Remove AdsChords in brackets are essentially played as upbeats, so can be ignored if desired.
[Verse 1]
Db Fm Gb Get food, barely eat
Db Fm Gb (Fm) Every bite just kept me glued to my seat
Db Fm Gb I worried, even cried
Bbm Bbm C (Ab) How'd it feel to take the light from my life?
Db Fm Gb Bad habit, even worse
Db Fm Gb (Fm) Fifty-fifty, I’m a sucker for looks
Db Fm Gb Asked for it, here it is
Bbm Bbm C A quick example 'cause you wanted the hits
[Chorus]
Db Fm GbI think you're scared of being basic
Db Fm Gb That’s ironic 'cause it's reading like you're even more
Db Fm Gb Basic
Bbm Db It's not funny, it's so funny
Db Fm Gb'Cause you're basic
Db Fm GbJust looking hot and keeping monotone and understated
Db Fm GbNothingness won’t change it (Good luck with that, good luck with what?)
Bbm Bbm C (Ab) It’s not funny, but it's so funny
[Verse 2]
DbI don’t want your money, I don't care for fame
Db I don't wanna live a life where that's my big exchange
Db Fm Gb I want simple pleasures, friends who have my back
Bbm Fm Db Everyone has secrets, but not everyone can fool a man like that
Db Gb It sent me reeling, still not the same
Db It’s like my capacity to love and give has changed
Db I guess I'll thank you and spite your name again
Bbm Fm Db The past's the past, and I'll outlast the hate to find real love that's not pre-tend
[Chorus]
Db Fm Gb How basic (Sell me on it)
Db Fm GbShuffle numbers, pointing fingers, ditching chats in different apps
Db Fm GbThat's basic (Haha)
Bbm Cm It's not funny, it's so funny
Db Fm GbThat's just basic being basic (Basically)
Db Fm Gb You said he looked just like a girl, so you like girls
Db Fm GbI guess I'll take it
Bbm CmYeah, that's funny, you're so funny (Ha-ha-ha-ha)
[Bridge]
DbChange your body, change your face,
Fm Gbcurl your hair then make it straight
Db Fm GbTake a picture of your plate, Tarantino movie taste
Db Fm GbRah-rah, cheugy-phobe, Vera Bradley's back in Vogue
Bbm It's a flash photograph
[Outro]
Bbm Fm DbWhat an empty epitaph that is (That's basic)
Fm Gb DbWhat an empty epitaph that is (That's basic)
Fm Gb DbWhat an empty epitaph (That's just basic being basic)
Fm GbYeah, my tight five might get a laugh as is
Bbm N.C.
If that's funny, I'm not funny
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