[Intro]
N.C.         G
Hey guys! (What's up Marcus?)
                  A
I have big news! (Do you need to share the news right now?)
       A      A#
Yes! (Okay, fine)
                                              Eb
I figured out what I wanna be when I grow up (No way!)
             Cm
I wanna be! (Yeah)
              Cm  C#7
I wanna be! (Yeah-eah)
           C#7
I wanna be-e!
N.C.
In the association of International Quartet Champions!


[Intro 2]
              G
When they're younger, many parents
            A                A7
Tell their kids that they can be
     D                           D7
The president, or an astronaut,
       G        G    B
Or an actor on T.V.
    Em                  Em7
But no one ever tells a child
 A7
What they cannot be,
        C                        D7
So it seems that the responsibility
             G   D7
Has come to me...


[Verse 1]
G                                  A
Life is just a compromise, it's a better for your health
    D                                   G             G7    B
You might achieve a smaller dream, so look inside yourself
     Em                            A7
Why do you want the big career and all that fancy stuff?
     C        Am       D        Am       G
Give up, give up, give up, give up, give up


[Verse 2]
     G                               A
The moment you stop working out, the fat will start to creep
         D7                           G                 G7
You can never smoke a cigarette and still die in your sleep
    Em7                             A7
So you don't have to make the bed you're getting back into (Why not?)
      C                                    Am               D7       D                G
Cause life tends towards chaos and there's nothing you can do (Hey, buddy, that's so true)


[Bridge]
          B7
(So just think) Think of what's awaiting you a couple years down the line?
   Em                          B7               Em               B7
A bunch of emptiness at the success you didn't find! (You didn't find)
B7
Think of how much happier you would be at that time,
        C                             Am         D
if you never ever failed because you didn't even try! So,


[Verse 3]
         Em                           A
If the pitch begins to sag and the tempo starts to slow, (2, 3, 4)
    D7                                  G             G7
And if your quartet just can't seem to book a single show,
     Em7                            A7
And even if it's been ten years and you're down on your luck,
               C           D        Am       G       Em   G
Be like Throwback and give up, give up, give up!


[Verse 4]
     Em7                             A7
And don't forget our judges work so hard this contest week,
      D7                                 G           G7
They score a hundred good quartets and never get to sleep,
  Em7                                       A7
So it makes sense, when they heard Midtown sing that spider stuff,
                C        Am       D       Am       G                   G7  C#7
They just gave up, gave up, gave up, gave up, gave up! (They just gave up) Now,


[Bridge 2]
B7
    We could be like other groups who quit successfully,
      Em                       B7            Em                B7
Like Rooftop Records, TNS, or Stateline Grocery (They quit so good!)
B7
Think of how much happier Clutch would feel right now,
        C                                 Am                 D7
If instead of bringing Jeff in, they gave up just like Wheelhouse?


[Verse 5]
         A                                 B7
Oh, of course we know the four of us have also paid our dues,
       E7                                           A               A7
We've been at this for twelve-ish years, we should probably give up too,
   F#m                             B7
Unfortunately friendship will keep us from closing shop,
       D                            Bm              E7
We're gonna keep on singing whether you like it or not (Hee hee ha ha ha)


[Tag]
    A                             B7
So life is just a compromise and everyone can see,
    E7                                    A              C#
Newfangled Four will take sixth place for all eternity,
    F#m                                B7
And sure we sing some funny songs but being single sucks!
               D        Bm       E7       Bm       A              F#
We should give up, give up, give up, give up, give up! (One more time,)
               D        Bm       E7       Bm       A              F#
We should give up, give up, give up, give up, give up! (I really mean it!)
           D        Bm       E7       Bm       A              F#
Let's give up, give up, give up, give up, give up! (Come on guys, Yes Jackson)
B  Cm    E7         A
We will never give up!
A              A7               D                   B7
(I guess he's right, try as we might, we're in the fight)
        Dsus4    Bm7 F7 A
(We can never    gi-ive up!)