Key: A
A7M
F#m/A
I guess i have to be a lady
A7M
F#m/A
Smiling and waving
Ab
Ab7
Constantly obeying
Bm
D/B
I guess i need a prince
Bm
D/B
To come and save me
Dm6/C
Dm/C
Even if i don’t need saving
A7M
F#m/A
A7M
F#m/A
I guess i must sit on a throne i don’t own
Ab
Ab7
Ab
Ab7
Raising the babies we made all alone
Bm
D/B
Bm
Dm/B
Dm6/C
Dm/C
I guess as a lady there’s just some things i’ll never know
A7M
F#m/A
But if i were a man
A7M
F#m/A
I’d go to japan
Ab
Ab7
Maybe swim in the seine
Ab
Ab7
And learn to speak french
Bm
D/B
Bm
I’d have the whole world in the palm of my hand
Dm6/C
I’d finally do what i could but i can’t
Dm/C
If i were a man
"eloise! I must tеll you something."
A7M
F#m/A
I guess i have to go to banquets
A7M
F#m/A
Banquets make me anxious
Ab
Ab7
Acting rather shameless
Bm
D/B
I guess i need a gown
Bm
D/B
Down past my ankles
Dm6/C
Dm/C
B
Doing up my hair in tangles
I guess i have to...
A7M
F#m/A
A7M
F#m/A
"sit still and look pretty!
Ab
Ab7
Ab
Ab7
Dance 'til i'm proper dizzy!"
Bm
D/B
Bm
Throw away the life
Dm6/C
Dm/C
That i've been missing
A7M
F#m/A
But if i were a man
A7M
F#m/A
I'd summer in can!
Ab
Ab7
Maybe play in the sand
Ab
Ab7
And wear my own pants!
Bm
D/B
Bm
I'd have the whole world in the palm of my hand
Dm6/C
I'd probably fly far away from the nest
Dm/C
If i were a man
Ab
Ab7
There'll be no ladies and lords
A7M
F#m/A
Just the world to explore
A7M
F#m/A
Ab7
And i don’t care if it’s all like a bore
Ab
Ab7
A7M
F#m/A
No extravagant balls or gentlemen calls
A7M
F#m/A
Ab7
And i don't give a rat if he's handsome and tall
Bm
D/B
I don't want to settle and squawk
Bm
D/B
I'll never leave unless for a delicate walk
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm
D/B
Bm
Dm6/C
Dm/C
What if i, what if i want to fly?
A7M
F#m/A
But if i were a man
A7M
F#m/A
I’d go to japan
Ab
Ab7
Maybe swim in the seine
Ab
Ab7
And learn to speak french
Bm
D/B
Bm
I’d have the whole world in the palm of my hand
Dm6/C
I’d finally do what i could but i can’t
Dm/C
A
F#m/A
If i were a man
Ab
Ab7
If i were a man
Bm
D/B
Bm
I’d have the whole world in the palm of my hand
Dm6/C
I’d finally do what i could but i can’t
Dm/C
A
If i were a man