Chords for CNN: Rocker mom Liz Phair talks sexuality
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It's kind of rock, pop, folk, feminism.
Rap.
I have [B] changed my style [D] a [Am] number of times.
I think I [B] broke on the scene with an indie record.
Indie to me has always meant making art
outside of the big money structure.
It's been an economic term for me.
Indie meant I can do it too, you can do it too,
but to me it was never [A] stylistic.
Sing [G] all the witches [D] dead,
come out of your house [E] and cover [A] your head.
[G] Dinos for good [D] soul, baby.
When I went pop, [A] when I came out with my eponymous CD,
[E] Liz Fair, Liz Fair, which had songs on it that I co-wrote
with a very high [D] profile pop writing machine,
[A] everyone was very upset [D] with me
because I [B] had turned my back in their eyes on my indie roots
and gone [D] mainstream.
So I [Dm] think the women that felt [A] betrayed
were [D] reacting mostly to the [G] pop imaging
[A] [G] and less to [D] the notion that [G] here was [A] a woman
doing what [G] she liked [D] and continuing to do [E] what she liked,
which [Ab] is the ultimate power and freedom.
[C] Give it to me, [G] don't give it away.
[Dm] Don't think [F] about what the others say.
[C] I think there's a double [G] standard in the society,
not just [Dm] the industry, when it comes to female sexuality
and the roles [D] that women are allowed [Dm] to inhabit as they [F] age.
I was definitely not going to be wearing [Cm] pantyhose
and cutting [D] all my hair [G] off when I reached a certain age.
[A] [C] [G] I never said a [A] thing.
[C] [D] [G] [Am] Well, there's a double [G] standard for you
[G] because a rock [A] dad [C] has [G] a non-rock mom at home
to be that [C] element of control, [G] stability, [A] respectability.
So if [G] you're a rock [D] mom, everyone freaks out.
[G] They're like, [A] what [G] about those four children?
And the truth is, when I'm home, I'm mom,
[D] I'm Elizabeth Fair, I'm myself.
Well, it's disappointingly normal.
It really, really is.
I'm sorry.
And that's why it's fun to go out and tour
and be [D] extreme and be different than you are at home.
[G] [C]
Rap.
I have [B] changed my style [D] a [Am] number of times.
I think I [B] broke on the scene with an indie record.
Indie to me has always meant making art
outside of the big money structure.
It's been an economic term for me.
Indie meant I can do it too, you can do it too,
but to me it was never [A] stylistic.
Sing [G] all the witches [D] dead,
come out of your house [E] and cover [A] your head.
[G] Dinos for good [D] soul, baby.
When I went pop, [A] when I came out with my eponymous CD,
[E] Liz Fair, Liz Fair, which had songs on it that I co-wrote
with a very high [D] profile pop writing machine,
[A] everyone was very upset [D] with me
because I [B] had turned my back in their eyes on my indie roots
and gone [D] mainstream.
So I [Dm] think the women that felt [A] betrayed
were [D] reacting mostly to the [G] pop imaging
[A] [G] and less to [D] the notion that [G] here was [A] a woman
doing what [G] she liked [D] and continuing to do [E] what she liked,
which [Ab] is the ultimate power and freedom.
[C] Give it to me, [G] don't give it away.
[Dm] Don't think [F] about what the others say.
[C] I think there's a double [G] standard in the society,
not just [Dm] the industry, when it comes to female sexuality
and the roles [D] that women are allowed [Dm] to inhabit as they [F] age.
I was definitely not going to be wearing [Cm] pantyhose
and cutting [D] all my hair [G] off when I reached a certain age.
[A] [C] [G] I never said a [A] thing.
[C] [D] [G] [Am] Well, there's a double [G] standard for you
[G] because a rock [A] dad [C] has [G] a non-rock mom at home
to be that [C] element of control, [G] stability, [A] respectability.
So if [G] you're a rock [D] mom, everyone freaks out.
[G] They're like, [A] what [G] about those four children?
And the truth is, when I'm home, I'm mom,
[D] I'm Elizabeth Fair, I'm myself.
Well, it's disappointingly normal.
It really, really is.
I'm sorry.
And that's why it's fun to go out and tour
and be [D] extreme and be different than you are at home.
