Numbers Chords & Tabs

by Melanie Martinez

[Verse 1]
              Dm                           
Count up your portion, count up your checks
             F                                 
Feedin' your fam while you're comin' at my neck
               C                               
When you gonna freeze with the cruel dramatics?
          Am                             
I'm not inspired by your foolish practice
           Dm                          
Why do you bullshit? Side up your fence
           F                         
I'm just a chicken givin' you the egg
                   C                              
Soon, you're gonna see that your breath was wasted
                Am                               
Don't speak too soon on your doubts you're making
A big deal out of a little thing
G                              F               
Why should I try to conform to formulated pasts
     Dm                              E                      
When clearly all my instincts led to something more magical?

[Chorus]
Am                           Dm                          
Am I just a number 'cause it seems like that's your goal?
    F                               E                  
You push us past our limits just to watch decimals grow
 Am                         Dm                   
Oh, I need a reason why I'm looked at like a joke
  F                                    E                   
Until I prove you wrong like I've done time and time before
    G                                Dm            
And all your idle teachings and your criticism lack
    Am                        E                
The potential to penetrate my solid golden path
   Am                            Dm                
To decide what my future is, I'm my own clairvoyant
        F                       E               
There's no controlling me, imagination on ascend

[Verse 2]
           Dm                   
Take me to Venus, let me explode
             F                 
I'm ready to pop like a volcano
          C                              
Jump over me like you're playing hot lava
            Am                               
Emotions on one hundred thousand, who's gonna
              Dm                       
Shake me like soda creme, but of course
             F                                
Use all your words to distract from the source
                 C                          
Of where all the growth on the paper happens
          Am                       
Leave me alone in my own concoction
G                             F                   
Prickin' all my fingertips to carve out many roads
Dm                              E                 
Pushin' out the petals from the bud of what I know

[Chorus]
Am                           Dm                          
Am I just a number 'cause it seems like that's your goal?
    F                               E                  
You push us past our limits just to watch decimals grow
 Am                         Dm                   
Oh, I need a reason why I'm looked at like a joke
  F                                    E                   
Until I prove you wrong like I've done time and time before
    G                          Dm                    
And all my intuition says is, "Expansion comes first"
    Am                        E                    
But not just by material, I'm talking 'bout in here
   Am                              Dm                   
My heart space and my cranium must be loved too, my dear
      F                             E                     
Don't push me to the edge until I'm useless and can't feel

[Bridge]
       F                       Am       
They replaced their search for knowledge
         Dm                          
With the reach of many material gains
              F                 Am       
They lack the tenderness of the sensitive
    Dm                                
Empathetic bodies cryin' from the pain
         F                  Am   
It's too late to grow their frame
   Dm                                   
Of mind, it seems that it's already made
          F                Am             
No use in arguin' with someone who doesn't
      Dm                     F  E  Dm
Wanna prioritize birthing of creation
F                E 
Am I just a number?
Dm                 
Am I just a number?
F                E 
Am I just a number?
Dm                 
Am I just a number?

[Chorus]
Dm          F                E                           
Am I just a number 'cause it seems like that's your goal?
    Dm                                                    
You push us past our limits just to watch our numbers grow
 F                          E                    
Oh, I need a reason why I'm looked at like a joke
  Dm                                                        
Until I prove you wrong which I've done time and time before
    F                         Em                    
And all my intuition says is "Expansion comes first"
    Dm                                             
But not just by material, I'm talking 'bout in here
   F                               Am                   
My heart space and my cranium must be loved too, my dear
      Dm                                                  
Don't push me to the edge until I'm useless and can't feel