Dm C GC GDm C G Verse:
CGDmCGC G Don't want to find myself homogenized
DmCGCG Don't want to become the very thing that I despised
(G) DmCGC G Don't need my mommy feeding me culture with a spoon
(G) DmCGCG Don't want to end up with as much edge as a balloon
 Pre-Chorus:
FCGDm Don't want my ideas polluted by mediocrity
FC Don't want my sentiments diluted
GC This is important to me
 Chorus:
GCAmDm I tried to give my best to you
BmEmAm But you plugged up your ears
GCAmDm And now I just can't take no more
BmEmAm I've had it up to here
 Verse:
(Am) DmCGC G Don't want to be the another boy next door
(G) DmCGCG Don't want to pander to the masses anymore
DmCG Don't need the whole wide world to love me
CG Don't want to win the human race
DmCGCG Don't want my music to be less well-known than my face
 Pre-chorus:
FCGDm Don't want to compromise my art for universal appeal
FC Don't want to be mass consumed
GC I'm not a happy meal
 Chorus:
GCAmDm I tried to give my best to you
BmEmAm But you plugged up your ears
GCAmDm And now I just can't take no more
BmEmAm I've had it up to here
 Bridge:
AmG I moved out from the sticks
FF Em Nobody believed in me
AmG Had to climb my way up
FF Em Overcome all kinds of adversity
DmGCC/BAmG# Oh, if you think I need approval from the faceless throng oh
G That's where you're wrong
(G) C (C) C/C# Dm
Am Bm C (x2)
 Chorus:
GCAmDm I tried to give my best to you
BmEmAm But you plugged up your ears
GCAmDm And now I just can't take no more
BmEmAm I've had it up to here
 I've had it
CAm I've had it
DmBmEmC I've had it up to here