Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Novice
Verse Chorus + Outro
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A minorAm x0221x 
C majorC x3201x
G+G 32000x D MajorD xx023x
D MajorD xx023x 
E minorEm 02200x
G+G 32003x
D/F#D/F# 2x023x
Verse 1:
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
I was reading Slim Aarons and I got to thinking that I thought
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
Maybe I'd get less stressed if I was tested less like all of these debutantes
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
Smiling for miles in pink dresses and high heels on white yachts
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
But I'm not, baby I'm not
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
No, I'm not that, I'm not
Chorus 1:
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
I've been tearing around in my fucking nightgown, twenty-four seven, Sylvia Plath
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Writing in blood on the walls 'cause the ink in my pen don't work in my notepad
C majorC D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC
Don't ask if I'm happy, you know that I'm not, but at best I can say I'm not sad
C majorC G+G D/F#D/F#
'Cause hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have
C majorC G+G D/F#D/F#
Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
Verse 2:
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
I had fifteen-year dances, church basement romances, yeah I've cried
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
Spilling my guts with the Bowery Bums is the only love I've ever known
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
Except for the stage which I also call home when I'm not
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
Servin' up God in a burnt coffee pot for the triad
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
Hello, it's the most famous woman you know on the iPad
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
Calling from beyond the grave, I just wanna say, "Hi, Dad"
Chorus 2:
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
I've been tearing up town in my fucking white gown like a goddamn near sociopath
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Shaking my ass is the only thing that's got this black narcissist off my back
C majorC D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC
She couldn't care less and I never cared more so there's no more to say about that
C majorC G+G D/F#D/F#
Except hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have
C majorC G+G D/F#D/F#
Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman with my past
Verse 3:
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
There's a new revolution, a loud evolution that I saw
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
Born of confusion and quiet collusion of which mostly I've known
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
A augmentedA modern day woman with a weak constitution 'cause I've got
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
Monsters still under my bed that I could never fight off
A minorAm G+G D MajorD
A augmentedA gatekeeper carelessly dropping the keys on my nights off
Chorus 3:
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
I've been tearing around in my fucking nightgown, twenty-four seven, Sylvia Plath
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Writing in blood on your walls 'cause the ink in my pen don't look good in my pad
C majorC D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC
They write that I'm happy, they know that I'm not but at best, you can see I'm not sad
C majorC G+G D/F#D/F#
But hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have
C majorC G+G D/F#D/F#
Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have
Outro:
C majorC G+G D/F#D/F#
Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have
C majorC G+G D/F#D/F#
But I have it, yeah I have it
C majorC G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC
Yeah, I have it, I have
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