Lorde – Royals      (Album: Pure Heroine (2013))

D,     D,      C,     G                  (repeat chords for whole songs)

I’ve never seen a diamond in the flesh

I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies

And I’m not proud of my address – in the torn up town

No postcode envy

But every song’s like: gold teeth, grey goose, trippin’ in the bathroom

Blood stains, ballgowns, trashin’ the hotel room

We don’t care – we’re driving Cadillacs in our dreams

But everybody’s like Cristal, Mayback, diamonds on your timepiece

Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash

We don’t care – we aren’t caught up in your love affair

And we’ll never be royals – It don’t run in our blood

That kind of lux just ain’t for us

We crave a different kind of buzz

Let me be your ruler – you can call me Queen Bee

And baby I’ll rule, I’ll rule, I’ll rule, I’ll rule

Let me live that fantasy

My friends and I we’ve cracked the code

We count our dollars on the train to the party

And everyone who knows us knows that we’re fine with this

We didn’t come from money

[pre- chorus]

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