It Girl Chords

Key: C Tuning: E A D G B E Intro: C G She said I'll make it because I deserve to make it F Fm Em Every living thing deserves to thrive C G And maybe I would rather rot and wallow F Fm C But we all need to believe in a good time Verse 1: C G I'm gonna die old to show you kids what that looks like F Fm C I might upset you but I'll never let you down F G E Am I'll live my precious life, I will leave no soul behind Dm G C Your eyes do not control me, I stand firm upon the ground

Chorus: C Em So I'll dance until you think I really like it F Fm C I'll dance until I think I like it too C E7/Ab Am In a funny way, this is how you all save me F G C In a funny way, this is how I save you Verse 2: Am F C G And you root for me even when you attack me Am F C You attack me cause you need me to prevail F Am Everyone needs someone to believe in G E And you'd rather have me dead than watch me fail Am F C G But you don't even see the other options Am F C You're so scared to help but you don't even know F Am You don't really want me young and dead and perfect G E You want a thinking, feeling animal to show you how to grow Chorus: Am F C E And you love it when you see an it girl happy Am F C She shows you how to love it for yourself someday C G/B Am G And you hate her when she seems so fucking perfect F E7 Am But you wouldn't really want her to be any other way Am F C G And I know it sounds funny just to say it Am F C E But the irony is none of this is me F Fm Am I'm just the girl behind the it girl costume Dm G C I also just need you to believe Verse 3: Am F C G I needed songs so badly that I wrote them Am F C E They found a home with kids I'll never know F Fm Am At first I felt attached and then I didn't Dm G C The song stopped being mine to have and hold Bridge: Am G F They split me into animal and symbol F G C Separated my composite parts C Em Am The screen between the two is cyberporous F Fm C My stage name has my soft animal heart [Breakdown] N.C. C G Am E So I'll die, oh just to show you what it looks like F G C Am I might hurt you but I'll never let you down Dm G E Am I'll love my precious life, I will leave no soul behind Dm G F C Your eyes will not control me, I will stand firm upon the ground Chorus: C G Am E So I'll dance until you think I really like it F G C Am I'll dance until I think I like it too Dm G E Am In a funny way this is how you'll all save me Dm G F C In a funny way this is how I'll save you Outro: C G It girls are a special kind of mother F Am It girls are a special kind of child Dm C So love this precious it girl for the summer G Am Take her as your parasocial bride C E No one on TV ever gets better F Am Soon as they do they go off screen Dm C It's so bittersweet that you keep watching G C It's bittersweet that you want to believe