Chords with lyrics
Key: A augmentedA
Verse 1:
A augmentedA
I guess I have to be a lady
E MajorE
Smiling and waving
F# minorF#m
Constantly obeying
Bm7Bm7
I guess I need a prince
To come and save me
E7E7 E MajorE
Even if I don't need saving
A augmentedA
I guess I must sit on a throne I don't own
F# minorF#m
Raising the babies we made all alone
Bm7Bm7 E MajorE A augmentedA
I guess as a lady there's just some things I'll never know
Chorus 1:
A augmentedA
But if I were a man
I'd go to Japan
F# minorF#m
Maybe swim in the Seine
And learn to speak French
B minorBm
I'd have the whole world in the palm of my hand
E MajorE
And finally, do, what I could, 'cause I can
A augmentedA
If I were a man!
Dialogue
Scene: (Main piano riff plays, can work with just repeating the verse chords)
Penеlope Feathington:
"Eloise! I must tеll you something."
Eloise Bridgerton:
"Tell me."
Penelope Feathington:
"I've come to learn of a woman who is with child”
Eloise Bridgerton:
"With child Is it a lady or maid ”
Penelope Feathington:
“Maid.”
Eloise Bridgerton:
"I didn't know one of your maids was married "
Penelope Feathington:
"She's not."
Eloise Bridgerton:
"How can she be with child and not married "
Penelope Feathington:
“Well I don’t know how”
Eloise Bridgerton:
“Well, you have to find out so it doesn’t happen to us!”
Verse 2:
A augmentedA
I guess I have to go to banquets
E MajorE
Banquets make me anxious
F# minorF#m
Acting rather shameless
Bm7Bm7
I guess I need a gown
Down past my ankles
E MajorE
Doing up my hair in tangles
N.C
I guess I have to
A augmentedA
"Sit still and look pretty!
F# minorF#m
Dance 'til I'm proper dizzy!"
Bm7Bm7
Throw away the life
E MajorE A augmentedA
That I've been missing
Chorus 2:
A augmentedA
But if I were a man
I'd summer in Can!
F# minorF#m
Maybe play in the sand
And wear my own pants!
B minorBm
I'd have the whole world in the palm of my hand
E MajorE
I'd probably fly far away from the nest
A augmentedA
If I were a man!
Bridge:
E minorEm
No more ladies and lords
Just a world to explore
F#m6F#m6
And I don’t care if it’s all blood and gore!
A minorAm
No extravagant balls! Or gentlemen calls!
Bm7Bm7 BB
And I don't give a rat if he's handsome and tall
A minorAm B minorBm
I don't want to settle and squark
BB BB
I'll never leave the nest for a delicate walk
B7B7
Oh!
N.C Cm6Cm6
What if I, what if I want
Bm7Bm7
To fly!
Chorus 3:
A augmentedA
But if I were a man
I'd go to Japan
F# minorF#m
Maybe swim in the Seine
And learn to speak French
Bm7Bm7
I'd have the whole world in the palm of my hand
E MajorE
And finally do, what I could, but I can't
A augmentedA
If I were a man
F# minorF#m
If I were a man!
Bm7Bm7
I'd have the whole world in the palm of my hand
E MajorE
And finally do, what I could, but I can't
A augmentedA
If I were a man
NOTES:
The E MajorE chord in choruses one and three is a bridging chord. Also
I really struggled with the bridge if anyone
can find the correct chords please comment and I'll fix them up!