Lying Flat Is King - Tang Ping - 躺平是王道

| D | % | Bm | % | G | % | A | % | D 996 过 劳 996 Guò láo (Working nine to nine, six days a week) Bm 头发 不见 了 Tóufǎ bùjiànle (Your hair is falling out) G A 躺 平 是 解 药 Tǎng píng shì jiě yào (Lying flat is the antidote) D 躺 平 真 是 好 Tǎng píng zhēnshi hǎo (Lying flat is really good) Bm 躺 平 真 是 妙 Tǎng píng zhēnshi miào (Lying flat is really marvelous) G A 躺 平 是 王 道 Tǎng píng shì wángdào (Lying flat is the King!) N.C. D 躺 平 割 也 割 不 到 Tǎng píng gē yě gē bù dào (Lying flat, you can’t be cut down) N.C. D 躺 平 真 的 割 不 到 Tǎng píng zhēn de gē bù dào (Lying flat, you truly can’t be cut down) D 内 卷 又 内 耗 Nèi juǎn yòu nèihào (Competition’s inward spiral is a waste of energy) Bm 社 畜 自己 造 shèchù zìjǐ zào (that wage slaves make for themselves. 1, 2) G A 躺 平 是 正 道 Tǎng píng shì zhèngdào (Lying flat is the right way) D 躺 平 就 是 好 Tǎng píng jiùshì hǎo (Lying flat is simply good) Bm 躺 平 真 是 妙 Tǎng píng zhēnshi miào (Lying flat is really marvelous) G A 躺 平 是 王 道 Tǎng píng shì wángdào (Lying flat is King!) N.C. D 躺 平 再 也 摔 不 倒 Tǎng píng zài yě shuāi bù dǎo (Lying flat, and never fall down) N.C. D 躺 平 摔 也 摔 不 倒 Tǎng píng shuāi yě shuāi bù dào (Lying flat, you can’t fall down) | D | % | Bm | % | G | % | A | % | D “花呗” 一时 爽 “Huā bei” yīshí shuǎng, ("Buy now, pay later" is fine for a while) Bm 还款 两 头 忙 huán kuǎn liǎngtóu máng (but repayment cost twice as much. 3) G A 躺 平 是 法宝 （是 法宝） Tǎng píng shì fǎbǎo (shì fǎbǎo) (Lying flat is the magic bullet 4) D 躺平真是好 （真是好）， Tǎng píng zhēnshi hǎo (zhēnshi hǎo), (Lying flat is really good, is really good) Bm 躺 平 真 是 妙 （真 是 妙）， Tǎng píng zhēnshi miào (zhēnshi miào), (lying down is really fine, really fine) G A 躺 平 是 王 道 Tǎng píng shì wángdào (Lying flat is King!) N.C D 躺 平 节能 又 环 保 Tǎng píng jiénéng yòu huánbǎo (A Lying Down Day can even save the planet) N.C. D 躺 平 节能 又 环 保 Tǎng píng jiénéng yòu huánbǎo (A Lying Down Day can even save the planet) N.C. D 躺 平 真 的 是 王 道 Tǎng píng zhēn de shì wángdào (Lying flat is truly the King) Footnotes: 1 "Competition's inward spiral" (内卷): Technically refers to an "involution," but has come to denote areas of extreme and toxic social or professional competition, such as China's college entrance examinations or office workers' determination to work overtime in order to compete at work. See also: https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/250474212 2 "Wage slaves" (社畜): Originally a Japanese term (Shachiku), company employees who sacrifice everything for work. 3 What I have translated as "by now, pay later" is, in the original lyric, actually much more specific. Pleco dictionary explains the term huabei as: "Ant Check Later," consumer credit service offered by Ant Financial Services (蚂蚁金服) an affiliate of the Chinese AliBaba Group. 4 "The magic bullet" (法宝) refers to a magical talisman or any other talismanic object.