Divorcee By 23 Chords & Tabs
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C G Am
Well it seems you've got a baby girl to a man
Em
who will not love you well
C G
and you're walking down Brunswick street
Am Em
and you're buying the baby's tears with treats.
C G
You look perfect, you look fine
Am Em
and you hold it together most of the time
C
but when the baby's crying
G Am
and you know, he's lying...
C G
He was the best looking boy you'd known
Am Em
so you married him and made him home.
C G
Dropped out of university
Am Em
all because he said "Well Honey, you're pretty."
C G
Yes, you are pretty but you are not fine
Am Em
'cause you've forgotten you're partly Divine
C G
and if you don't start crying,
Am G
you may never shine.
G D
Step on out of line,
Em C C G
Out..si....de the square I dare you
G D
To just not give a damn.
Em
'Cause people won't understand?
C
Don't let them scare you.
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C G
You play boy games and he plays girl games
Am Em
and every Saturday, you swap over again,
C G
and you wonder why he "Just don't hear!".
Am Em C
Are you saying it loud, are you making it clear
G
or are you hiding away,
Am Em C G
behind all those perfect things that you say?
Am C
Hey You know that you don't wanna be,
G
You don't wanna be,
Am
You don't wanna be,
C G Am G C
You don't wanna be no oh divorcee by 20 3.
G Am Em
Well is that your best reason to stay?
G Am
You're worried about what your brothers' friends'
C
mothers' might one day say ay ay hey?
G D
Step on out of line,
Em C G
Outsi..de the square I dare... you ooh ooh ooh ooh
D
To just not give a damn.
Em
'Cause people won't understand?
C
Don't let them scare you you you you.
G D
You really should step on out of line,
Em
Outsi......de
C G
the square I dare you
D
To go confront your man
Em C
Help him understand these subtleties about you.
C G
You you you you don't wanna be,
Am Em
You don't wanna be,
C G Am C G
You don't wanna be no oh divorcee by 20 3 ee ee he.
Am Em
Well is that your best reason to stay?
C G Am
Think about what your baby girl might one day say.
