Artist: Manic Street Preachers
Title: Born A Girl
album: This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours
Transcribed by Adam Cook [adamcook@compuserve.com] 
Tabbed (and little changes) by Teplohead (teplohead@jamesbradfield.zzn.com)

CHORDS:

    Amaj7   B    Bm   A    Am   G    F    F#   D    Dm   C
e|---5------2----2----5----5----3----1----2----5----5----8---|
B|---7------4----3----5----5----3----1----2----7----6----8---|
G|---6------4----4----6----5----4----2----3----7----7----9---|
D|---7------4----4----7----7----5----3----4----7----7----10--|
A|---5------2----2----7----7----5----3----4----5----5----10--|
E|---5------2----2----5----5----3----1----2----5----5----8---|


In chorus play:

     Amaj7                      B 
e|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B|--------7-----------7------|--------4-----------4------|
G|------6---6-------6---6----|------4---4-------4---4----|
D|----7-------7---7-------7--|----4-------4---4-------4--|
A|--5-----------5------------|--2-----------2------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|

Verse:
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Amaj7                       B
     Do I look good for you tonight?

Amaj7                      B
     Will you accuse me as I hide...


! [ notes: I think that sometimes played chord Bm, but not B, I'm not sure... ]


Bridge:
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A           Amaj7               G              F#      F       D               
Behind these layers of desguise in the mirrors of my own happiness

   Dm
e|-----------------------------|
B|-------6---------------7b8~--|
G|-----7---7----------6b7~-----|
D|---7-------7-----7b8~--------|
A|-5------------5b7~-----------|
E|-----------------------------|


CHORUS:
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            C   E      Am   G      F                     Dm   F
     And I wish I had been born a girl instead of what I am

            C   E      Am   G      F                     Dm   F
     Yes I wish I had been born a girl and not this mess of a man

     F             Am       F                   Am        F
     And not this mess of a man   And not this mess of a man

Outro:
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Dm      C         Dm   C Dm     C
Oooooooh Ooooooooh Wooh Ooooh Oooh

etc.

Lyrics:
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DO I LOOK GOOD FOR YOU TONIGHT
WILL YOU ACCUSE ME AS I HIDE
BEHIND THESE LAYERS OF DISGUISE
IN THE MIRRORS OF MY OWN HAPPINESS

I'VE LOVED THE FREEDOM OF BEING INSIDE
NEED A NEW START AND A DIFFERENT TIME
SOMETHING GROWS IN THE SPACE BETWEEN ME
AND IT'S TWISTING AND CHANGING THIS FRAGILE BODY

AND I WISH I HAD BEEN BORN A GIRL
INSTEAD OF WHAT I AM
YES I WISH I HAD BEEN BORN A GIRL
AND NOT THIS MESS OF A MAN
AND NOT THIS MESS OF A MAN

THE CENSORSHIP OF MY SKIN
IS SCREAMING INSIDE AND FROM WITHIN
THERE'S NO ROOM IN THIS WORLD FOR A GIRL LIKE ME
NO PLACE AROUND THERE WHERE I FIT IN

AND I WISH I HAD BEEN BORN
A GIRL INSTEAD OF WHAT I AM
YES I WISH I HAD BEEN BORN A GIRL
AND NOT THIS MESS OF A MAN
AND NOT THIS MESS OF A MAN