Rejects

5 Seconds of Summer

PopAdvanced for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
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E major chord 
 
E|--0---- 
B|--0---- 
G|--1---- 
D|--2---- 
A|--2---- 
E|--0---- 
 
A major chord 
 
E|--5---- 
B|--5---- 
G|--6---- 
D|--7---- 
A|--7---- 
E|--5---- 
 
B major chord 
 
E|--7---- 
B|--7---- 
G|--8---- 
D|--9---- 
A|--9---- 
E|--7---- 
 
C major chord 
 
E|--8---- 
B|--8---- 
G|--9---- 
D|--10--- 
A|--10--- 
E|--8---- 
 
C# minor chord 
 
E|--4---- 
B|--5---- 
G|--6---- 
D|--6---- 
A|--4---- 
E|--4---- 
 
G# major chord 
 
E|--4---- 
B|--4---- 
G|--5---- 
D|--6---- 
A|--6---- 
E|--4---- 
 
E(2) major chord 
 
E|--12---- 
B|--12---- 
G|--13---- 
D|--14---- 
A|--14---- 
E|--12---- 
 
D# major chord 
 
E|--11---- 
B|--11---- 
G|--12---- 
D|--13---- 
A|--13---- 
E|--11---- 
 
Intro: 
 
E A B 
E C B  
(x2) 
 
Verse: 
 
E 
Back at school 
                          A       B 
They all thought I was an outcast car crash 
E                              C B 
Hopeless fool, they said to me 
E 
And my girlfriend said I messed up 
     A      B 
Will I ever grow up 
A           C       B 
In the end, I'm not gonna 
 
 
E          A 
What was I thinking 
E          A 
Everyone sees it 
E          A           C          B 
It's not a secret that i'm just a reject 
E           A         E         A 
Sick of the system, don't wanna hear it 
E           A           C          B 
It's not a secret that i'm just a reject 
 
E A B 
E  
C          B  
I'm just a reject 
 
Verse: 
 
E 
My teacher said I was mentally disabled, 
A  B 
So unstable 
E                            C B 
So I'll stay in bed, all day 
E 
Save your breath 
                       A       B 
You can talk at me but I'm not listening 
E 
If this is a test 
         C        B 
Then I'm probably failing 
 
 
E          A 
What was I thinking 
E          A 
Everyone sees it 
E          A           C          B 
It's not a secret that i'm just a reject 
E           A         E         A 
Sick of the system, don't wanna hear it 
E           A           C          B 
It's not a secret that i'm just a reject 
 
Bridge: 
 
C#m          G#        A              E (D#) 
They try to save me but I'm too far gone 
    C#m          G#       A            E (D#) 
And they call me crazy so I played along 
    C#m          G#            A              E (D#) 
And they want to change me but I'm on my own 
 
                          E       A B 
Da da da da da da da da 
                   C B    E       A B 
Da da da da da da da da 
 
E C B 
 
(no guitar) 
What was I thinking 
 
Everyone sees it 
E          A           C          B 
It's not a secret that i'm just a reject 
E           A         E         A 
Sick of the system, don't wanna hear it 
E           A           C          B 
It's not a secret that i'm just a reject 
 
E A B 
E  
C          B  
I'm just a reject 
E A B 
E  
C          B  
I'm just a reject

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Chord set

E · B · G · D · A · C · C#m · G# · D#

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.