Chords for Icon For Hire-Now You Know (Official Music Video)
Tempo:
86.15 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Em
Am
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am]
[C] [G]
[F] [Em] [A]
[Cm] [Bm] [A]
Or that play it off me and I'm [Cm] not trying to pick a fight
Or [Em] be nobody's leader
But [A] it feels like [F] everybody's just a little too interested
In the fact that females can indeed make music
For [D] our interviews, our bios, [C] they all make it a point
Female-fronted band from [E] different [A] noise
And just once, I'd love to see some other band's resume
Grow out of their way to say they're fronted by a male, okay
And while we're on it, let me say, women's don't all sound the same
[Ab] Who gave us the idea that female-fronted is [Am] a genre anyway?
Seems like everywhere I go
[C] Everybody wanna know
[G]
What's it like to be a girl in the [F] music world?
[Em] [Am]
Wanna make it disappear?
[Dm] Tell them what they [D] wanna hear
[C] And the truth ain't clear, will your eyes stay with me?
Will [G] you love me, love me, [Em] or leave?
[B] And I know it's not fair and I can't complain
Cause [E] with a girl in our band, people don't look away
But you know what?
It feels like they look just a little too long
[C] Hear me up and don't forget [Gb] to listen to the song
I [A] take the stage and before I even open my mouth
The audience assumes that they got it all figured out
Oh, [A] your band's got a chick, must be some kind of trick
[F] There's no way she got herself [E] sucking somebody
Did you [A] really think that's how it works?
I'm not fucking eye candy, I'm here to do my job
I'll be the last man standing
Boys in the crowd asking for me to flash
[C] And well, here you go, knee [Bm] splash
You're ignorant and that's [A] that
I bet you'd never say that to your little sister
The media's got you all jacked up, little mister
Cause girls in my position can perpetuate the cycle
[D] Walking the [F] tightrope, don't know which way to go
Hypersexualize or downplay your femininity
Dressed like [Dm] the dudes are praying to God [A] that you're pretty
Are you kidding me?
I don't even know who to blame
Beauty sells on bias, no, I'm trying to sell it back to you
[Am]
Seems like everywhere I go
[C] Everybody wanna know
[G]
What the fuck's a figure in my [F] music world?
[Em] [Am] Well, I make it disappear
[Dm] Tell them what they wanna hear
[C] But you think anyway, I'll stay anyway
[G] Let me, let [Em] me, I'll wait
[Am] So tell me, what's a woman to do?
Now [C] scratch that
Tell me, what's a human being to do with the [G] fact that
What gets in the head, holds back more
[F] Is a level playing [Em] field too much to ask [Am] for?
And I know that by saying it, I'm bringing attention
[C] To an issue that might be better left unmentioned
[G] But someone's gotta say it, gotta call out the scene
The [F] scene is a scene, my [Em] sanity's split in two
[A] So why are y'all making this just about X and Y?
Figure this out, don't walk it straight, it don't gotta be this way
We can change the game, rearrange the way to [Cm] fame
Make a bigger deal [B] about the talent than the pay
[A] I got little girls watching me, wanting to be like me
I wanna show them they don't gotta be like me
They can do their own thing, they can rewrite the rules
[F] They can get respect [Bm] without acting like [G] fools
So let's not make it harder than it has to be
I'll keep making music, you stop asking me
What's it like to be a girl in the entertainment [Bb] world?
Now [Gm] you [Am] know
You like everywhere I [C] go
If only you [G] knew
What's it like to be a girl in [F] the music [Em] world?
[Am] What if they could disappear?
[Dm] Tell them what they wanna [C] hear
If the truth ain't pretty, well you oughtta stay with [G] me
Well you're laughing at [Em] me, I'm ready
[Am] You like everywhere I go
[C] If only you knew
[G] What's it like to be a girl in [F] the music [Em] world?
[Am] What if they could disappear?
