(Little Miss Dramatic) (Verse 1) [C] You keep the thermostat at "nice" (a coward's setting) [G] A shaded life, a luke-warm light. [Am] You got your perfect, plastic way [F] Where nothin' gets too bright. Or too alive, it's so... polite. (so boring) [C] But my pulse runs on kerosene (feel that heat?) [G] A different, hotter, brighter dream. (Pre-Chorus) [Am] So let the record show the crack— [Em] The seismic tremor down my back. [G] I'm not apologizin'... for the crash. [F] (whatcha gonna [G] do?) (Chorus) [C] And you call me Little Miss Dramatic! [G] (Yeah, and?) Like it's written on my file in [Am] red! [F] [C] Little Miss Dramatic! [G] For the big feelings in your [Am] small head! [F] (so small!) [C] Yeah, you call me Little Miss Dramatic! [G] For every time my truth got [Am] loud! [F] (let's go!) [C] Your world's so quiet, it's pathetic! [G] And I'm sayin' it right [Am] now, I'm proud! [F] (say it louder!) (Verse 2) [C] You built a museum of "okay" (yawn) [G] Pristine and quiet, cold and gray. (frigid) [Am] Then got offended by the bloom— (of course you were) [F] The messy, fragrant, movin' truth. [C] I am the weather moving in... (buckle up) [G] Your welcomed storm, your owned sin. (Pre-Chorus) [Am] So let the chronicles all state: [Em] I loved too much, I felt too great. (guilty) [G] I was the sound... of hearts awake. [F] (you're wel- [G] come) (Chorus) [C] And you call me Little Miss Dramatic! [G] (Spell it!) Like it's written on my file in [Am] red! [F] [C] Little Miss Dramatic! [G] For the big feelings in your [Am] small head! [F] [C] Yeah, you call me Little Miss Dramatic! (try and stop me) [G] For every time my truth got [Am] loud! [F] [C] Your world's so quiet, it's pathetic! [G] And I'm sayin' it right [Am] now, I'm proud! [F] (Bridge) [Am] Is it the volume? The colors I use? (too vibrant?) [Em] This heart ain't built on subtle clues... (never was) [G] You handed me a script, said "just be mild" [F] But I went off-book... and drove 'em wild. (they loved it) [C] They say "reign it in," and "don't be so vast"... [G] But a whispered "maybe" is a brick I'll never cast. (nope) [Am] So let 'em call it chaos, this beautiful noise [F] It's the only honest sound in this void of pleasant poise. [C] If your love comes with a volume knob, then turn it all the way down. (mute yourself) [G] My symphony's beginning in the wreckage of your frown. [Am] 'Cause I'd rather be the storm warning on your nightly news... (breaking news, it's me!) [F] Than the static in the background you're afraid to use. [C] This drama? It's my dialect. This mess? It's my design. [G] (signature style) [MASSIVE, SASSY, AND DRAMATIC GUITAR SOLO] (Solo over a driving rhythmic pattern based on the core chords: C | G | Am | F |) (Suspense Refrain) [C] (Oh-oh-oh-oh...) [G] Go ahead. Hold your breath. [Am] Feel it building in the wire... [F] A single, sparking, live desire... [C] (Oh-oh-oh-oh...) [G] You scared? [Am] The calm before the [F] FIRE... [C] (boom) (Chorus) [C] And you call me LITTLE MISS DRAMATIC! (I earned it!) [G] Like it's written on my file in [Am] red! [F] [C] LITTLE MISS DRAMATIC! [G] For the big feelings in your [Am] small head! [F] (tiny!) [C] Yeah, you call me LITTLE MISS DRAMATIC! (say it with your chest!) [G] For every time my truth got [Am] loud! [F] [C] Your world's so quiet, it's pathetic! [G] And I'm sayin' it right [Am] now, I'M PROUD! [F] (hear that?!) (Outro) [C] So you BETTER call me LITTLE MISS DRAMATIC! [G] Scream it 'til your voice gives out! Tattoo it on my file in [Am] red! [F] [C] LITTLE MISS DRAMATIC! (that's my name, don't wear it out) [G] For your TINY feelings in your [Am] SHRUNKEN head! [F] [C] Oh, you MAD that I'm LITTLE MISS DRAMATIC? (seems like it) [G] For every time I SCREAMED the truth [Am] out loud! [F] (and I'd do it again!) [C] Your world's a silent, BORING tragic! [G] And I'm yellin' from the roof, I'M [Am] PROUD! [F] (PROUD!) [C] YEAH, CRY IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS, I'M LITTLE MISS DRAMATIC! [G] WRITE IT ON THE WALLS IN [Am] BLOOD-RED! My favorite color! [F] [C] I'M YOUR LITTLE. MISS. DRAMATIC! (say it like you mean it) [G] The BEST damn thing your [Am] small head's ever said! Finally got something right! [F] [C] THANK YOU for the crown, I'M LITTLE MISS DRAMATIC! (it fits perfectly) [G] The siren you could NEVER [Am] shut down! Keep trying! [F] [C] Your quiet world is OVER! As of now! [G] I'M SAYING IT FOR THE WHOLE DAMN TOWN! [Am] I'M LITTLE MISS DRAMATIC! [F] AND I'M PROUD! (is that all you've got?) [C] PROUD! (I'm just gettin' started) [G] PROUD! (I'm...) (Final whisper, with a smile) ...still here. Still dramatic.
