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Intro:
Gm Gm {A#} C C
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Verse 1:
Gm
Once upon a time, there was a princess,
Gm
Bettin' on tears and counting kisses.
Gm
Sittin' on the porch, she's makin' wishes,
C Gm
To ride on in and make her a missus.
Gm C
N.C.
Ooh-ooh. White-knight in a pickup truck.
Verse 2:
Gm
There is an old lady in a board-up house, who,
C
Living on tears in a set of deep blue.
Gm
Love don't love the way he used to,
C
'Cos he took off every time the wind blew.
Gm C
Ooh-ooh. She said that's just my lover.
Gm C
N.C.
Oooooh. How long can you pass the buck?
Gm
If you got backbone. Girl, get on up.
C
Life gets heavy, life gets tough.
Gm
You got to live strong, I tell you what,
C Gm
Even if it's all you got, a girl's got to have backbone.
Verse 3:
Gm
Well, people gonna say, what people gonna say,
C
And lovers gonna love, and haters gonna hate.
Gm
There's nothing you can do, about what you can't change!
C
Doesn't really matter anyway.
Gm
If you got backbone. Girl, get on up.
C
Life gets heavy, life gets tough.
Gm
You got to live strong, girl tell you what,
C Gm
Even if it's all you got, a girl's got to have backbone.
Gm
Oooooh.
{Solo-break}
Gm C Gm
Straighten up. Shoulders back. Chin high. Put a smile on it
Gm C Gm
Straighten up. Shoulders back. Chin high. If he doesn't put a ring on it
Gm C Gm
Straighten up. Shoulders back. Chin high. Put a smile on it
Gm C
Straighten up Shoulders back.
Gm
Ah, you got to have backbone. Girl, get on up.
C
Life gets heavy, life gets tough.
Gm
You got to live strong, girl tell you what,
C Gm
Even if it's all you got, a girl's got to have backbone.
Gm
Ah, you got to have backbone. Girl, get on up.
C
Life gets heavy, life gets tough.
Gm
You got to live strong, I tell you what,
C Gm
Even if it's all you got, a girl's got to have backbone.
C
Ooh, yeah
Gm
Ooh, yeah
C
Ha!
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