Grace Petrie – Black Tie chords

[Verse 1]
GWell it’s a jungle out there
D                        A7The year 2018, I didn’t think
                           C                GWe’d still be sorting babies into blue and pink

And all our progress
DWell I wonder what it means
         AmThat the only girls clothes that work for me
               CTurn out to be boyfriend jeans

[Refrain]
               EmWell that’s fine
              A7Cause I decline
     C                                 GA narrow set of rules that just don’t work
                   EmCause these red lines
              A7They’re not mine

       C                              GAnd if you need me you can find me ironing my shirt

[Pre Chorus]
G                        BmCause I’m in black tie tonight
                   EmGet a postcard to my
          C                    GYear 11 self in her year 11 hell
                               BmSaying everything’s gonna be alright
Em                           CNo you won’t grow out of it you will find the clothes that fit

[Chorus]
G                           DAnd the images that fucked ya
                           EmWere a patriarchal structure
                          CAnd you never will surrender
                         GTo a narrow view of gender
                             DAnd I swear there’ll come a day
                                A7When you won’t worry what they say
                        COn the labels, on the doors
                           GYou will figure out what’s yours


Em C G Em C

[Verse 2]
 D                GAnd it’s a bloody nightmare
       D                               A7Tryna fight the spread of bigotry and fear
      C                                    GThat’s uniting Piers Morg-an and Ger-maine Greer

And all our progress
       DYeah I wonder who it’s for
       A7When I dared to utter that trans lives matter
CYeah and all I got was a TERF war.


[Refrain]
A7             EmWell that’s fine
             A7Cause I decline
C                                   GYour narrow set of rules they just don’t work
             EmThese red lines
            A7They’re not mine
     C                           And if you need me you can find me ironing my shirt


[Pre Chorus]
G                        BmCause I’m in black tie tonight
                   EmGet a postcard to my
          C                    GYear 11 self in her year 11 hell
                               BmSaying everything’s gonna be alright
Em                           CNo you won’t grow out of it you will find the clothes that fit

[Chorus]
G                           DAnd the images that fucked ya
                           EmWere a patriarchal structure
                          CAnd you never will surrender
                         GTo a narrow view of gender
                             DAnd I swear there’ll come a day
                                A7When you won’t worry what they say
                        COn the labels, on the doors
                           GYou will figure out what’s yours
               D            A7You will figure out what’s yours
CAnd that it’s got
Gm          Em                         A7Nothing to do with fitting neatly in a box
         CThat was constructed to make it seem
 BmLike people come in just two teams
Em                               GAnd anything that’s in between ain’t good enough
D             CAnd you will love
                GAnd you’ll be loved


[Pre Chorus]
G                             BmAnd you’re  in black tie tonight
                    EmGet a postcard to my
          C                     GYear 11 self in her year 11 hell
                                BmDarling everything’s gonna be alright
Em                           CNo you won’t grow out of it you will find the clothes that fit


[Final Chorus]
G                          DAnd the images that fucked ya
                           EmWere a patriarchal structure
                           CNo you never will surrender
                        GTo that narrow view of gender
                                  DAnd there’s folks you’ve yet to meet

But you’re exactly up their street
A7                         CAnd they’ve been waiting just as long
                            GTo hear someone sing this song
                              DAnd better days are on their way
                                EmWhen it won’t matter what they say
                          COn the labels, on the doors
                             GYou will figure out what’s yours

Em
C    D                        EmAnd girl you’re gonna be so happy
C    D                        GAnd girl you’re gonna be just fine
C    D                        EmAnd girl you’re gonna be so happy


EmDown the line
CDown the line


D7 G Em C G Em (repeat to fade)