[Dm] Tell them what they wanna hear
[C] If the truth ain't pretty, well you oughtta stay [G] with me
Well you're laughing at [Em] me, I'm ready
[Ab] [Eb]
[D] [Bm]
[C] [G]
[F] [Em] [A]
[Cm] [Bm] [A]
Or that play it off me and I'm [Cm] not trying to pick a fight
Or [Em] be nobody's leader
But [A] it feels like [F] everybody's just a little too interested
In the fact that females can indeed make music
For [D] our interviews, our bios, [C] they all make it a point
Female-fronted band from [E] different [A] noise
And just once, I'd love to see some other band's resume
Grow out of their way to say they're fronted by a male, okay
And while we're on it, let me say, women's don't all sound the same
[Ab] Who gave us the idea that female-fronted is [Am] a genre anyway?
Seems like everywhere I go
[C] Everybody wanna know
[G]
What's it like to be a girl in the [F] music world?
[Em] [Am]
Wanna make it disappear?
[Dm] Tell them what they [D] wanna hear
[C] And the truth ain't clear, will your eyes stay with me?
Will [G] you love me, love me, [Em] or leave?
[B] And I know it's not fair and I can't complain
Cause [E] with a girl in our band, people don't look away
But you know what?
It feels like they look just a little too long
[C] Hear me up and don't forget [Gb] to listen to the song
I [A] take the stage and before I even open my mouth
The audience assumes that they got it all figured out
Oh, [A] your band's got a chick, must be some kind of trick
[F] There's no way she got herself [E] sucking somebody
Did you [A] really think that's how it works?
I'm not fucking eye candy, I'm here to do my job
I'll be the last man standing
Boys in the crowd asking for me to flash
[C] And well, here you go, knee [Bm] splash
You're ignorant and that's [A] that
I bet you'd never say that to your little sister
The media's got you all jacked up, little mister
Cause girls in my position can perpetuate the cycle
[D] Walking the [F] tightrope, don't know which way to go
Hypersexualize or downplay your femininity
Dressed like [Dm] the dudes are praying to God [A] that you're pretty
Are you kidding me?
I don't even know who to blame
Beauty sells on bias, no, I'm trying to sell it back to you
[Am]
Seems like everywhere I go
[C] Everybody wanna know
[G]
What the fuck's a figure in my [F] music world?
[Em] [Am] Well, I make it disappear
[Dm] Tell them what they wanna hear
[C] But you think anyway, I'll stay anyway
[G] Let me, let [Em] me, I'll wait
[Am] So tell me, what's a woman to do?
Now [C] scratch that
Tell me, what's a human being to do with the [G] fact that
What gets in the head, holds back more
[F] Is a level playing [Em] field too much to ask [Am] for?
And I know that by saying it, I'm bringing attention
[C] To an issue that might be better left unmentioned
[G] But someone's gotta say it, gotta call out the scene
The [F] scene is a scene, my [Em] sanity's split in two
[A] So why are y'all making this just about X and Y?
Figure this out, don't walk it straight, it don't gotta be this way
We can change the game, rearrange the way to [Cm] fame
Make a bigger deal [B] about the talent than the pay
[A] I got little girls watching me, wanting to be like me
I wanna show them they don't gotta be like me
They can do their own thing, they can rewrite the rules
[F] They can get respect [Bm] without acting like [G] fools
So let's not make it harder than it has to be
I'll keep making music, you stop asking me
What's it like to be a girl in the entertainment [Bb] world?
Now [Gm] you [Am] know
You like everywhere I [C] go
If only you [G] knew
What's it like to be a girl in [F] the music [Em] world?
[Am] What if they could disappear?
[Dm] Tell them what they wanna [C] hear
If the truth ain't pretty, well you oughtta stay with [G] me
Well you're laughing at [Em] me, I'm ready
[Am] You like everywhere I go
[C] If only you knew
[G] What's it like to be a girl in [F] the music [Em] world?
[Am] What if they could disappear?
