Olivia Rodrigo - pretty isn’t pretty: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "pretty isn’t pretty" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn pretty isn’t pretty Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Olivia Rodrigo

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "pretty isn’t pretty" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

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D                  G
Bought a bunch of makeup
Bm                A
Tryna cover up my face
D                  G
I started to skip lunch
        Bm                   A
Stopped eatin' cake on birthdays

I bought a new prescription
to try and stay calm
'Cause there's always somethin' missin'
There's always somethin' in
the mirror that I think looks wrong

Chorus:
       D            G          Bm
When pretty isn't pretty enough
             A
What do you do?
    D            G         Bm
And everybody's keepin' it up
                   A
So you think it's you
          D                      G
I could change up my body, and change up my face
         Bm                   A       D
I could try every lipstick in every shade
                         G
But I'd always feel the same
         Bm           A               D G Bm A
'Cause pretty isn't pretty enough anyway

You can win the battle, but you'll
never win the war
You fix the things you hated
and you'd still feel so insecure

       Em                        F#m
And I try to ignore it, but it's everythin' I see
             G
It's on the poster on the wall,
              A
it's in the shitty magazines

It's in my phone, it's in my head,
it's in the boys I bring to bed
It's all around, it's all the time,
I don't know why I even try

Chorus:
When pretty isn't pretty enough, what do you do?
And everybody's keepin' it up,
so you think it's you
I could change up my body and change up my face
I could try every lipstick in every shade
But I'd always feel the same
'Cause pretty isn't pretty enough

      Em                               F#m
And I bought all the clothes that they told me
to buy
          G                   A
I chased some dumb ideal my whole fucking life
     Em                      D
And none of it matters, and none of it ends
          G                      A      D
You just feel like shit over and over again

A
No, it'll never change
  D            G      Bm A
Pretty isn't pretty enough
D     G                Bm   A
Everybody's keepin' it up, oh
  D            G      Bm A
Pretty isn't pretty enough
  D        G Bm A
Pretty isn't


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "pretty isn’t pretty" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "pretty isn’t pretty" by Olivia Rodrigo.