Wasted Potential

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Past 10, and I'm in my notes app
Esus4                              C#m
Crying again, push another sinking feeling again
                             Esus4
Spell out the words you know I'll never say
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Arcade full of games you know you're rigged to lose
Esus4
It's my future the bad guys get to choose
C#m                           Esus4
It's exhausting never knowing what comes next and always showing


[Chorus 1]
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Signs of a girl with the wasted potential
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Watch what she does with her brain instead of med school
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She could be a doctor, she could be a lawyer
    Esus4
But what is she to do with a beat-up guitar, oh


[Verse 2]
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Burned out, seeing right through my ghost
Esus4                                     C#m
Tell me when it'll feel like everything's fallen in place (Fallen in place)
                       Esus4
Don't have her beauty, I don't have her face (Don't have her face)
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Reflect on a life I could've led
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Their doubt living rent free in my head
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Rosy cheeks, red carpet streets
     Esus4
They shine so bright, but they won't ever shine for me


[Chorus 2]
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Signs of a girl with the wasted potential
Esus4
Watch what she does with her brain instead of med school
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She could be a doctor, she could be a lawyer
    Esus4
But what is she to do with a beat-up guitar, oh
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And what will she do when the dream doesn't pan out
Esus4
Waiting on tables to pay for her rent now
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Tell me what's the back up, after all this dreaming
Esus4
Girl, you need a real job, I don't know what you're thinking


[Pre-Chorus]
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Built my whole life on being the one out of a million
Esus4                        C#m
Caught in a Hollywood scheme

But I've got the green light
            Esus4
Baby, let's burn this scene
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Signs of a girl
Esus4
Signs of a girl
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Signs of a girl
Esus4
Signs of a girl
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Hung up on a daydream, pining just like Gatsby
Esus4
Drowning out the noise cause you'll never really know me


[Chorus 3]
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Signs of a girl with the wasted potential (Uh oh)
Esus4
Watch what she does with her brain instead of med school (Brain instead of med school)
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Didn't need a backup, after all this dreaming
Esus4
I can see it clearly


[Outro]

(Coulda been)
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Cause I know me

(Woulda been)
              Esus4                    C#m
And I believe nothing's too far out of reach

(Coulda been)

If superstars

(Woulda been)

Have blue guitars
Esus4                      E
Then it's calling, calling me

(Coulda been, coulda been, coulda been a doctor)
Esus4
(Woulda been, woulda been, woulda been but not her)
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No, no but not her

(Look again, look again, look again, she's smarter)
                      Esus4
Look again, she's smarter

(Look and then, look and then)
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Watch what she does, oh