Now You Know

Am                         C
Seem like everywhere I go, everybody wanna know
G                                         F
What's it like to be a girl in the music world?
  Em
Oh, oh, oh

                 Am
The scene is so sexist, believe me I get it. We'd probably sell more records.
If I flaunted my ass and chest, but forget it. I work like one of the boys, and I'm as true as they get.
           F                              Em
But I'm a lady through and through, like give me some credit
            Am
I knew I'd regret it if I tried to blend in and pretend
Be something other than I am, like have you noticed I'm a woman?
                                                                  F                         Em
Didn't come to downplay it, or to play it up either. And I'm not trying pick a fight or be nobody's leader.
         Am
But it feels like everybody's just a little too interested. In the fact that females can indeed make music
                                                      F                          Em
Our interviews, our bios, they all make it a point: "Female Fronted Band, from Decatur, Illinois"
          Am
And just once, I'd like to see some other band's resume go out of their way to say
They're fronted by a male, ok? And while we're on it, let me say Women don't all sound the same
      F                            Em
Who gave us the idea that "female fronted" is a genre anyway?

Am                       C                     G
Seem like everywhere I go, everybody wanna know
                                           F
What's it like to be a girl, in the music world?
Em
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Am                         Dm
  Wanna make it disappear, tell 'em what they wanna hear
    C
If truth ain't pretty, will you all stay with me
         G                 Em
Will you love me, love me ugly?

Am
And I know it's not fair, and I can't complain 'Cause with girl in our band, people don't look away
But you know what, it feels like they look just a little too long
F                                Em
Stare me up and down, forget to listen to the song
            Am
I take the stage, and before I even open my mouth The audience assumes that they got us all figured out
"Oh your band's got a chick, must be some kinda trick"
F                                         Em
"There's no way she got this far without sucking somebody's"
                Am
Did you really think that's how it works? I'm not fucking eye candy
I'm here to do my job, I'll be the last man standing
Boys in the crowd asking, for me to flash them
       F                               Em
Well here you go, news flash. You're ignorant, and that's that.
       Am
I bet you'd never say that to your little sister. The media's got you all jacked up, little mister.
                                                               F                        E
'Cause girls in my position can perpetuate the cycle. Walking a tightrope, don't know which way to go.
       Am
Hypersexualize, or downplay your femininity. Dress like the dudes, or pray to God that you're pretty
Are you kidding me? And I don't even know who's to blame
        F                                   Em
Beauty sells, I buy it too, I'm trying to sell it back it you

Am                       C                     G
Seem like everywhere I go, everybody wanna know
                                           F
What's it like to be a girl, in the music world?
Em
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Am                         Dm
  Wanna make it disappear, tell 'em what they wanna hear
    C
If truth ain't pretty, will you all stay with me
         G                 Em
Will you love me, love me ugly?

    Am                                      C
So tell me, what's a woman to do-no, scratch that
                                               G
Tell me what's a human being to with the fact that
                                        F                        Em
What gets us ahead holds us back more. Is a level playing field too much to ask for?
      Am                                                      C
And I know that by saying it, I'm bringing attention. To an issue that might be better left unmentioned.
      G
But someone's gotta say it, gotta call out the scene
               F                    Em
The scene is obscene, my sanity's split at the seams
      Am
So to all of ya'll making this just about ass and tits
Here to set the record straight, it don't gotta be this way. We can change the game, rearrange the way to fame
      F                            Em
And make a bigger deal about the talent than the face
            Am                                             C
See I got little girls watching me, wanting to be like me. I wanna show them that they don't gotta be like me.
          Am                           Em
They can do their own thing, they can rewrite the rules
          F                    Em
They can get respect without acting like fools
Am
So lets not make it harder than it has to be
Em
I'll keep making music, you stop asking me
F                           Em
What's it like to be a girl in the entertainment world?
N.C
'Cause now you know

Am                       C                     G
Seem like everywhere I go, everybody wanna know
                                           F
What's it like to be a girl, in the music world?
Em
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Am                         Dm
  Wanna make it disappear, tell 'em what they wanna hear
    C
If truth ain't pretty, will you all stay with me
         G                 Em
Will you love me, love me ugly?

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