Girl Can't Be Herself chords by Alicia Keys

Chords with lyrics

C majorC        Bb majorBb
When a girl can't be herself no more
       A minorAm         G+G
I just wanna cry, I just wanna cry for the world
    C majorC        Bb majorBb
When a girl can't be herself no more
       A minorAm         G+G
I just wanna cry, I just wanna cry for the world (Repeat)


verse 1
C minorCm           Bb majorBb      G minorGm  C minorCm
In the morning from the minute that I wake up
            Bb majorBb       G minorGm  C minorCm
What if I don't want to put on all that make up?
          Bb majorBb      G minorGm C minorCm
Who says I must conceal what I'm made of?
               Bb majorBb     G minorGm
Maybe all this Maybelline is covering my self-esteem
C minorCm         Bb majorBb        G minorGm C minorCm
Whose job is it to straighten out my curves?
            Bb majorBb       G minorGm C minorCm
I'm so tired of that image, that's my word
           Bb majorBb         G minorGm  C minorCm
What if today I don't feel like putting heels on?
                Bb majorBb      G minorGm  C minorCm
Who are you to criticize when beauty's only in the eyes...
    Bb majorBb G minorGm  C minorCm  Bb majorBb  G minorGm
Of the beholder, so behold her
C minorCm        Bb majorBb  G minorGm C minorCm Bb majorBb G minorGm
Sing, sing, sing, why, oh, oh, oh, why, oh?

   C majorC        Bb majorBb
When a girl can't be herself no more
       A minorAm         G+G
I just wanna cry, I just wanna cry for the world
    C majorC        Bb majorBb
When a girl can't be herself no more
       A minorAm         G+G
I just wanna cry, I just wanna cry for the world (Repeat)

verse 2
C minorCm        Bb majorBb      G minorGm    C minorCm
Uh, uh, I'm so secure with insecurities
         Bb majorBb      G minorGm   C minorCm
Why is being unique such an impurity?
               Bb majorBb     G minorGm
Why are the numbers on the scale like a God to me?
C minorCm               Bb majorBb       G minorGm   C minorCm
All of these indifferences are based on our appearances
   Bb majorBb      G minorGm
We please to be appeased
C minorCm             Bb majorBb        G minorGm
The truest pleasure is the fact that we can breathe
C minorCm            Bb majorBb     G minorGm
Think it into existence, do it, then achieve
C minorCm           Bb majorBb        G minorGm
A augmentedA fairy tale reality, beauty was with a beast
C minorCm        Bb majorBb       G minorGm
Uh, uh, I'm the image of your reflection
C minorCm         Bb majorBb      G minorGm
Eh, eh, you're the image of my reflection
C minorCm        Bb majorBb      G minorGm  C minorCm  Bb majorBb  G minorGm
Sing, sing, sing, why, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh why, oh?


   C majorC        Bb majorBb
When a girl can't be herself no more
       A minorAm         G+G
I just wanna cry, I just wanna cry for the world
    C majorC        Bb majorBb
When a girl can't be herself no more
       A minorAm         G+G
I just wanna cry, I just wanna cry for the world (Repeat)


Outro
C minorCm Bb majorBb G minorGm (x5)