E -   022100
F#m - 244222
D -   xx0232
Bm -  x24432


[Intro]
F#m D A E  x2


[Verse 1]
F#m             D
   Woke up this morning
A               E
   still half asleep
F#m             D
   With one eye open
    A                 E
I attempt to brush my teeth
F#m          D     A
   Go to the closet what should
  E   F#m
I wear   Better check the
D         A            E
weather before I do my hair


[Verse 2]
F#m     D       A   E
   Next thing I knew
F#m     D          A      E
   from downstairs I hear you
F#m        D  A      E
   Telling me how to dress
   F#m        D
my hair looks bad I think
       A
you'll never understand me


[Chorus 1]
F#m    D     A
   Sometimes parents just
      E     F#m       D
don't understand that I
      A
Would rather learn from
E     F#m        D
my mistakes Then do the
A           E
things they want me
F#m    D
to For once I
A         E
wish they knew


[Verse 3]
F#m       D    A           E
   Friday night it's party time
F#m           D
   Call up my clique to see
A                E
what they had in mind hey!
F#m        D A
   Apparently the place to
E F#m            D
be   Is stuck up in my
        A            E
bedroom watching my TV


[Verse 4]
F#m    D       A
   How could I forget
E            F#m
I'm grounded once
 D
again I know they'll
A
never understand me


[Chorus 2]
F#m    D     A
   Sometimes parents just
      E     F#m       D
don't understand that I
      A
Would rather learn from
E     F#m        D
my mistakes Then do the
A           E
things they want me
F#m    D
to For once I
A         E
wish they knew


[Bridge]
Bm
  Don't do this don't
   D             A
do that is all I hear
          E   Bm
Inside my head  wouldn't
              D
you rather me listen
               A
Than go in one ear
            A
and out the other
E       E
end For once I wish
      E
you'd understand


[Chorus 3]
F#m    D     A
   Sometimes parents just
      E     F#m       D
don't understand that I
      A
Would rather learn from
E     F#m        D
my mistakes Then do the
A           E
things they want me
F#m    D
to For once I
A         E
wish they knew


[Chorus 4]
F#m    D     A
   Sometimes parents just
      E     F#m       D
don't understand that I
      A
Would rather learn from
E     F#m        D
my mistakes Then do the
A           E
things they want me
F#m    D
to For once I
A         E
wish they knew


[Chorus 5]
F#m    D     A
   Sometimes parents just
      E     F#m       D
don't understand that I
      A
Would rather learn from
E     F#m        D
my mistakes Then do the
A           E
things they want me
F#m    D
to For once I
A         E
wish they knew