[Intro] C  E  Am  F

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My mama always said I would regret it
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If I ever got a tattoo
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She said I'd never get a job like I ever wanted
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One with that attitude

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My dad said I had to learn to drive a stick shift
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But every van I ever had was an automatic
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My friends said that someday I would make it big
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But I'm still living in the basement

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I'm just as broke as the day I was born
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But I still make it work just like everybody else does
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It's all just a cruel joke and everybody knows
C         E
There's no way out
Am            F
Well who's laughing now?

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The TV said that I would never get a girlfriend
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Unless I had a six pack and smoked cigarettes
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Well I've got a couple extra pounds and hottest girl in town
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And she don't mind having a little more of me to go around

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I'm just as broke as the day I was born
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But I still make it work just like everybody else does
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It's all just a cruel joke and everybody knows
C         E
There's no way out
Am            F
Well who's laughing now?

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The preacher told me this was only just a pipe dream
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And I've been burning both ends seven days a week
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But baby I just paid the rent making music with my friends
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It ain't much, but it could be the start of something big

C         E           Am            F
I'm just as broke as the day I was born
C         E           Am            F
But I still make it work just like everybody else does
C         E           Am            F
It's all just a cruel joke and everybody knows
C         E
There's no way out
Am            F
Well who's laughing now?

C         E           Am            F
My mama always said I would regret it
C         E           Am            F
If I ever got a tattoo
C         E           Am            F
She said I'd never get a job like I ever wanted
C         E           Am            F
One with that attitude

C         E           Am            F
My dad said I had to learn to drive a stick shift
C         E           Am            F
But every van I ever had was an automatic
C         E           Am            F
My friends said that someday I would make it big
C         E           Am            F
But I'm still living in the basement

Well who's laughing now?