[Dm] Tell them what they wanna hear
[C] If the truth ain't pretty, well you oughtta stay [G] with me
Well you're laughing at [Em] me, I'm ready
[Ab] [Eb]
[D] [Bm]
Key:
C
G
Em
Am
F
C
G
Em
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _
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_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ _
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Or that play it off me and I'm [Cm] not trying to pick a fight
Or [Em] be nobody's leader
But [A] it feels like [F] everybody's just a little too interested
In the fact that females can indeed make music
For [D] our interviews, our bios, [C] they all make it a point
Female-fronted band from [E] different [A] noise
And just once, I'd love to see some other band's resume
Grow out of their way to say they're fronted by a male, okay
And while we're on it, let me say, women's don't all sound the same
[Ab] Who gave us the idea that female-fronted is [Am] a genre anyway?
Seems like everywhere I go
_ [C] Everybody wanna know
[G]
What's it like to be a girl in the [F] music world?
_ [Em] _ _ [Am]
Wanna make it disappear?
[Dm] Tell them what they [D] wanna hear
[C] And the truth ain't clear, will your eyes stay with me?
Will [G] you love me, love me, [Em] or leave?
[B] And I know it's not fair and I can't complain
Cause [E] with a girl in our band, people don't look away
But you know what?
It feels like they look just a little too long
[C] Hear me up and don't forget [Gb] to listen to the song
I [A] take the stage and before I even open my mouth
The audience assumes that they got it all figured out
Oh, [A] your band's got a chick, must be some kind of trick
[F] There's no way she got herself [E] sucking somebody
Did you [A] really think that's how it works?
I'm not fucking eye candy, I'm here to do my job
I'll be the last man standing
Boys in the crowd asking for me to flash
[C] And well, here you go, knee [Bm] splash
You're ignorant and that's [A] that
I bet you'd never say that to your little sister
The media's got you all jacked up, little mister
Cause girls in my position can perpetuate the cycle
[D] Walking the [F] tightrope, don't know which way to go
Hypersexualize or downplay your femininity
Dressed like [Dm] the dudes are praying to God [A] that you're pretty
Are you kidding me?
I don't even know who to blame
Beauty sells on bias, no, I'm trying to sell it back to you
[Am]
Seems like everywhere I go
[C] Everybody wanna know
[G]
What the fuck's a figure in my [F] music world?
[Em] _ [Am] Well, I make it disappear
_ [Dm] Tell them what they wanna hear
[C] But you think anyway, I'll stay anyway
[G] Let me, let [Em] me, I'll wait
[Am] So tell me, what's a woman to do?
Now [C] scratch that
Tell me, what's a human being to do with the [G] fact that
What gets in the head, holds back more
[F] Is a level playing [Em] field too much to ask [Am] for?
And I know that by saying it, I'm bringing attention
[C] To an issue that might be better left unmentioned
[G] But someone's gotta say it, gotta call out the scene
The [F] scene is a scene, my [Em] sanity's split in two
[A] So why are y'all making this just about X and Y?
Figure this out, don't walk it straight, it don't gotta be this way
We can change the game, rearrange the way to [Cm] fame
Make a bigger deal [B] about the talent than the pay
[A] I got little girls watching me, wanting to be like me
I wanna show them they don't gotta be like me
They can do their own thing, they can rewrite the rules
[F] They can get respect [Bm] without acting like [G] fools
So let's not make it harder than it has to be
I'll keep making music, you stop asking me
What's it like to be a girl in the entertainment [Bb] world?
Now [Gm] you [Am] know
_ You like everywhere I [C] go
If only you [G] knew
What's it like to be a girl in [F] the music [Em] world?
_ [Am] What if they could disappear?
[Dm] Tell them what they wanna [C] hear
If the truth ain't pretty, well you oughtta stay with [G] me
Well you're laughing at [Em] me, I'm ready
[Am] You like everywhere I go
[C] If only you knew
_ [G] What's it like to be a girl in [F] the music [Em] world?
_ [Am] What if they could disappear?
