Born A Girl
Tabbed by Mike Wood (mike_msp@hotmail.com)

Intro:

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Verse 1:
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Do I look good for you tonight


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Will you accuse me as I hide

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Behind these layers of disguise in the mirrors of my own happiness

Verse 2:
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I've loved the freedom of being inside

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Need a new start and a different time

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Something grows in the space between me and its twisting and changing this fragile body

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

Verse 3:
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The censorship of my skin


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Is screaming inside and from within

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Theres no room in this place for a girl like me no place around there where I fit in

Chorus:
       C   E      Am   G      F              Dm      F
And I wish I had been born a girl instead of what I am
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Yes I wish I had been born a girl and not this mess of a man
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And not this mess of a man   And not this mess of a man
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And not this mess of a man   And not this mess of a man
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And not this mess of a man   And not this mess of a man