Straight Boy
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Intro
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Verse 1
G D
Can someone tell me why
Em D
I always seem to let these
G D
Straight boys run my life?
Em D
I guess I'm just too nice to??
Refrain 1
Em
Run away or stay where we have
C Em
Who I trust and who's surrounding me and
G
Hope that there's any good left in this life
Em
And trust I give isn't given to me
C
And the hate inside is all I see
Em G D G
And you're clinging to a false sense of pride
Verse 2
G D
Can someone tell me why
Em D
It always seems to seem like
G D
All straight boys care about
Em D
Is how they're viewed from the outside?
Refrain 2
Em
'Cause being true is not their thing
C
Oh, it eats them up internally
Em G D G
Then they take it out on people like me all the time
Em
They say I'm brave for being true
C
But act like it's not something they can do
G D
But they're clinging to a false sense of pride
Verse 3
Am C
Don't tell me you don't see
G D
The pool of contradiction
Am C
Don't tell me you don't see
G D
The flood in your convictions
Refrain 1
Em
Oh, run away or stay where we have
C
Who I trust and who's surrounding me and
G D
Hope that there's any good left in this life
Em
And trust I give isn't given to me
C
And the hate inside is all I see
Em G D G
And you're clinging to a false sense of pride
Verse 4
G
Can someone tell me why
Em G D
It always seems to seem like
G D
All straight boys care about
Em G D
Is how they're viewed from the outside?
Refrain 2
Em
'Cause being true is not their thing
C
Oh, it eats them up internally
Em G D
And they take it out on people like me all the time
Em
They say I'm brave for being true
C
But act like it's not something they can do
Em G D
But they're clinging to a false sense of pride
Refrain 1
Em
So run away and stay where we are
C
Who I trust and who's surrounding me
Em G D
And hope that there's any good left in this life
Outro
G Em CGDEm
Life, life