G G Bm D
Dropouts paid in alcohol,
G G Bm D
late night longshots at the bar;
G G Bm D
waitin' and waitin' and waitin' on a phone call,
G G Bm D
My one true love is this cheap guitar.
G G Bm D
Everybody's flyin' in a harmony rocket,
G G Bm D
everybody's sleepin' on a hardwood floor;
G G Bm D
you got two two-dollar bills in your pocket,
G G Bm D
you've got no idea when you'll get more.
[Chorus 1]
C D Em Bm C
But that's alright, it's goin' down, down, down.
C D* N.C.
We got nothin', but nothin's good enough for the dropouts.
[Interlude 1]
G Gmaj7 Bm D
G Gmaj7 Bm D
[Verse 2]
G G Bm D
Buildings made of bricks and mortar,
G G Bm D
mockingbirds up in the sky.
G G Bm D
Man, I hated going to high school,
G G Bm D
all I wanted was to learn how to fly.
[Chorus 2]
C D Em Bm
But that's alright, turns out you don't need wings
C D Em Bm
when you've got whiskey and guitar strings.
C D Em Bm
About midnight we gon' get real loud,
C C D* N.C.
we got nothin', but nothin's good enough for the dropouts.
[Interlude 2]
G Gmaj7 Bm D
G Gmaj7 Bm D
G Gmaj7 Bm D
G Gmaj7 Bm D
[Verse 3]
G G Bm D
In a parallel universe, everybody's wasted,
G G Bm D
in another life where we all live;
G G Bm D
in the straight world, everybody thinks we've lost it.
G G Bm D
Oh, but we all see what a joke it is.
[Chorus 3]
C D Em Bm
I know you, even if I don't know your name,
C D Em Bm
the real world can be really lame.
C D Em Bm
You gotta make your own sunshine when you're underground,
C C D* N.C.
we got nothin', but nothin', nothin', nothin', nothin',
N.C. N.C.
nothin's good enough for the dropouts.
[Outro]
G Gmaj7 Bm D
We're the dropouts.
G Gmaj7 Bm D
We're the dropouts.
G Gmaj7 Bm D
We're the dropouts.
G Gmaj7 Bm D G
Aw, yeah.
