Chords for Gender Is Boring
Tempo:
109.85 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
E
A
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E]
[A] [Am] [C]
[G] [E]
[A] [C]
I [G] never wanted to be a princess, I [E] never asked anyone to braid my hair, I never asked my
mom to buy me things that I saw on the [C] TV market, it's always girls.
[G] I never wanted
to wear a dress, [E] and I was never obsessed with the color pink or sparkly things, [C] unicorns
or fucking fairy wings.
[A] Gender never [C] really meant that much [G] to me, [A] until people started
telling [C] me how it was [G] supposed to be, [A] until the people that [C] I love started [G] to say,
[A] boys
[C] don't [G] talk that way,
[A] boys [C] don't [G] dress that way, [E] boys [C] don't [G] act that way.
[E] [Am]
[C] [G]
[E]
[C] [G] You see the
problem I have with gender, [E] is that I'm not even sure whether [A] I know what I mean when
I [C] say I'm a girl because I feel that way.
[G] Boys can wear dresses and make up, [E] anyone
can wear whatever they want, girls can have short hair and muscles, [C] and that's where I
run into trouble.
[G] Because if I use two pronouns, well what does that [E] mean?
Am I reinforcing
a gender binary that I don't believe in, that I don't adhere [C] to?
I say I'm a woman, what's
that supposed to [E] tell you?
Gender doesn't [C] tell you a damn thing [G] about me.
[E] It doesn't
tell you what I [C] like or how I act, it doesn't [G] tell you how I speak.
[E] The people you [C] love,
they don't love you [G] if they say, [A] boys [C]
[G] don't talk that way, [A] [C] boys [G] don't dress that way,
[E] [C]
boys [G] don't act that way.
[A] I think [C] it's time that our culture [G] moves past this fucked [E] up
notion of the way [A] we act.
It's dictated [C] at birth or that we have [G] to choose.
It's an imposed
[E] binary either way [A] we lose.
Just do what you [C] want, or dress how you [G] feel.
Don't let anyone
tell [E] you that gender is [A] real.
It's useless, [C] oppressive, and boring.
[G] Worthless and [E] hurtful
and stifling.
[A] I think it's time [C] that we put it in [G] its place.
[E] Stop trying to put [C] gender
into a [G] net, great.
[A] I never again want to hear anyone [G] say, [A] boys [G] don't act that way,
[E] girls
[C] don't act [G] that way, boys [C] don't act [G] that way,
[A] boys [C] don't [G] act that way.
[N]
[A] [Am] [C]
[G] [E]
[A] [C]
I [G] never wanted to be a princess, I [E] never asked anyone to braid my hair, I never asked my
mom to buy me things that I saw on the [C] TV market, it's always girls.
[G] I never wanted
to wear a dress, [E] and I was never obsessed with the color pink or sparkly things, [C] unicorns
or fucking fairy wings.
[A] Gender never [C] really meant that much [G] to me, [A] until people started
telling [C] me how it was [G] supposed to be, [A] until the people that [C] I love started [G] to say,
[A] boys
[C] don't [G] talk that way,
[A] boys [C] don't [G] dress that way, [E] boys [C] don't [G] act that way.
[E] [Am]
[C] [G]
[E]
[C] [G] You see the
problem I have with gender, [E] is that I'm not even sure whether [A] I know what I mean when
I [C] say I'm a girl because I feel that way.
[G] Boys can wear dresses and make up, [E] anyone
can wear whatever they want, girls can have short hair and muscles, [C] and that's where I
run into trouble.
[G] Because if I use two pronouns, well what does that [E] mean?
Am I reinforcing
a gender binary that I don't believe in, that I don't adhere [C] to?
I say I'm a woman, what's
that supposed to [E] tell you?
Gender doesn't [C] tell you a damn thing [G] about me.
[E] It doesn't
tell you what I [C] like or how I act, it doesn't [G] tell you how I speak.
[E] The people you [C] love,
they don't love you [G] if they say, [A] boys [C]
[G] don't talk that way, [A] [C] boys [G] don't dress that way,
[E] [C]
boys [G] don't act that way.
[A] I think [C] it's time that our culture [G] moves past this fucked [E] up
notion of the way [A] we act.
It's dictated [C] at birth or that we have [G] to choose.
It's an imposed
[E] binary either way [A] we lose.
Just do what you [C] want, or dress how you [G] feel.
Don't let anyone
tell [E] you that gender is [A] real.
It's useless, [C] oppressive, and boring.
[G] Worthless and [E] hurtful
and stifling.
[A] I think it's time [C] that we put it in [G] its place.
[E] Stop trying to put [C] gender
into a [G] net, great.
[A] I never again want to hear anyone [G] say, [A] boys [G] don't act that way,
[E] girls
[C] don't act [G] that way, boys [C] don't act [G] that way,
[A] boys [C] don't [G] act that way.
