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[VERONICA]
September 1st, 1989. Dear DiaryCm: I believe I'm a good person. Ya know, I think there's good in everyone. BuCmt hCm7ere FweCm arF7sus4e, firsF9t dAbmaj7ay of sBbenior year! CmI lookCm7 aroundF at aCmll theEb/Fse kids F7sus4I've knownF9 all mAbmaj7y life andBb I ask myself: What happened?
[KIDS]
CmFreak! Cm7Slut! FBurnout! CmBug-Eb/Feyes! F7sus4Poser! F9Lard-ass!Abmaj7 Bb [VERONICA] CmWe were so tiny, happy and sC7sus4hiny, playing tag and getting chased.
[KIDS] Freak! Slut! Loser! Shortbus! [VERONICA]
C6susSinging and clapping, laughing and napAbmaj7ping, baking cookies, eating paste.
[KIDS] Bull-dyke! Stuck-up! Hunchback! [VERONICA]
CmThen we got bigger. That was the triC7sus4gger, Like the Huns invading Rome - Sorry! Fadd9Welcome to my school, This ain't no high Abmaj7school: This is the Thunderdome. FmHold your brDbeath and count the days, we're Cmgraduating soon.
[KIDS] White trash! [VERONICA]
Eb/DbCollege Dbwill be Eb/DbparadiDbmaj7se If G7sus4I'm not Ab/Gdead by JunGm7e! Cm But I Abmaj9know, I knoEbmaj9w, life can be beautiful. I Abmaj9pray, I prEbmaj9ay for a better wayEbadd2. If we Abchanged back Fm9then, we could Eb7/Abchange aAbgain. We can bF7sus4e beautifF7ul... G7sus4
[HIPSTER DORK] Ow! [VERONICA] Just not today.
CmHeyCm7, arFe CmyouEb/F okay? [HIPSTER DORK] F7sus4Get awaF9y, Abmaj7nerd. Bb
[KIDS]
CmFreak! Cm7Slut! FCripple! Cm HoEb/Fmo! F7sus4Homo! F9Homo! Abmaj7 Bb [VERONICA] CmThings will get better soon as my letC7sus4ter comes from Harvard, Duke, or Brown. Fadd9Wake from this coma, take my dipAbmaj9/Cloma,

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then I can blow this town. FmDream of Dbivy-covered walls and sEbmaj9moky French cafes...
[RAM] Watch it! [VERONICA]
Eb/DbFight the Dburge to Eb/Dbstrike a Dbmaj7match and G7sus4set this Ab/Gdump ablaGm7ze! Cm [RAM] G7Ooooops.
[VERONICA] N.C. or (4xx8) Ram Sweeney. Third year as linebacker. And eighth year of smacking lunch trays and BEING A HUGE DICK. [RAM] What did you say to me skank? [VERONICA]

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... Nothing. [VERONICA & KIDS] But I Abmaj9know, I knoEbadd2w, life can be beautiful. I Fm9/Ebpray, I Ebmaj9pray for a better way. We werAbadd9e kind before,Ebadd9 we can beEb7/Ab kind once Abmore. We will bF7sus4e beautifF7ul... G7sus4
[VERONICA] Agh!... Hey Martha. [MARTHA] Hey. [VERONICA]
CmMarCm7tha Dunnstock. My best friend siAbmaj7nce diaBbpers. [MARTHA] CmWe Cm7on for movie night?
[VERONICA]
Yeah, you're on Jiffy Pop deAbmaj7tail. Bb [MARTHA] I rentCmed Cm7"The Princess Bride."
[VERONICA]
Again? Don't you have it memorizAbmaj7ed by nBbow? [MARTHA] CmWhaCm7t can I say? I'm a sucker for a happy enAbmaj7ding. Bb
[KURT]
Martha DumptCmrucCm7k! Wide load!

