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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse 1: G Bm A I was reading Slim Aarons and I got to thinking that I thought G Bm A Maybe I'd get less stressed if I was tested less like Em All of these debutantes G Bm A Smiling for miles in pink dresses and high heels on white yachts G Bm But I'm not, baby, I'm not A Em No, I'm not, that I'm not Chorus: G A I've been tearing around in my fucking nightgown Bm Em 24/7 Sylvia Plath G A Writing in blood on the walls Bm Em 'Cause the ink in my pen don't work in my notepad G A Don't ask if I'm happy, you know that I'm not Bm Em But at best I can say I'm not sad G Bm A 'Cause hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have G Bm A Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have
Verse 2: G I had fifteen-year dances Bm A Church basement romances, yeah I've got G Bm Spilling my guts with the Bowery Bums A Em Is the only love I've ever known G Bm A Except for the stage, which I also call home, when I'm not G Bm A Em Servin' up God in a burnt coffee pot for the triad G Bm A Hello, it's the most famous woman you know on the iPad G Bm A Calling from beyond the grave, I just wanna say "Hi, Dad" Chorus: G A I've been tearing around in my fucking nightgown Bm Em Like a goddamn near sociopath G A Writing in blood on the walls Bm Em 'Cause the ink in my pen don't work in my notepad G A Don't ask if I'm happy, you know that I'm not Bm Em But at best I can say I'm not sad G Bm A 'Cause hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have G Bm A Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have Bridge: G Bm A There's a new revolution, a loud evolution that I saw G Bm A Em Born of confusion and quiet collusion of which mostly I've known G Bm A A modern day woman with a weak constitution, 'cause I've got G Bm A Monsters still under my bed that I could never fight off G Bm A A gatekeeper carelessly dropping the keys on my nights off Chorus: G A I've been tearing around in my fucking nightgown Bm Em 24/7 Sylvia Plath G A Writing in blood on the walls Bm Em 'Cause the ink in my pen don't work in my notepad G A Don't ask if I'm happy, you know that I'm not Bm Em But at best I can say I'm not sad G Bm A 'Cause hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have G Bm A Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have Outro: G A Bm Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have G But I have it A Yeah, I have it Em Yeah, I have it A I have
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Hope Is A Dangerous Thing For A Woman Like Me To Have - But I Have It (Ver3) Chords Info
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Capo: 5
Chords: E, A, D, G, B, Bm, Em