[Dm] Tell them what they wanna hear
[C] If the truth ain't pretty, well you oughtta stay [G] with me
Well you're laughing at [Em] me, I'm ready
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Or that play it off me and I'm [Cm] not trying to pick a fight
Or [Em] be nobody's leader
But [A] it feels like [F] everybody's just a little too interested
In the fact that females can indeed make music
For [D] our interviews, our bios, [C] they all make it a point
Female-fronted band from [E] different [A] noise
And just once, I'd love to see some other band's resume
Grow out of their way to say they're fronted by a male, okay
And while we're on it, let me say, women's don't all sound the same
[Ab] Who gave us the idea that female-fronted is [Am] a genre anyway?
Seems like everywhere I go
_ [C] Everybody wanna know
[G]
What's it like to be a girl in the [F] music world?
_ [Em] _ _ [Am]
Wanna make it disappear?
[Dm] Tell them what they [D] wanna hear
[C] And the truth ain't clear, will your eyes stay with me?
Will [G] you love me, love me, [Em] or leave?
[B] And I know it's not fair and I can't complain
Cause [E] with a girl in our band, people don't look away
But you know what?
It feels like they look just a little too long
[C] Hear me up and don't forget [Gb] to listen to the song
I [A] take the stage and before I even open my mouth
The audience assumes that they got it all figured out
Oh, [A] your band's got a chick, must be some kind of trick
[F] There's no way she got herself [E] sucking somebody
Did you [A] really think that's how it works?
I'm not fucking eye candy, I'm here to do my job
I'll be the last man standing
Boys in the crowd asking for me to flash
[C] And well, here you go, knee [Bm] splash
You're ignorant and that's [A] that
I bet you'd never say that to your little sister
The media's got you all jacked up, little mister
Cause girls in my position can perpetuate the cycle
[D] Walking the [F] tightrope, don't know which way to go
Hypersexualize or downplay your femininity
Dressed like [Dm] the dudes are praying to God [A] that you're pretty
Are you kidding me?
I don't even know who to blame
Beauty sells on bias, no, I'm trying to sell it back to you
[Am]
Seems like everywhere I go
[C] Everybody wanna know
[G]
What the fuck's a figure in my [F] music world?
[Em] _ [Am] Well, I make it disappear
_ [Dm] Tell them what they wanna hear
[C] But you think anyway, I'll stay anyway
[G] Let me, let [Em] me, I'll wait
[Am] So tell me, what's a woman to do?
Now [C] scratch that
Tell me, what's a human being to do with the [G] fact that
What gets in the head, holds back more
[F] Is a level playing [Em] field too much to ask [Am] for?
And I know that by saying it, I'm bringing attention
[C] To an issue that might be better left unmentioned
[G] But someone's gotta say it, gotta call out the scene
The [F] scene is a scene, my [Em] sanity's split in two
[A] So why are y'all making this just about X and Y?
Figure this out, don't walk it straight, it don't gotta be this way
We can change the game, rearrange the way to [Cm] fame
Make a bigger deal [B] about the talent than the pay
[A] I got little girls watching me, wanting to be like me
I wanna show them they don't gotta be like me
They can do their own thing, they can rewrite the rules
[F] They can get respect [Bm] without acting like [G] fools
So let's not make it harder than it has to be
I'll keep making music, you stop asking me
What's it like to be a girl in the entertainment [Bb] world?
Now [Gm] you [Am] know
_ You like everywhere I [C] go
If only you [G] knew
What's it like to be a girl in [F] the music [Em] world?
_ [Am] What if they could disappear?
[Dm] Tell them what they wanna [C] hear
If the truth ain't pretty, well you oughtta stay with [G] me
Well you're laughing at [Em] me, I'm ready
[Am] You like everywhere I go
[C] If only you knew
_ [G] What's it like to be a girl in [F] the music [Em] world?
_ [Am] What if they could disappear?
[Dm] Tell them what they wanna hear
[C] If the truth ain't pretty, well you oughtta stay [G] with me
Well you're laughing at [Em] me, I'm ready
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _