Ego Live chords by Halsey

Performance @ Koko London Show 2024

Key: G

Intro:

Em D C G x4

Verse 1:
Em         D    C
I'm caught up in the every day trend
      G
Tied up by invisible thread
Em
Walking down a razor-thin edged
   C            G
And I wake up tired, think I'm better off dead
Em            D         C
Been a few months since I crossed over state lines
C           G
Talked to my mom, fake smiles are for Facetime
Em           D            C
Drink all night til I can't walk in a straight line
          G
Feel so low but I'm high at the same time

Pre-Chorus:
G        D      C
I can't keep my feet on the ground
    G        D      C
And I'm nervous what you think of me now
  G        D     C
I'm hoping that someone comes around
       D     Em  G C
And helps me figure it out

Chorus:
  Em         D       C   G
I think that I should try to kill my ego
    Em       D       C   G
'Cause if I don't, my ego might kill me
  Em        D
I'm all grown up but somehow lately
  C       G
I'm acting like a fucking baby
  Em      D     C  G
I'm really not as happy as I seem

Verse 2:
Em*
Still a little kid that can't make friends
C*              G
Wanna be invited but I won't pretend
Em                  D
I've been having bad dreams my career could end
     C                    G
Because I slipped up when I should've played pretend
Em              D
Turned eighteen and I left the city
     C            G
Said, "I wanna be cool, I don't wanna be pretty"
Em          D
Voices all came crashing down
    C           G
Said, "You're too nice to run this town"

Pre-Chorus:
G        D      C
I can't keep my feet on the ground
    G        D      C
And I'm nervous what you think of me now
  G        D     C
I'm hoping that someone comes around
       D     Em  G C
And helps me figure it out

Chorus:
  Em         D       C   G
I think that I should try to kill my ego
    Em       D       C   G
'Cause if I don't, my ego might kill me
  Em        D
I'm all grown up but somehow lately
  C       G
I'm acting like a fucking baby
  Em      D     C
I'm really not as happy as I seem
G          Em D C G
Nothing's as it seems
            Em D C G
No, nothing's as it seems
    Em        D
And I'm all grown up but somehow, lately
  C       G
I'm acting like a fucking baby
  Em       D      C  G
I'm really not that happy being me

Bridge:
Em        D
I don't like the lie I'm livin'
C        G
I'm way too nice and too forgiving
Em        D
I wanna go back to the beginning
C           G
When it all felt right
Em          D
A rooftop, Lower East Side, I'm singing
C              G
Didn't really give a fuck if I was winning
Em        D
It's all done now, who am I kidding?
C*
I'm doing way worse than I'm admitting!

Chorus:
  Em         D       C   G
I think that I should try to kill my ego
    Em       D       C   G
'Cause if I don't, my ego might kill me
  Em        D
I'm all grown up but somehow lately
  C       G
I'm acting like a fucking baby
  Em      D     C  G
I'm really not as happy as I seem
G          Em D C G
Nothing's as it seems (as it seems, as it seems)
            Em D C G
No, nothing's as it seems
    Em        D
And I'm all grown up but somehow, lately
  C       G
I'm acting like a fucking baby
  Em       D      C
I'm really not that happy being me