Point To Prove I Was An Ugly Kid

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[Verse 1]
         C            G    D  Am
I put in all my hours
            C                   G 
I'm playing every night just to 
           D            Am
get a little better at guitar
           C                  G
I'm taking singing lessons at 80 
                          D      
bucks a lesson (who the hell am I 
             Am
impressin?)
    C            G         Em
Why do I work so hard?


[Bridge]
     C                     G  
I've searched my soul, dug deep 
            D                Em
below, to find the answer
         C             G       D
The only reason for it     is...


[Chorus]
N.C.     C         G        D       
       Em
I was an ugly kid    with a handsome
 older brother
             C     G        D    
Yeah I was a catch   like a cold 
           Em     C
or an ugly fish
  G
I knew what to do:
        D                          
Wear my talent like a mask and hope
    Em                        C
 it magically distracts you
        G                     D
But I'm back, I've practiced, my 
acts together, I got: better and
           Em
A Point to Prove


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
                         C
I didn't know her but in June I got 
her screen name
   G                        D
As valuable as gold for antisocial 
kids in 10th grade
  Am                           
I spent the rest of my vacation 
 C
glued down to my chair, was
 G                            
Afraid to miss a second of our 
 D                     Am
digital affair 'cause
                          C
When summer ended I would finally be
 the guy
  G                                
I tried to be in person, but could 
D
only be online
    Am                             
The first day of the school year we
 C
 get our seat assignments
  G                              
N.C.                    Em
I ended up right next to her and we 
just sat in silence


[Bridge]
      C                  G        
And I wouldn't wish that 
      D       Em
awkwardness on anybody
            C             D      D  
  N.C.
I think the reason for it    is


[Chorus]
         C          G        
I was a chubby kid     with an 
   D           Em
athletic old brother
             C      G             
Yeah I was a catch      as in I 
  D                    Em         
was easy to catch during tag 
             C
('cause I was fat!)
  G
I knew what to do


[Bridge]
       D                           
I will chase a newer passion 'cause
      D                        C
 I'm sick of nothing happenin'
        G                     D
But I'm back, I've practiced, my 
                        D
acts together, I got: better and
           Em
A Point to Prove


[Instrumental]
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|Em  |


[Verse 3]
      C                        
And I have hit the bottom, been 
 G                               
lost, tossed, and gosh, I've been 
  D                 Em
burned by gossip
                C                  
And I have gone full hot Topic, 
     G                            
'was an ugly duckling crossed with
D                Em
 a few hot Pockets
    C                 G           
And I'll be damned if where I am's
     D                 Em
 not what I worked for
             C            G
I think the reason for it    is


[Chorus]
         C        G           
I wasn't talented    when all I 
  D             Em
wanted was attention
         C       G      D        
I was in no way, no way a catch 
          Em    C
in life or love
  G
I knew what to do


[Other]
   D      N.C.                      
              Em          C
To do it 'cause I love it (and 
one-up my older brother) yeah
             G
Nah I'm just playin' 'cause I've 
stopped
D     N.C.              Em
Dying from embarassments, hiding 
from comparisons
     D
I'm driven, I've got vision, time, 
ambition, and a
          Em
Point to Prove