Slacker

G=     320033
F=      133211

Intro (played reasonably fast so 
listen out for the timing for chord 
changes…)
C  C/B  Am  G  F  G

C              C/B              Am
my friend's a computer hacker
                     G             
but in school everybody said he was
  F       G
 a slacker
C              C/B               Am
he writes science fiction novels
       G                       F  
he builds whole towns and villages
                 G
 from cola bottles
F                               G
he does equations just for fun
eats low carb ice cream with his mum
  Am

                 G                 
sews cub scout badges on his 
    F              G
sweater

     C
he's just a feeling you ignore, a 
dumb computer hacker
F
trash can on the floor, a pitiful 
disaster
Am                            
cried to sleep at night when he 
                 G
never got it right
            F                    
cos he never realised, it doesn't 
     G
even matter
C
later on in life he's drowning in 
his laughter
F
three kids and a wife, he's happy 
ever after
Am                           G
stoked to be alive with his dream up
 at nasa
F                       G        
loving everyday. well, i guess it
                          C  C/B  
 really pays to be a slacker
Am  G F  G


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C           C/B                  
he stays up all night playing 
   Am
tetris
G                          F     
asteroids, pacman written on his 
                G
'games to get' list
C                      C/B 
wasted nights spent up in his 
                      Am
bedroom
         G                  F     
tough times, long nights, must 
              G
have been a lot to get through

F                             
he's getting sharp pains in his 
          G
wrist
in his world girlfriend's don't 
          Am
exist
      G                  F        
can't even get an add on 'my 
        G
space'

     C
he's just a feeling you ignore, a 
dumb computer hacker
F
trash can on the floor, a pitiful 
disaster
Am                            
cried to sleep at night when he 
                 G
never got it right
            F                    
cos he never realised, it doesn't 
     G
even matter
C
later on in life he's drowning in 
his laughter
F
three kids and a wife, he's happy 
ever after
Am                           G
stoked to be alive with his dream up
 at nasa
F                       G        
loving everyday. well, i guess it
                          C  C/B  
 really pays to be a slacker
Am  G F  G


C  C/B  Am  G  F  G

Then:

Am  C  G  F  C  G  Am
 G  F  G
(Watch out for the timing on these 
chord changes because they are 
pretty fast so keep an
out for them….similar timing to the 
next bit so use that as a guide..)

Am               C             G
       he's the one all alone in
            F
 despair
              C                    
he's the one who thinks life isn't 
  G           Am
fair
              C                
he's the one sitting right over 
G             F
there
he's the lonely guy on the side 
                   G
looking kinda shy
you could see him ride passing by on
            F
 a pedal bike
he's the funny type kinda like 
           G
'napoleon dynamite'

     C
he's just a feeling you ignore, a 
dumb computer hacker
F
trash can on the floor, a pitiful 
disaster
Am                            
cried to sleep at night when he 
                 G
never got it right
            F                    
cos he never realised, it doesn't 
     G
even matter
C
later on in life he's drowning in 
his laughter
F
three kids and a wife, he's happy 
ever after
Am                           G
stoked to be alive with his dream up
 at nasa

F                       G        
loving everyday. well, i guess it
                          C  C/B  
 really pays to be a slacker
Am  G F  G


            C  C/B  Am  G  F  G
 G
it pays to be a slacker!