Pretty Hurts

[Intro] B  C#m  G#m  F#
        B  C#m  G#m  F#

[First Part]

B       C#m
  Mama said: you're a pretty girl
G#m                 F#
    What's in your head, it doesn't 
matter
B             C#m
  Brush your hair, fix your teeth
G#m           F#
    What you wear is all that 
matters

[Pre-Chorus]

B        C#m         G#m        
  Just another stage,    pageant
      F#
 the pain away
B                C#m
  This time I'm gonna take the crown
G#m                        F#
    Without falling down, down, down

[Chorus]

B         C#m   G#m
  Pretty hurts,    we shine the
             F#
Light on whatever's worse
B               C#m         
  Perfection is a disease of a 
    G#m
nation
                F#
Pretty hurts, pretty hurts

B         C#m   G#m
  Pretty hurts,    we shine the
             F#
Light on whatever's worse
B                               
  Trying to fix something but you 
   C#m
can't fix
          G#m
What you can't see
                    F#
It's the soul that needs the surgery

[Second Part]

B              C#m
  Blonder hair,    flat chest
G#m    F#
   TV says bigger is better
B             C#m
  South beach,    sugar free
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G#m            F#
    Vogue says    thinner is better

[Pre-Chorus]

B        C#m         G#m        
  Just another stage,    pageant
      F#
 the pain away
B                C#m
  This time I'm gonna take the crown
G#m                        F#
    Without falling down, down, down

[Chorus]

B         C#m   G#m
  Pretty hurts,    we shine the
             F#
Light on whatever's worse
B               C#m         
  Perfection is a disease of a 
    G#m
nation
                F#
Pretty hurts, pretty hurts

B         C#m   G#m
  Pretty hurts,    we shine the
             F#
Light on whatever's worse
B                               
  Trying to fix something but you 
   C#m
can't fix
          G#m
What you can't see
                    F#
It's the soul that needs the surgery

[Bridge]

C#m
Ain't got no doctor or pill

That can take the pain away
G#m
    The pain's inside and nobody

Frees you from your body
B
  It's the soul, it's the soul
                 F#
That needs surgery

(It's my soul that needs surgery)

C#m
   Plastic smiles and denial

Can only take you so far
G#m
    Then you break when the fake

Façade leaves you in the dark
B
  You left with shattered mirrors
                     F#
And the shards of a beautiful past

[Chorus]

B         C#m   G#m
  Pretty hurts,    we shine the
             F#
Light on whatever's worse
B               C#m         
  Perfection is a disease of a 
    G#m
nation
                F#
Pretty hurts, pretty hurts

B         C#m   G#m
  Pretty hurts,    we shine the
             F#
Light on whatever's worse
B                               
  Trying to fix something but you 
   C#m
can't fix
          G#m
What you can't see

It's the soul that needs the surgery

[Third Part]

              B               C#m
When you're alone all by yourself
                 G#m         F#
And you're lying in your bed
             B                C#m
Reflection stares right into you
                    G#m     F#
Are you happy with yourself
               B             C#m
You stripped away the masquerade
                  G#m      F#
The illusion has been shed
               B             C#m
Are you happy with yourself?
            G#m         F#
Are you happy with yourself?

Yes