Key: A
Introduction:
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