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Honnnnnk!
[VERONICA] N.C. or (4xx8) Kurt Kelly. Quarterback. He is the smartest guy on the football team. Which is kind of like being the tallest dwarf. Hey! Pick that up right now! [KURT] I'm sorry, are you actually talking to me? [VERONICA] Yes, I am. I wanna know what gives you the right to pick on my friend. You're a high school has-been waiting to happen. A future gas station attendant. [KURT]

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You have a zit right there. G7sus4 [VERONICA]

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Dear diary: Ebm6Why...
[HIPSTER DORK]
Why do they hateBbm me? [REPUBLICAN GIRL] Why don't I fight F7/Ebback?
[KURT]
Why do I actBbm/Db like such a Bbmcreep? [VERONICA] Ebm6Why...
[MARTHA]
Why won't he dateBbm me? [RAM] Why did I hit F7/Ebhim?
[STONER CHICK, MS. FLEMING, & BLOW-DRIED PREPPY]
Why do I crBbm/Dby myself to sBbmleep? [VERONICA] Abm6Why?!...
[KIDS]
Somebody hEbmug me! Somebody fBb7/Abix me! Somebody sEbmave me! Send me a sigB7/Fn, God! Give me some hope here! Something to live E7/Bbfor! D5
[Interlude] D A/D Am/D G Eb/D D A/D Am/D G Eb/D [KIDS]
DAah.Bm9.. HeathG/Fer, HeatherEb9, and HeatDher... [VERONICA] Then there's the HeathBbmaj7ers. They float above it all.
[KIDS]
DI lovBm9e HeatheG/Fr, HeatherEb9, and HeatDher... I hatBm9e HeatheG/Fr, HeatherEb9, and HeatDher...
[VERONICA] Heather McNamara. Head cheerleader. Her dad's loaded - he sells engagement rings. [KIDS]
I wanBm9t HeatheG/Fr, HeatherEb9, and HeatDher... [VERONICA] Heather Duke. Runs the yearbook. No discernible personality, but her mom did pay for implants. And Heather Chandler. The Almighty.
[KIDS]
I neBm9ed HeatheG/Fr, HeatheEb9r- [VERONICA]

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She is a mythic bitch. FmThey are solid DbTeflon - never Ebmaj9bothered, never harassed. Eb/DbI would Dbgive Eb/DbanythingDbmaj7 to be lG7sus4ike that.Ab/G
[HIPSTER DORK]
G7I'd likeAbmaj9 to be their boyfrieEbmaj9nd. [KIDS] That would be beautiful.
[STONER CHICK]
Abmaj9If I sat at their table, guys would noticeEbmaj7 me! [KIDS] So beautiful!
[MARTHA]
Abmaj9I'd like Ebadd9them to bEb7/Abe nicer. [KIDS] That would Abbe beautiful.
[BELEAGUERED GEEK]
F7sus4I'd like to kidnap a HeFather and photogCm7/Fraph her naked in an abF7sus4andoned warehouse and leaveF her tied up for the

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rats!
[HEATHER DUKE]
(vCm7omitFs) F7sus4 F9 [HEATHER CHANDLER] GrCm7ow uFp, Heather. BulimiaF7sus4 is so F9'87.
[HEATHER MCNAMARA]
Maybe you should see a doctor, HeaCm7therF. [HEATHER DUKE] Yeah, HeathCm7er, FMaybe I should.
[MS. FLEMING]

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Ah, Heather and Heather...and Heather. C#mPerhapC#m7s you F#didn't hear the bell over all the vomitinF#7sus4g. You're lF#9ate for class.
[HEATHER CHANDLER]
Heather wasn't fC#meelingC#m7 well.F# We're helping her. [MS. FLEMING] Not wiF#7sus4thout a halF#9l pass you're not. Week's C#mdetentC#m7ion. F#
[VERONICA]

