Into: Ebm7 Gbadd9 part 1: Gbadd9 Ebm7 This girl Gbadd9 Ebm7 This entitled little- Gbadd9 Calm down, Carrie Ebm Fm But this girl, this Alice Paul Ebm What gall to call me an old fogey Bdim7 Bb7 Ebm Since when am I an old fogey? Fm She thinks I'm obsolete Ebm She oughta kiss my feet
I lit the way for her Bdim7 Bb7 Ebm But no, she thinks she knows better Fm Don't let her get to your head n.c. Focus on your speech instead Ebm Gbadd9 part 2: Ebm Bdim7 What was I thinking enabling her? Dbm6 Ab7 Bm I should've heeded the doubts I had from the start Gb She's undeniably smart F7 Bb but so misguided Ebm Bdim7 Eb I've labored for decades to craft a conservative image for suffrage Ab7 Gbadd9 Eb But shе makes us look like a horde of hystеrical harpies F7 Bb With smoke blowing out of our ears Gb E9 Abm7 What if she ruins what I have been mounting for years? Bb Ebm7 I did not count on this girl Gbadd9 This girl Ebm Gbadd9 Gb Bbm I can't believe I am now viewed as the old guard Ebm7 E9 And she as the beacon of change Ab7 B Me, the old fogey E9 How strange Ebm Gbadd9 This girl part 3: Abm Eb7 Not this girl, raised by a penniless drunk Ebm7 Db Who refused to send her to school Abm Eb7 Not this girl, who paid her own way through college Ebm7 Db Bb7 Proving she's nobody's fool Ebm Bdim7 Who worked as the first woman superintendent Dbm6 Ab7 Harassed by her boss, but managed to thrive Bm Gb Who married a man for a good reputation F7 Bb Then found herself widowed at age twenty-five Abm Eb7 Not this girl who flouted all feminine custom Ebm7 Db By joining the fight for the vote Abm Eb7 Not this girl who followed the lead of the movement Ebm7 Fdim7 Bb7 Hiding her anger beneath her petticoat Ebm Ddim7 Who rose through the ranks by paying her dues Db6 Ab7 And earned her place at the top B Cdim Who transformed and expanded the organization Bb7 And she's yet to stop Gb E9 Not this girl you see before you now Ebm7 E9 Who stands by each move that she's made B Gb Ab7 This old fogey's time has come B Gb Bb7 Woman's time has come Ebm I fought my whole goddamn life Ebm For respect for my sex Gb6 Ab7 And I will no longer allow B Db Cdim Fm Gb This arrogant child to imperil our chance to be free Bb7 Not me n.c. Not this girl Eb5