Intro: Fm / Fm / Fm / Ab F# x4
Verse:
Fm
Created the false dichotomy,
Fm
between Lilith and Mary,
Fm
choked out by patriarchy,
AbF#
and told a lie of genetic prophecy,
Fm
f**k your test to see if we fit the mold,
Fm
witches will scream until our stories are told.
Fm
born of western cultural fears,
AbF#
under the boot for ten thousand years.
FF/FF/FF/FF#FF/FF/A/F#
Chorus:
FmFmFmF#Fm
They??ll hold your head under water and they??ll call you a b**ch,
FmFmF#Fm
if you can??t hold your breath it??s you??re a fault you??re a witch,
FmFmF#Ab
if you don??t succumb to the cold waters and drown,
F#
they??ll smear your name (all over this town.)
FmFmFmF#Fm
They??ll hold your head under water and they??ll call you a b**ch,
FmFmF#Fm
if you can??t hold your breath it??s you??re a fault you??re a witch,
FmFmF#Ab
if you don??t succumb to the cold waters and drown,
F#
they??ll smear your name all over this town.
Bridge (fast):
Fm Fm F# Fm x2
FmFmF#Fm
In the streets they call you out and tell you what you're worth
FmFmF#Fm
a piece of meat to scrutinize, a commodity since birth
FmFmF#Fm
feel the pressure to walk that straight and narrow line
FmFmF#Fm
to resist this gendered prison would be your greatest crime
FmFmF#Fm
because if you dare to live your life and forget that weight of shame
FmFmF#Fm
they'll pull your hair and call you sl*t and submerge your head again
FmFmF#Fm
they use your body against you while they hold their bodies against you
FmFmF#Fm
until it doesn't belong to you a symbol, object, tool
FmFmF#Fm
they use your body against you while they hold their bodies against you
FmFmF#Fm
until it doesn't belong to you a symbol, object, tool
FmFmF#Fm
they use your body against you while they hold their bodies against you
FmFmF#Fm
until it doesn't belong to you a symbol, object, tool
Chorus:
FmFmFmF#Fm
They??ll hold your head under water and they??ll call you a b**ch,
FmFmF#Fm
if you can??t hold your breath it??s you??re a fault you??re a witch,
FmFmF#Ab
if you don??t succumb to the cold waters and drown,
F#
they??ll smear your name (all over this town.)
FmFmFmF#Fm
They??ll hold your head under water and they??ll call you a b**ch,
FmFmF#Fm
if you can??t hold your breath it??s you??re a fault you??re a witch,
FmFmF#Ab
if you don??t succumb to the cold waters and drown,
F#
they??ll smear your name all over this town.
Verse:
FmF#
Be a sl*t be a prude, no matter you're rude
FmAbF#
from fishnets to ties, all I hear are your lies
FmF#
catcalls and grunts, lude gestures the works
FmF#
look at you who gets all the perks
FmF#
there's blood on our hands every 28 days
FmAbF#
but the pain that you spread sets the whole world ablaze
FmF#
I'm a dyke, I'm a femme, no matter I pick
FmAbF#
everyday it's my choice, I'll get blood on your dick
Chorus:
FmFmFmF#Fm
They??ll hold your head under water and they??ll call you a b**ch,
FmFmF#Fm
if you can??t hold your breath it??s you??re a fault you??re a witch,
FmFmF#Ab
if you don??t succumb to the cold waters and drown,
F#
they??ll smear your name (all over this town.)
FmFmFmF#Fm
They??ll hold your head under water and they??ll call you a b**ch,
FmFmF#Fm
if you can??t hold your breath it??s you??re a fault you??re a witch,
FmFmF#Ab
if you don??t succumb to the cold waters and drown,
F#
they??ll smear your name all over this town.
FF/FF/FF/FF#FF/FF/A/F#
Verse:
FmFm
Destroy shame of your anatomy
Fm
decolonize your stolen body
Ab
reclaim your right to subjectivity
F#Fm
lay ruin to the false dichotomy
Fm
fight the cold waters by all means
Fm
to ignite this town in witches?? screams
Ab
go ahead girl go ahead, get down,
F#Fm
go ahead girl, go ahead, get down