Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: G+G
Difficulty: Novice
Chords:
G+G 320033
C majorC x32033 (Cadd9Cadd9)
E minor 7Em7 020033
G/F# 2x0033
G/BG/B x20033
Intro:
G+G
Verse 1:
E minor 7Em7 G/F# G+G C majorC G/BG/B D MajorD
She grew up playing cowgirl in a railroad town
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Dreaming she'd see Hollywood someday
E minor 7Em7 G/F# G+G C majorC G/BG/B D MajorD
She knew some distant Friday night with a cigarette to hold just right
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Fate would come and carry her away
E minor 7Em7 G/F# G+G C majorC
But if she'd have jumped that train and headed west, it never would have caught her
D MajorD G+G
She was just 15 and still somebody's daughter
Verse 2:
E minor 7Em7 G/F# G+G C majorC G/BG/B D MajorD
She was married in December in a dress her mama made
C majorC D MajorD G+G
She looked all grown up standing there like that
E minor 7Em7 G/F# G+G C majorC G/BG/B D MajorD
Had a honeymoon in Memphis town, yeah, she looked for Elvis all around
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Made love in the Greyhound coming back
E minor 7Em7 G/F# G+G C majorC
As far as she could see from there, those were just the facts of life
D MajorD G+G
You went from somebody's daughter to somebody's wife
Chorus:
D MajorD C majorC G+G
She's always been somebody's something
D MajorD C majorC G+G
She's been everything but alone
D MajorD C majorC G+G
A augmentedA daughter, a lover, a wife, and a mother
C majorC G+G D MajorD
She's lived every life but her own
C majorC
She'd say, "That's just called being a woman"
D MajorD G+G
She's always been somebody's something
Verse 3:
E minor 7Em7 G/F# G+G C majorC G/BG/B D MajorD
She learned to cook him dinner in a little shotgun house
C majorC D MajorD G+G
And she tried to sew to save a little cash
E minor 7Em7 G/F# G+G C majorC G/BG/B D MajorD
Pretty soon a baby came, and they flipped a coin to pick a name
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Learned to live on mostly back to back
E minor 7Em7 G/F# G+G C majorC
She still heard that distant train going somewhere or another
D MajorD G+G
But there she was, somebody's mother
Chorus:
D MajorD C majorC G+G
She's always been somebody's something
D MajorD C majorC G+G
She's been everything but alone
D MajorD C majorC G+G
A augmentedA daughter, a lover, a wife, and a mother
C majorC G+G D MajorD
She's lived every life but her own
C majorC
She'd say, "That's just called being a woman"
D MajorD G+G
She's always been somebody's something
Bridge:
E minorEm C majorC
She wonders what it might be like to be somebody else
G+G D MajorD
She wonders what it'd feel like to be free
E minorEm C majorC
When she tries to imagine being nobody's nothing
D MajorD
That's something she'd never want to be
Chorus:
D MajorD C majorC G+G
She's always been somebody's something
D MajorD C majorC G+G
She's been everything but alone
D MajorD C majorC G+G
A augmentedA daughter, a lover, the wife, and the mother
C majorC G+G D MajorD
She's lived every life but her own
C majorC
She'd say, "That's just called being a woman"
D MajorD G+G
She's always been somebody's something
Outro:
G+G