Not Your NPC (FAWM 2026-8)
Words and music by Joe Ficklin © 2026-02

E7 Em E7 Em E7 Em E7 Em E7 Listen up, buttercup / I was here before you Am E Am E And I swear that I don't care / Though others might adore you E7 Em E7 Em E7 Em E7 Em E7 It’s my right with open sight / To pick the path I'm going Am E Am E You think it hard? I've got a card / Which, to you, I am not showing D Am F G Am I am not your NPC / I've got my life to live F G Am F G Am You're looking for a gift that's free / There's nothing that I've got to give G D C G My goals are mine and mine alone / You shouldn't bother me Am C G Am E Am From my perch upon my throne / YOU are the N- P- C E7 Em E7 Em E7 Em E7 Em E7 You're treating life just like a game / With MC energy Am E Am E You're treating people just the same / That doesn't work on me E7 Em E7 Em E7 Em E7 Em E7 I don't need you here at all / You should just go away Am E Am E If I want you, I will call / No cause for you to stay D Am F G Am I am not your NPC / I've got my life to live F G Am F G Am You're looking for a gift that's free / There's nothing that I've got to give G D C G My goals are mine and mine alone / You shouldn't bother me Am C G Am E Am From my perch upon my throne / YOU are the N- P- C E7 Em E7 Em E7 Em E7 Em E7 It might be nice to live a life / In shadow to another Am E Am E Not to take on care or strife / Where each man is a brother E7 Em E7 Em E7 Em E7 Em E7 Where's the challenge to the soul / When quests are left abandoned Am E Am E I could never pay that toll / Yet I'll not be commanded D Am F G Am I am not your NPC / I've got my life to live F G Am F G Am You're looking for a gift that's free / There's nothing that I've got to give G D C G My goals are mine and mine alone / You shouldn't bother me Am C G Am E Am From my perch upon my throne / YOU are the N- P- C E7 Em E7 Em E7 Em E7 Em E7 Leave me now, be on your way / As I shall travel mine Am E Am E Perhaps we'll meet another day / If not, that too is fine E7 Em E7 Em E7 Em E7 Em E7 The sun is shining in the sky / Too short is the day Am E Am E There doesn't need to be a why / But I'll be on my way D Am F G Am I am not your NPC / I've got my life to live F G Am F G Am You're looking for a gift that's free / There's nothing that I've got to give G D C G My goals are mine and mine alone / You shouldn't bother me Am C G Am E Am From my perch upon my throne / YOU are the N- P- C