Slim Pickins
Sabrina Carpenter, Short ‘n Sweet, 2024
Writers: Sabrina Carpenter, Julia Michaels, Amy Allen, John Ryan, Julian Bunetta
Producers: John Ryan, Julian Bunetta
Label: Island
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A
Gbm7
D
A
E
A
Guess I’ll spend this life a
Gbm7
lone,
D
I am not dramatic.
These are
A
just the thoughts that
E
pass right through me.
A
All the best friends in my
Gbm7
phone,
Dmaj7
play ’em like a slot machine.If
A
we’re winnin’,
E
no one’s losin’.
C#7
A boy who’s
Gbm
smart and kind,
D
can find his
Dm7
books to save my life
Oh, it’s
A
slim
pick
F#m7
ins,
If I can’t
Bm
have the one I love,I guess it’s
C#m
you that I’ll be mi
D
ssin’.
A
Just to get my
A/G
fixins
since the
D
good ones are asleep or taken.
E
I’ll just keep on slidin’ and
A
slippin’
Gbm7
D
A
E
A
Hey guys, what’s a girl to
Gbm7
do?
D
This boy doesn’t even know
the
A
difference between “
E
there,” “their” and “they
A
are”
Yet he’s sittin’ in my
Gbm7
room
Dmaj7
missin’ all the things he’s missin’.
A
We know that he
E
is really in
Db7
charge
A boy who’s
Gbm7
nice that breathes,
D
I swear he’s
Dm
nowhere to be seen.
It’s
A
slim
pick
F#m7
ins,
If I can’t
Bm
have the one I love,
I guess it’s
C#m
you that I’ll be mi
D
ssin’.
A
Just to get my
A/G
fixins
since the
D
good ones are asleep or taken.
E
I’ll just keep on slidin’ and
A
slippin’
Slidin’ and
D
slippin’
A
E
Since the
Dmaj7
good ones say their texts are wasted,
Dm
and since my
Dmaj7
mom forgot my day awake
Dm
nin’.
Then
D
I’ll just be here in the kitchen
E
servin’ up some slidin’ and
A
slippin’