The Wallflowers – Be Your Own Girl (Guitar)

  D                    C                G
I know you're tired of wakin' up on the floor

D                       C                G
Pushed to the edge with nothin' heavy to hold

D                       C             G
Usin' your clothes as a blanket and a bed

D                  C                G
Holdin' your hands just to lay your head

           C              Bm           Am
I know you don't remember ever fallin' down

C                                D
Who picked you up, who gathered around

                         C        D
But you don't have to be his girl

                         C
And you don't have to be my girl

                           G   C
You can always be your own girl

         D                      C                  G
With the sound of your feet you follow yourself to sleep

D                        C                        G
Restless and ageless and lookin' for something to keep

         D              C                    G
When you finally fall asleep you're awake in dreams

D                     C                 G
Hangin' by the ankles in the skeleton ravine

              C               Bm             Am
I know you're kicked the lights fell on your shoes

C                                       D
Punched out the colors, leaving you the blues

                         C        D
But you don't have to be his girl

                         C
And you don't have to be my girl

                           G   C
You can always be your own girl

          D                  C               G
There's a soft melody that's ringin' in your ears

D                   C                 G
Simple and slow and always brings you here

     D                     C                G
With broken crayons you've scribbled on the wall

D                     C                 G
Shapes of nothing and shadow boxed them all

           C             Bm                     Am
Your fingertips are broke, and your knees don't bend

     C                                          D
Your imagination took the worst hit and cut its skin

                         C        D
But you don't have to be his girl

                         C
And you don't have to be my girl

                           G   C
You can always be your own girl

          D                  C             G
There's a soft melody that's ringin' in my ears

         D                  C              G
It's the same one you could never avoid in yours

           D                C                   G
And if you lay down you can hear from tongue to tails

        D                   C                  G
About a tattooed rhythm and drummin' by color wheel

             C             Bm            Am
Your rung is broken on the bottom of the rope

        C                                  D
And you can't tie another, another knot of hope

                         C        D
But you don't have to be his girl

                         C
And you don't have to be my girl

                           G   C
You can always be your own girl