🎶 Sympathy is a knife featuring ariana grande

[Gm]I-i-i-it's a [D#]knife when you know they're waitin' for you to [Gm]choke
It's a [D#]knife when a journalist does a [Gm]misquote
It's a [D#]kni-i-ife when a friend is suddenly steppin' on your [Gm]throat
It's a [D#]knife when they say that you've been doing things you [Gm]don't-don't-don't
It's a [D#]knife when your old friends hate your new [Gm]friends
When [D#]somebody says, "Charli, I think you've totally [Gm]changed"
It's a [D#]knife when somebody says they like the old [Gm]me and not the [D#]new me
And I'm like, "Who the fuck is [Gm]she?"

'Cause it's a [Cm]knifе when you're finally on [G#]top
'Cause logically thе [D#]next step is they wanna see you [D#/D]fall to the bottom
It's a [Cm]knife when you're finally on [G#]top (On top)
'Cause logically the [D#]next step is they wanna see you [Gm]fall-fall-fall

I-I-I-it's a [Cm]knife when, it's a [G#]knife when, it's a [D#]knife when (When, when, when)
[Gm]All this sympathy is just a [Cm]knife when (When, when, when)
It's a [G#]knife when, it's a [D#]knife when (When, when, when)
[Gm]All this sympathy is just a—

It's a [D#]knife when you know they're counting on your [Gm]mistakes
It's a [D#]knife when you're so pretty, they think you must be [Gm]fake (Mm)
It's a [D#]knife when they dissect your body on the front [Gm]page (Mm, ooh)
It's a [D#]knife when they won't believe you, why should you explain? (Yeah)
It's a [D#]knife when the mean fans hate the nice [Gm]fans
When [D#]somebody says, "Ari, I think you've totally [Gm]changed" (No shit)
(It's a [D#]knife) When somebody says they like the old [Gm]me and not the [D#]new me
And I'm like, "Haha, who the fuck is [Gm]she?"

'Cause it's a [Cm]knife when you're finally on [G#]top (On top)
'Cause logically the [D#]next step is they wanna see you [D#/D]fall to the bottom
It's a [Cm]knife when you're finally on [G#]top (On top, ooh)
'Cause logically the [D#]next step is they wanna see you [Gm]fall-fall-fall

I-I-It's a [Cm]knife when (It's a knife when)
It's a [G#]knife when (It's a knife when)
It's a [D#]knife when (When, when, when)
[Gm]All this sympathy is just a [Cm]knife when (It's a knife when)
It's a [G#]knife when (It's a knife when)
It's a [D#]knife when (A knife)
[Gm]All this sympathy is just a kn—

[Cm](All this [G#]sympathy is just a knife)
All this [D#]expectation is a knife
(All this [Gm]sympathy is just a knife)
All the things I've [Cm]said are just a knife
(All this [G#]sympathy is just a knife)
All this [D#]expectation is a knife [Gm](Mm-mm)
(All this sympathy is just a knife)
[Cm]Yeah, mm
(All this [G#]sympathy is just a knife)
All this [D#]expectation is a knife (Mm, yeah, mm-mm)
(All this [Gm]sympathy is just a knife)
All the things I've [Cm]said are just a knife (Mm, yeah, mm-mm)
(All this [G#]sympathy is just a knife)
All this [D#]expectation is a [Gm]knife-knife-knife-knife-knife (Mm, yeah, [Cm]mm-mm)