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Impostor Syndrome Chords

Music by: Cavetown · 2018
Genre Rock Tone B major BPM 120 Views 387
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[Intro 1]
[G][Em][C][D]

[Verse 1]
[G]Unfor[Em]tunat[C]ely, I a[D]m
[G]My own[Em] dog, my o[C]wn fur compani[D]on
[Em]My own old lady [A]on a forum
[C]Who types in gli[Cm]ttery decorum
[G]Unfor[Em]tunat[C]ely, I t[D]ake
[G]Mysel[Em]f out wal[C]king every [D]day
[Em]I hand my legs[A] to the feet and
[C]I give my hea[Cm]d to the leash

[Chorus 1]
[Am]Every other day [D]I'm wondering
[G]What's a human bei[E]ng gotta be lik[Am]e?
What's a way to [D]just be competent?
[G]These sweet insti[E]ncts ruin my life
[Am]Every other day [D]I'm wondering
[G]Was it a mistak[E]e to try and defin[Am]e
What I'm certain's [D]mad incompetence?
[G]These sweet insti[Am]ncts rui[Bm]n my [Cm]life

[Verse 2]
[G]I can[Em]'t smell wel[C]l, or tell the tim[D]e
[G]Not K t[Em]hrough 8, nor[C] K dash [D]9
[Em]For human, gross[A]ly underqualified
[C]For canine, gro[Cm]ssly overqualifie[G]d
I [Em]don't blend [C]in at Pet[D]Smart
[G]That tru[Em]th remai[C]ns for the Wal[D]mart
[Em]In either case[A], they say to me
[C]"What the fuck is [Cm]lost in aisle 3?"

[Chorus 2]
[Am]Every other day [D]I'm wondering
[G]What's a human bei[E]ng gotta be lik[Am]e?
What's a way to [D]just be competent?
[G]These sweet insti[E]ncts ruin my life
[Am]Every other day [D]I'm wondering
[G]Was it a mistak[E]e to try and defin[Am]e
What I'm certain's [D]mad incompetence?
[G]These sweet insti[Am]ncts rui[Bm]n my [Cm]life

[Interlude 1]
[Am][D]
[G][E]
[Am][D]
[G][G]
[A][F#m][D][E]
[A][F#m][D][E]

[Verse 3]
[A]Just wat[F#m]ch me, mov[D]in' far away[E]
[A]Nobod[F#m]y e- v[D]en knows my n[E]ame and[F#m]
No one sus[B]pects that I'm not fine, [D]and
Nobody [Dm]outs behavioural Franken[A]stein
Just [F#m]look at V[D]ictor in LA[E]
[A]And Syd wit[F#m]h the "y",[D] State U of A[E]
[F#m]And all the majors[B] at the labels
[D]Rebootin' soo[Dm]n as I am able

[Chorus 3]
[Bm]Every other day [E]I'm wondering
[A]What's a human bei[F#m]ng gotta be lik[Bm]e?
What's a way to [E]just be competent?
[A]These sweet insti[F#m]ncts ruin my life
[Bm]Every other day [E]I'm wondering
[A]Was it a mistak[F#m]e to try and define[Bm]
What I'm certain's [E]mad incompetence?
[A]These sweet insti[F#]ncts ruin my life

[Chorus 4]
[Bm]Da da da da da d[E]a, da da da
[A]Da da da da da [F#m]da, da da da, da[Bm]
Da da da da [E]da da, da da da
[A]These sweet insti[F#]ncts ruin my life
[Bm]Da da da da da d[E]a, da da da
[A]Da da da da da [F#m]da, da da da, da[Bm]
Da da da da [E]da da, da da da
[A]These sweet insti[F#]ncts ruin my life

[Outro 1]
[Bm][E]
[A][F#]
[Bm][E][A]
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