[N]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
I [G] never wanted to be a princess, I [E] never asked anyone to braid my hair, I never asked my
mom to buy me things that I saw on the [C] TV market, it's always girls.
[G] I never wanted
to wear a dress, [E] and I was never obsessed with the color pink or sparkly things, [C] unicorns
or fucking fairy wings.
[A] Gender never [C] really meant that much [G] to me, _ [A] until people started
telling [C] me how it was [G] supposed to be, _ [A] until the people that [C] I love started [G] to say, _
_ [A] boys
[C] don't [G] talk that way, _
_ [A] boys [C] don't [G] dress that way, _ [E] boys [C] don't [G] act that _ way. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] You see the
problem I have with gender, [E] is that I'm not even sure whether [A] I know what I mean when
I [C] say I'm a girl because I feel that way.
[G] Boys can wear dresses and make up, [E] anyone
can wear whatever they want, girls can have short hair and muscles, [C] and that's where I
run into trouble.
[G] Because if I use two pronouns, well what does that [E] mean?
Am I reinforcing
a gender binary that I don't believe in, that I don't adhere [C] to?
I say I'm a woman, what's
that supposed to [E] tell you?
Gender doesn't [C] tell you a damn thing [G] about me.
_ [E] It doesn't
tell you what I [C] like or how I act, it doesn't [G] tell you how I speak.
[E] The people you [C] love,
they don't love you [G] if they say, _ _ [A] boys [C] _
[G] don't talk that way, _ [A] _ [C] boys [G] don't dress that way,
_ [E] _ _ [C]
boys [G] don't act that way. _ _ _ _
_ [A] I think [C] it's time that our culture [G] moves past this fucked [E] up
notion of the way [A] we act.
It's dictated [C] at birth or that we have [G] to choose.
It's an imposed
[E] binary either way [A] we lose.
Just do what you [C] want, or dress how you [G] feel.
Don't let anyone
tell [E] you that gender is [A] real.
It's useless, [C] oppressive, and boring.
[G] Worthless and [E] hurtful
and stifling.
[A] I think it's time [C] that we put it in [G] its place. _
[E] Stop trying to put [C] gender
into a [G] net, great. _ _
[A] I never again want to hear anyone [G] _ say, _ [A] boys [G] don't act that way, _
[E] _ girls
[C] don't act [G] that way, _ _ boys [C] don't act [G] that way, _
[A] boys _ [C] don't [G] act that way.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
I [G] never wanted to be a princess, I [E] never asked anyone to braid my hair, I never asked my
mom to buy me things that I saw on the [C] TV market, it's always girls.
[G] I never wanted
to wear a dress, [E] and I was never obsessed with the color pink or sparkly things, [C] unicorns
or fucking fairy wings.
[A] Gender never [C] really meant that much [G] to me, _ [A] until people started
telling [C] me how it was [G] supposed to be, _ [A] until the people that [C] I love started [G] to say, _
_ [A] boys
[C] don't [G] talk that way, _
_ [A] boys [C] don't [G] dress that way, _ [E] boys [C] don't [G] act that _ way. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] You see the
problem I have with gender, [E] is that I'm not even sure whether [A] I know what I mean when
I [C] say I'm a girl because I feel that way.
[G] Boys can wear dresses and make up, [E] anyone
can wear whatever they want, girls can have short hair and muscles, [C] and that's where I
run into trouble.
[G] Because if I use two pronouns, well what does that [E] mean?
Am I reinforcing
a gender binary that I don't believe in, that I don't adhere [C] to?
I say I'm a woman, what's
that supposed to [E] tell you?
Gender doesn't [C] tell you a damn thing [G] about me.
_ [E] It doesn't
tell you what I [C] like or how I act, it doesn't [G] tell you how I speak.
[E] The people you [C] love,
they don't love you [G] if they say, _ _ [A] boys [C] _
[G] don't talk that way, _ [A] _ [C] boys [G] don't dress that way,
_ [E] _ _ [C]
boys [G] don't act that way. _ _ _ _
_ [A] I think [C] it's time that our culture [G] moves past this fucked [E] up
notion of the way [A] we act.
It's dictated [C] at birth or that we have [G] to choose.
It's an imposed
[E] binary either way [A] we lose.
Just do what you [C] want, or dress how you [G] feel.
Don't let anyone
tell [E] you that gender is [A] real.
It's useless, [C] oppressive, and boring.
[G] Worthless and [E] hurtful
and stifling.
[A] I think it's time [C] that we put it in [G] its place. _
[E] Stop trying to put [C] gender
into a [G] net, great. _ _
[A] I never again want to hear anyone [G] _ say, _ [A] boys [G] don't act that way, _
[E] _ girls
[C] don't act [G] that way, _ _ boys [C] don't act [G] that way, _
[A] boys _ [C] don't [G] act that way.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _