Pretty Hurts

B  F#  G#m  E


[Verse]
 B                  F#
Mama said, you're a pretty girl
 G#m                    E
What's in your head, it doesn't 
matter
 B                  F#
Brush your hair, fix your teeth
 G#m             E
What you wear is all that matters
 B     F#           G#m           
Just another stage, pageant the pain
 E
 away
 B               F#
This time I'm gonna take the crown
G#m            E
Without falling down, down


[Chorus]
B      F#     G#m                
Pretty hurts, shine the light on 
E
whatever's worse
B           F#             G#m  
Perfection is a disease of a 
     E
nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
B      F#     G#m              
Pretty hurts, shine the light on 
E
whatever's worse
B                 F#         
Trying to fix something but you 
                  G#m
can't fix what you can't see
E
It's the soul that needs the surgery


[Verse]
 B             F#
Blonder hair, flat chest
 G#m             E
TV says bigger is better
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 B             F#
South beach, sugar free
 G#m                E
Vogue says thinner is better
 B           F#
Just another stage
 G#m          E
Pageant the pain away
 B               F#
This time I'm gonna take the crown
G#m            E
Without falling down, down


[Chorus]
B      F#     G#m                
Pretty hurts, shine the light on 
E
whatever's worse
B           F#             G#m  
Perfection is a disease of a 
     E
nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
B      F#     G#m              
Pretty hurts, shine the light on 
E
whatever's worse
B                 F#         
Trying to fix something but you 
                   G#m
can't fix what you can't see
E
It's the soul that needs the surgery


[Bridge]
  F#
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
   E
It's the soul, it's the soul that 
needs surgery
   F#
It's my soul that needs surgery
   F#
Plastic smiles and denial can only 
take you so far
    G#m
Then you break when the fake facade 
leaves you in the dark
   E                               
You left a shattered mirror and the
                        E
 shards of a beautiful girl


[Chorus]
B      F#     G#m                
Pretty hurts, shine the light on 
E
whatever's worse
B           F#             G#m  
Perfection is a disease of a 
     E
nation, pretty hurts, pretty hurts
B      F#     G#m              
Pretty hurts, shine the light on 
E
whatever's worse
B                 F#         
Trying to fix something but you 
                   G#m
can't fix what you can't see
N.C.
It's the soul that needs the surgery


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