Black Tie Chords & Lyrics - Grace Petrie

Capo 5 or no capo for a guitalele!

[VERSE 1]
[G]Well it’s a jungle out there
[D]The year 2018, I didn’t t[A7]hink
We’d still be sorting babie[C]s into blue and p[G]ink

And all our progress
[D]Well I wonder what it means
That the [Am]only girls clothes that work for me
Turn out to be [C]boyfriend jeans

[REFRAIN]
Well that’s fin[Em]e
Cause I declin[A7]e
A nar[C]row set of rules that just don’t w[G]ork
Cause these red lin[Em]es
They’re not mi[A7]ne

And if [C]you need me you can find me iro[G]ning my shirt

[PRE CHORUS]
[G]Cause I’m in black tie to[Bm]night
Get a postcard to m[Em]y
Year 11 se[C]lf in her year 11 hel[G]l
Saying everything’s gonna be al[Bm]right
[Em]No you won’t grow out of it y[C]ou will find the clothes that fit

[CHORUS]
[G]And the images that fucked y[D]a
Were a patriarchal structur[Em]e
And you never will surrend[C]er
To a narrow view of gende[G]r
And I swear there’ll come a d[D]ay
When you won’t worry what they s[A7]ay
On the labels, on the do[C]ors
You will figure out what’s [G]yours

[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C]

[VERSE 2]
A[D]nd it’s a bloody [G]nightmare
Tryna f[D]ight the spread of bigotry and f[A7]ear
That’s[C] uniting Piers Morg-an and Ger-maine [G]Greer

And all our progress
Yeah I [D]wonder who it’s for
When I [A7]dared to utter that trans lives matter
[C]Yeah and all I got was a TERF war.

[REFRAIN]
[A7]Well that’s fin[Em]e
Cause I decli[A7]ne
[C]Your narrow set of rules they just d[G]on’t work
These red lin[Em]es
They’re not [A7]mine
And i[C]f you need me you can find me ironing my shirt

[PRE CHORUS]
[G]Cause I’m in black tie to[Bm]night
Get a postcard to m[Em]y
Year 11 se[C]lf in her year 11 hel[G]l
Saying everything’s gonna be al[Bm]right
[Em]No you won’t grow out of it y[C]ou will find the clothes that fit

[CHORUS]
[G]And the images that fucked y[D]a
Were a patriarchal structur[Em]e
And you never will surrend[C]er
To a narrow view of gende[G]r
And I swear there’ll come a d[D]ay
When you won’t worry what they s[A7]ay
On the labels, on the do[C]ors
You will figure out what’s [G]yours
You will figure[D] out what’s y[A7]ours
[C]And that it’s got
[Gm]Nothing to d[Em]o with fitting neatly in a [A7]box
That was [C]constructed to make it seem
L[Bm]ike people come in just two teams
[Em]And anything that’s in between ai[G]n’t good enough
[D]And you will l[C]ove
And you’ll be lo[G]ved

[PRE CHORUS]
[G]And you’re in black tie tonig[Bm]ht
Get a postcard to my[Em]
Year 11 se[C]lf in her year 11 hell[G]
Darling everything’s gonna be al[Bm]right
[Em]No you won’t grow out of it y[C]ou will find the clothes that fit

[FINAL CHORUS]
[G]And the images that fucked [D]ya
Were a patriarchal structur[Em]e
No you never will surrender[C]
To that narrow view of g[G]ender
And there’s folks you’ve yet to me[D]et

But you’re exactly up their street
[A7]And they’ve been waiting ju[C]st as long
To hear someone sing this so[G]ng
And better days are on their w[D]ay
When it won’t matter what they s[Em]ay
On the labels, on the door[C]s
You will figure out what’s yo[G]urs

[Em]
[C]And g[D]irl you’re gonna be so ha[Em]ppy
[C]And g[D]irl you’re gonna be just [G]fine
[C]And g[D]irl you’re gonna be so ha[Em]ppy

[Em]Down the line
[C]Down the line

[D7](re[G]pe[Em]at [C]to[G] f[Em]ade)