Clare Bowditch and The Feeding Set — Divorcee by 23
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CGAm
Well it seems you've got a baby girl to a man
Em
who will not love you well
CG
and you're walking down Brunswick street
AmEm
and you're buying the baby's tears with treats.
CG
You look perfect, you look fine
AmEm
and you hold it together most of the time
C
but when the baby's crying
GAm
and you know, he's lying...
CG
He was the best looking boy you'd known
AmEm
so you married him and made him home.
CG
Dropped out of university
AmEm
all because he said "Well Honey, you're pretty."
CG
Yes, you are pretty but you are not fine
AmEm
'cause you've forgotten you're partly Divine
CG
and if you don't start crying,
AmG
you may never shine.
GD
Step on out of line,
EmCG
Out..si....de the square I dare you
GD
To just not give a damn.
Em
'Cause people won't understand?
C
Don't let them scare you.
CG
You play boy games and he plays girl games
AmEm
and every Saturday, you swap over again,
CG
and you wonder why he "Just don't hear!".
AmEmC
Are you saying it loud, are you making it clear
G
or are you hiding away,
AmEmCG
behind all those perfect things that you say?
AmC
Hey You know that you don't wanna be,
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You don't wanna be,
Am
You don't wanna be,
CGAmGC
You don't wanna be no oh divorcee by 20 3.
GAmEm
Well is that your best reason to stay?
GAm
You're worried about what your brothers' friends'
C
mothers' might one day say ay ay hey?
GD
Step on out of line,
EmCG
Outsi..de the square I dare... you ooh ooh ooh ooh
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To just not give a damn.
Em
'Cause people won't understand?
C
Don't let them scare you you you you.
GD
You really should step on out of line,
Em
Outsi......de
CG
the square I dare you
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To go confront your man
EmC
Help him understand these subtleties about you.
CG
You you you you don't wanna be,
AmEm
You don't wanna be,
CGAmCG
You don't wanna be no oh divorcee by 20 3 ee ee he.
AmEm
Well is that your best reason to stay?
CGAm
Think about what your baby girl might one day say.