[G] [C]
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It's kind of rock, pop, folk, feminism.
Rap. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I have [B] changed my style [D] a [Am] number of times.
I think I [B] broke on the scene with an indie record.
Indie to me has always meant making art
outside of the big money structure.
It's been an economic term for me.
Indie meant I can do it too, you can do it too,
but to me it was never [A] stylistic.
Sing [G] all the witches [D] dead,
come out of your house [E] and cover [A] your head.
[G] Dinos for good [D] soul, baby.
When I went pop, [A] when I came out with my eponymous CD,
[E] Liz Fair, Liz Fair, which had _ songs on it that I co-wrote
with a very high [D] profile pop writing machine,
[A] everyone was very upset [D] with me
because I [B] had turned my back in their eyes on my indie roots
and gone [D] mainstream.
So I [Dm] think the women that felt [A] betrayed
were [D] reacting mostly to the [G] pop imaging
[A] _ [G] and less to [D] the notion that [G] here was [A] a woman
doing what [G] she liked [D] and continuing to do [E] what she liked,
which [Ab] is the ultimate power and freedom.
[C] Give it to me, [G] don't give it away.
[Dm] Don't think [F] about what the others say.
[C] I think there's a double [G] standard in the society,
not just [Dm] the industry, when it comes to female sexuality
and _ the roles [D] that women are allowed [Dm] to inhabit as they [F] age.
I was definitely not going to be wearing [Cm] pantyhose
and cutting [D] all my hair [G] off when I reached a certain age. _
[A] _ [C] _ [G] I never said a [A] thing. _
[C] _ [D] _ _ [G] [Am] Well, there's a double [G] standard for you
[G] because a rock [A] dad [C] has [G] a non-rock mom at home
to be that [C] element of control, [G] stability, [A] respectability.
So if [G] you're a rock [D] mom, everyone freaks out.
[G] They're like, [A] what [G] about those four children?
And the truth is, when I'm home, I'm mom,
[D] I'm Elizabeth Fair, I'm myself.
Well, it's _ _ disappointingly normal.
It really, really is.
I'm sorry.
And that's why it's fun to go out and tour
and be [D] extreme and be different than you are at home.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
Rap. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I have [B] changed my style [D] a [Am] number of times.
I think I [B] broke on the scene with an indie record.
Indie to me has always meant making art
outside of the big money structure.
It's been an economic term for me.
Indie meant I can do it too, you can do it too,
but to me it was never [A] stylistic.
Sing [G] all the witches [D] dead,
come out of your house [E] and cover [A] your head.
[G] Dinos for good [D] soul, baby.
When I went pop, [A] when I came out with my eponymous CD,
[E] Liz Fair, Liz Fair, which had _ songs on it that I co-wrote
with a very high [D] profile pop writing machine,
[A] everyone was very upset [D] with me
because I [B] had turned my back in their eyes on my indie roots
and gone [D] mainstream.
So I [Dm] think the women that felt [A] betrayed
were [D] reacting mostly to the [G] pop imaging
[A] _ [G] and less to [D] the notion that [G] here was [A] a woman
doing what [G] she liked [D] and continuing to do [E] what she liked,
which [Ab] is the ultimate power and freedom.
[C] Give it to me, [G] don't give it away.
[Dm] Don't think [F] about what the others say.
[C] I think there's a double [G] standard in the society,
not just [Dm] the industry, when it comes to female sexuality
and _ the roles [D] that women are allowed [Dm] to inhabit as they [F] age.
I was definitely not going to be wearing [Cm] pantyhose
and cutting [D] all my hair [G] off when I reached a certain age. _
[A] _ [C] _ [G] I never said a [A] thing. _
[C] _ [D] _ _ [G] [Am] Well, there's a double [G] standard for you
[G] because a rock [A] dad [C] has [G] a non-rock mom at home
to be that [C] element of control, [G] stability, [A] respectability.
So if [G] you're a rock [D] mom, everyone freaks out.
[G] They're like, [A] what [G] about those four children?
And the truth is, when I'm home, I'm mom,
[D] I'm Elizabeth Fair, I'm myself.
Well, it's _ _ disappointingly normal.
It really, really is.
I'm sorry.
And that's why it's fun to go out and tour
and be [D] extreme and be different than you are at home.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _