G
Sweet life livin’
D
Pools and swimming
Em
Drinks in bars and
C
Boys in cars and
G
Rooftop sinning
D
Skinny dipping
Em
Shooting stars with you
C
Fat cigars and
Pre-Chorus:
G
And that weekend up in the islands
D
They stop and stare
Em
Flashes filling the silence
C
Of a Hollywood love affair
G
Waking up in the islands
D
Cause I saw you there
Em C
Lost and trying to be
Chorus:
G
I was just trying to be cool
D
I was just trying to be like you
Em
I’m a spark and you’re a boom
C
What am I supposed to do?
Verse 2:
G
Mansion debut
D
Love it, Do you?
Em
Absent father
C
Pays his daughter
G
And her mama withdrew
D
From the life they once knew
Em
She had a heart
C
But she sold it off for
Pre-Chorus:
G
And that weekend up in the islands
D
They stop and stare
Em
Flashes filling the silence
C
Of a Hollywood love affair
G
Waking up in the islands
D
Cause I saw you there
Em C
Lost and trying to be
Chorus:
G
I was just trying to be cool
D
I was just trying to be like you
Em
I’m a spark and you’re a boom
C
What am I supposed to do?
Bridge:
G
When I’ve got that cigarette smoke
D
And Saint Laurent coat, but nothing is feeling right
Em
I drink but I choke
C
I love but I don’t
Chorus:
G
I was just trying to be cool
D
I was just trying to be like you
Em
I was just trying to be cool
C
I was just trying to be like you
G
I’m a spark and you’re a boom
D
What am I supposed to do?
Em
I was just trying to be cool
C
I was just trying to be like you
I’m a spark and you’re a boom
What am I supposed to do?
