [E]mention?
[F]Pretending everything's alright
[Dm]is detenti[E]on

[Outro 1]
[Am]Tonigh[Dm]t[E]
[Am]I can feel
your blood pressure [Dm]rise[E]
[Am]Let me crawl up into your [Dm]mind[E]
[Am]Pretending everything's alright (is dentention)