Key: A
Introduction:
Am C G D
verse 1
Am C
I'm just a girl, a girl you know
G Bm
Here I stand for your private show
Am C
I'm just a girl, a girl that's strange
G D
For myself, I've got my values straight
Am C
But I'm not the girl who you still love
G Bm
Left my innocence out to rust
Am C
But baby I'm still the girl, the girl you know
G D
Can overcome and can overthrow anything
Am C
Build me up, tear me down yeah
G D
Fuck all the cynics they can hunt you down yeah
Am C
Write me up, count me out yeah
G D
This is a call to all my down-and-outs
Am C
Always gotta take what's mine away
G A
Always gonna stay when you can't stay, yeah
Am C
Turn me up, turn me out
G D
Yeah, yeah, yeah
verse 2
Am C
I'm just a girl that no one knows
G Bm
Stuck in a small town wanting more
Am C
I was that punk, a bad cliche
G D
Toxic, out, bad teen running away
Am C
A holy war, but I've got soul
G Bm
Yours to ruin or to adore
Am C
But baby I'm still the girl, the bitch you love
G D
Up here rapping, I'm where I belong
Am C
Build me up, tear me down yeah
G D
Fuck all the cynics they can hunt you down yeah
Am C
Write me up, count me out yeah
G D
This is a call to all my down-and-outs
Am C
Always gotta take what's mine away
G A
Always gonna stay when you can't stay, yeah
Am C
Turn me up, turn me out
G D
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Bridge
A G F#m
You're gonna learn a lesson, Oh
F
Take your life away
A G F#m
You're gonna know what's missing, Oh
F
Now you're mine to break
A G
You're gonna learn a lesson
F#m F
You're gonna be my pet, you
Am C
Build me up, tear me down yeah
G D
Fuck all the cynics they can hunt you down yeah
Am C
Build me up, tear me down yeah
G D
Fuck all the cynics they can hunt you down yeah
Am C
Write me up, count me out yeah
G D
This is a call to all my down-and-outs
Am C
Always gotta take what's mine away
G A
Always gonna stay when you can't stay, yeah
Am C
Turn me up, turn me out
G D
This is a call to all my down-and-outs
Am C
Build me up, tear me down yeah
G D
Fuck all the cynics they can hunt you down yeah
Am C
Write me up, count me out yeah
G D
This is a call to all my down-and-outs
Am C
Always gotta take what's mine away
G A
Always gonna stay when you can't stay, yeah
Am C
Turn me up, turn me out
G D
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Outro
A G F#m F
I'm just a girl, I'm just a girl
A G F#m
But remember I'm just a girl, I'm just some girl
F A F#m F Am
I'm just a girl, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl