Pageant Material chords by Kacey Musgraves

Chords with lyrics

Capo on 4th

    G+G
There's certain things you're s'posed to know
                    A minorAm
When you're a girl who grows up in the south
 G+G
I try to use my common sense,
                 A minorAm
But my foot always ends up in my mouth
    C majorC
And if I had to walk a runway in high heels in front of the whole town
     B minorBm
I'd fall down
      C majorC       D MajorD
And my mama cried when she realized

    G+G
I ain't pageant material
      E minorEm
I'm always higher than my hair
                     C majorC
And it ain't that I don't care about world peace
                          D MajorD
But I don't see how I can fix it in a swimsuit on a stage
     G+G
I ain't exactly Ms. Congenial
      E minorEm
Sometimes I talk before I think, I try to fake it but I can't
      A minorAm       C majorC    D MajorD       G+G
I'd rather lose for what I am than win for what I ain't

        (A augmentedA)
God bless the girls who smile and hug
                     A minorAm
When they're called out as a runner up on TV
 G+G
I wish I could, but I just can't
                     A minorAm
Wear a smile when a smile ain't what I'm feelin'
  C majorC
And who's to say I'm a 9.5, or a 4.0
         B minorBm
If you don't even know me
      C majorC         D MajorD
Life ain't always roses and pantyhose and

    G+G
I ain't pageant material
      E minorEm
I'm always higher than my hair
                     C majorC
And it ain't that I don't care about world peace
                          D MajorD
But I don't see how I can fix it in a swimsuit on a stage
     G+G
I ain't exactly Ms. Congenial
      E minorEm
Sometimes I talk before I think, I try to fake it but I can't
      A minorAm       C majorC    D MajorD       G+G
I'd rather lose for what I am than win for what I ain't

E minorEm C majorC D MajorD

    G+G
I ain't pageant material
     E minorEm
The only crown is in my glass
                      C majorC
They won't be handin' me a sash, and that's okay, cause there's no way
                   D MajorD
You'll ever see me in a swimsuit on a stage
     G+G
I ain't exactly Ms. Congenial
      E minorEm
Sometimes I talk before I think, I try to fake it but I can't
      A minorAm       C majorC    D MajorD       G+G
I'd rather lose for what I am than win for what I ain't
        A minorAm       C majorC    D MajorD       G+G
Yeah I'd rather lose for what I am than win for what I ain't

Pageant Material chords

"Pageant Material" is the title track of the 5th studio album from US country music artist Kacey Musgraves.

Kacey Musgraves has written "Pageant Material" with Luke Laird and Shane McAnally.

Other versions of Pageant Material

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Pageant material ukulele by Kacey Musgraves