Ticket Outta Loserville

Solo Intro:
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1,2 Let’s Go!
C, C/B, F, G

Verse 1
C
When I go to sleep I pray
C/B
I’m waking up to I got you babe
F
Like the guy from Groundhog Day
G               F               C
Just wanna live forever this way
PAUSE
Flash back to seventeen
C/B
I Got my ass kicked by the football team
F
Another Loser on the scene
G             F
Editor of the chess club fanzine

Pre-Chorus
C                          C/B
I asked you out for losing truth or dare
F                         G               C
The guys were cracking up 'til you said yes

Chorus
C                 C/B
Pinch me, is this real?
                          F          G
I’m on a one-way ticket out of loserville
                       C
Now I’m off the social flat line
                   C/B
Things are so good that I’m
               F          G
Taking down my star trek shrine
                            C          C/B
And you’re more than just a valentine
          F
You’re my ticket outta loserville

C, C/B, F

Verse 2
C (1 stroke)
She gives me butterflies
 C/B                             F
Says I’m not like all the other guys
                             G
Doesn’t care what car I drive
           F
She still enjoys the ride
C
When I got to sleep I know
C/B
That you’ll be there tomorrow
F
And it gives me vertigo
G             F
It was just a week ago that

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS

Chorus
C                      C/B
Pinch me, is this real?
                         F         G
I’m on a one-way ticket out of loserville
                       C
Now I’m off the social flat line
                    C/B
Things are so good that I’m
              F           G
Taking down my star trek shrine

C,C/B, F, G

Bridge
C                    C/B
You blew me out on a Sunday night
         F               G
You were bored to tears pretending
C                             C/B
Knew what you wanted and I’m nothing like the
F                 G
guy in your happy ending
C                      C/B
Well you were wrong to lead me on
           F                 G
Now in the night I wake up screaming
C                     C/B
Where the hell did I go wrong?
        F               G
Where’s Scotty when you need him?

C                 C/B
Pinch me, is this real?
                        F            G
I’m on a one-way ticket back to loserville
                       C
Heading for the social flat line
                  C/B
Things are so bad that
                   F          G
I’m dusting off my star trek shrine
C                C/B
This is where it ends and I can taste the glory
F           G
How can I depend
                  C
On a better story maybe?
                  C/B
Knew it could of saved me
                 F       G
Think about her all the time
                         C         C/B
It’s like I never had her valentine
                    F       G
So I guess I better kiss goodbye
      C
To my ticket outta loserville

Outro-C,C/B, F, G, C (1 stroke on C)