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Uh, actually, Ms. Fleming, all four of us are out on a hall pass. Yearbook committee. [MS. FLEMING] Ebm... I see F/Ebyou're all Dbmaj7listed.Bbm Hurry up and get where you're goiEbmng. F/Eb
[HEATHER CHANDLER]
This is an eDbmaj7xcellenBbmt forgery. Who arEbme yoF/Ebu? [VERONICA] Veronica SawyerDbmaj7. I craBbmve a boon.
[HEATHER CHANDLER]
What booEbmn? F/Eb [VERONICA] Um, let me sit at yourDbmaj7 table Bbmat lunch. Just once. No talking necessary. If pEbmeoplF/Ebe think you guys tolerate me, they'll leave mDbmaj7e aloneBbm... BeEbmforeF/Eb you answer, I also do report cards, permission slips and Dbmaj7absenceBbm notes.
[HEATHER DUKE] How about prescriptions? [HEATHER CHANDLER] Shut up, Heather. [HEATHER DUKE]
FSorry, Heather. [HEATHER CHANDLER] For aF greasy little nobody, you dFo have good bone structure.
[HEATHER MCNAMARA]
And a sFsus4ymmetrical face. If I took a meat cleaver down the F/Bbcenter of your skull, I'd have Bb7susmatching halves. That's vGbmaj9/Fery important.
[HEATHER DUKE]
OfBb7sus course, you could stand Gbmaj9/Fto lose a few p

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ounds. [HEATHER CHANDLER] And ya Gbmaj7know, ya know, ya know? DbThis could be beautiful. MasGbmaj7cara, maybe some lip gloss, Dband we're on our way.Dbsus Get thisGb girl some Dbblush; And Heather, I F/Gbneed your brGbush. Let's make her Eb7sus4beautiful.
[HEATHER MCNAMARA] Let's make her beautiful... [HEATHER DUKE] Let's make her beautiful... [HEATHER CHANDLER]
Make her beautifulF7sus4! Okay?
[VERONICA] Okay! [KURT]
Ebm6Out of my way, Bbmgeek! [BELEAGUERED GEEK] I don't want trouF7/Ebble!
[RAM]
You're gonnaBbm/Db die at 3pBbmm! [REPUBLICAN GIRL & GOTH GIRL] Ebm6Don't you dare touchBbm me! Get away, perF7/Ebvert!
[BELEAGUERED GEEK]
What'd I eBbm/Dbver do to tBbmhem? [KIDS] Abm6Who could survive tEbmhis? I can't escape Bb7/Abthis! EbmI think I'm dyF7sus4ing!
[MS. FLEMING]

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Who's that with Heather? [KIDS] EbWhoGba. Ebm6 Bb5HeatheF/Bbr, HeatAbmaj7/Bbher, Heather..Ebmaj7.
[GOTH GIRL] And someone! [KIDS]
Bb5HeatheF/Bbr, HeatAbmaj7/Bbher, Heather..Eb. [PRINCIPAL, COACH, & MS. FLEMING] Ebmaj7And a babe!
[KIDS]
Bb5HeatheF/Bbr, HeaAbm/Bbther, HEbeather... [MARTHA]

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Veronica?! F7sus4
[KIDS]
VeroGbnicFa? VeroGbnicFa! VeroGbnicF7sus4a!!!
[VERONICA & KIDS]
And ya Esus/Aknow, ya know, ya know,E life can be beautiful. You Esus/Ahope, you dream, you pray,E and you get your way! Ask me Aadd9how itEadd9/B feels looking liE7/Ake hell Aon wheels... My God, it's F#7sus4beautiful! I might be F#7sus4beautiful! And when you're G#7sus4beautiful... It's a beautiful frickin' day! C#
[KIDS]
HeaG#/C#ther! HeaG#m/C#ther! HeaF#ther! VeroniC#ca! HeaG#/C#ther! HeaG#m/C#ther! HeaF#ther! VeroniC#5ca! AVeD#dimronicaC#5! AVeD#dimronicaC#5! AVeD#dimronicaC#5! VERONIC#CA!