[C]
Yo, this one right here
[G]
Is for all the drop out-of-schoolers
[Em]
The future cougars
[D]
The Mary Jane abusers
[C]
The ones that chose to be losers
[G]
For all the misfit kids and the total outcasts
[Em]
MKTO
[D]
This one's for you
[D]
Role models


[Chorus]

[C]         [G]
We are the ones   
                   [Em]
The ones you left behind
                  [D]
Don't tell us how
                              [C]
Tell us how to live our lives
                   [G]
Ten million strong             
                             [Em]
We're breaking all the rules
                      [D]
Thank you for nothing 
                              [C]
Cause there's nothing left to lose


[Verse]

[C]                                [G]
Thank you for feeding us years of lies
[Em]                         [D]
Thank you for the wars you left us to fight
[C]                       [G]
Thank you for the world you ruined overnight
[Em]
But we'll be fine
[D]
Yeah we'll be fine


[Rap/Bridge:]

[C]
Thank you for the world you broke
[G]
Like yolk and it ain't no joke
[Em]
So cold and there ain't no coat
[D]
Just me, my friends, my folks, and
[C]
We gonna do what we like
[G]
So raise that bird up high
[Em]
And when they ask you why
[D]
Just stand there laugh and smile


[Chorus]

[C]         [G]
We are the ones   
                   [Em]
The ones you left behind
                  [D]
Don't tell us how
                              [C]
Tell us how to live our lives
                   [G]
Ten million strong             
                             [Em]
We're breaking all the rules
                      [D]
Thank you for nothing 
                              [C]
Cause there's nothing left to lose

[C]          [G]
Na na na na 
                  [Em]
Na na na na na na
             [D]
Na na na na
                  [C]
Na na na na na na


[Verse]

[C]                               [G]                 [Em]
Thank you for the times you said don't make a sound
                                  [D]         
Thanks for the ropes you used to hold us down
[C]                          [G]                             
Cause when I break through I'ma use them to reach the cloud                     [Em]
We ain't comin' down
[D]
We ain't comin' down


[Rap/Bridge:]

[C]
Look Ma I finally made it
[G]
This world is too damn jaded
[Em]
My life is just like Vegas
[D]
Go big, go home, get faded
[C]
Been a since '92
[G]
Can't shut me down curfew
[Em]
And them girls I'll take a few
[D]
Do what I wanna do


[Chorus]

[C]         [G]
We are the ones   
                   [Em]
The ones you left behind
                  [D]
Don't tell us how
                              [C]
Tell us how to live our lives
                   [G]
Ten million strong             
                             [Em]
We're breaking all the rules
                      [D]
Thank you for nothing 
                              [C]
Cause there's nothing left to lose

[C]          [G]
Na na na na 
                  [Em]
Na na na na na na
             [D]
Na na na na
                   [C]
Na na na na na na


[C]          [G]
Na na na na 
                  [Em]
Na na na na na na
             [D]
Na na na na
                  [C]
Na na na na na na


[Verse]

[C]                 [G]
Thank you from the bottom of my heart
[Em]                        [D]                   [C]
From head to toe, from the soul you ripped apart
  [G]           [Em]
I say thank you
  [D] 
I say thank you
[C]     [G]
Yeah...
[Em] [D]  
Oh...
[C]   [G]   [Em]         [D]
Thank you, thank you....


[Chorus] x2:

[C]         [G]
We are the ones   
                   [Em]
The ones you left behind
                  [D]
Don't tell us how
                              [C]
Tell us how to live our lives
                   [G]
Ten million strong             
                             [Em]
We're breaking all the rules
                      [D]
Thank you for nothing 
                              [C]
Cause there's nothing left to lose


[C]         [G]
We are the ones   
                   [Em]
The ones you left behind
                  [D]
Don't tell us how
                              [C]
Tell us how to live our lives
                   [G]
Ten million strong             
                             [Em]
We're breaking all the rules
                      [D]
Thank you for nothing 
                              [C]
Cause there's nothing left to lose


[Rap/Outro:] [C] [G] [Em] [D]        (If singing, sing the "Na na na na")

Yo, if you don't like what they tell you to do
Don't do it
If you don't want to be who they want you to be
Screw it
It's your world
It's your life
And they ruined it
Role models
Tune in
Turn up
Drop out 

[C]