Misc Musicals – Love In Hate Nation - Masochist (Guitar)

F                      F/D#
The cat don’t choose to purr

F                       F/D#
The light don’t choose to buzz

Gm                      Bb
Weather don’t choose to occur

       Gm     Bb  Ab 
It just does

F                          F/D#
Electroshocks don’t elect to sting

F                         F/D#
Medication don’t select to fizz

Gm                                  Bb
Butterfly don’t try to be a beautiful thing

Gm           Bb
She just is

    Dm                       A
And hey, hey, the way that I feel

            Bb                      A
They try to say, hey, that it isn’t real

            Gm
But I don’t choose who I am

 Bb
I just exist

       Dm6
‘Cause I may be a queer

    Bb
But hey, baby

           F
I ain’t no masochist

F                   F/D#
Fire gotta make some smoke

F                 F/D#
Rebel gotta raise her voice

Gm                          Bb
The system doesn’t have to be broke

        Gm
Because unlike us

                 Bb
The system has a choice

    Dm                        A
And hey, hey, the way that we are

            Bb                     A
They try to say, hey, that it’s so bizarre

     Gm                   Bb
They tell me how to be, I fight back, I persist

    Bb
But hey, baby

           F
I ain’t no masochist

Bb
Hey, baby

F
I ain’t no masochist

Bb
Hey, baby

Bb
But ain’t nobody gonna tell me otherwise

Ebm
I just wanna transcend

Bb
I won’t stop until

B
They can all comprehend

Bb
That I am not ill

Ebm
I already know that I’m whole

Bb
Not something in between

B
Now the number one goal

Bb
Is I just wanna be

Ebm                     Bb
Hey, hey the way that I feel / Oooh-o-o

             B                 Bb
Don't try to say that it isn't real / Oooh-o-ooh-ooh-ooh

Abm
‘Cause with the terror that I feel

B
Every day

Ebm
Tell me who in their right mind

      Ab
Would choose to feel this way

         Abm
Let them shackle me down

       B
I will always resist

    Ebm
I refuse to be eternally

  Ab
Degraded and dismissed

Abm
I love who I am

B
I demand to exist

Ab7
And I will not play the victim today 'cause

B                     F#
Hey, baby, I ain't no masochist

B                     F#
Hey, baby, I ain't no masochist

B                     F#
Hey, baby, I ain't no masochist

B                     F#
Hey, baby, I ain't no masochist

B
Hey, baby

Ab7
You can claim it's all lies (lies)

B
But one day everybody’s gonna recognize

B
I’m not wearing any phony fake disguise

B
My existence shouldn’t be a compromise

B                                    F#  B
Ain’t nobody gonna tell me otherwise

F#  B
A-a-aah!