Black Tie

G Em C D C G Em 3x G Em C D G Well it’s a jungle out there D Am The year 2018, I didn’t think C G We’d still be sorting babies into blue and pink And all our progress D Well I wonder what it means Am That the only girls clothes that work for me C Turn out to be boyfriend jeans Em Well that’s fine A7 Cause I decline C G A narrow set of rules that just don’t work Em Cause these red lines A7 They’re not mine C And if you need me you can find me ironing my shirt G Bm Cause I’m in black tie tonight Em Get a postcard to my C G Year 11 self in her year 11 hell Bm Em Saying everything’s gonna be alright C G No you won’t grow out of it you will find the clothes that fit D And the images that fucked ya Em Were a patriarchal structure C And you never will surrender G To a narrow view of gender D And I swear there’ll come a day Em When you won’t worry what they say C On the labels, on the doors G You will figure out what’s yours Em C D C G Em G Em C D G And it’s a bloody nightmare D Am Tryna fight the spread of bigotry and fear C G That’s uniting Piers Morg-an and Ger-maine Greer And all our progress D Yeah I wonder who it’s for Am When I dared to utter that trans lives matter C Yeah and all I got was a TERF war. Em Well that’s fine A7 Cause I decline C G A narrow set of rules that just don’t work Em Cause these red lines A7 They’re not mine C And if you need me you can find me ironing my shirt G Bm Cause I’m in black tie tonight Em Get a postcard to my C G Year 11 self in her year 11 hell Bm Em Saying everything’s gonna be alright C G No you won’t grow out of it you will find the clothes that fit D And the images that fucked ya Em Were a patriarchal structure C And you never will surrender G To a narrow view of gender D And I swear there’ll come a day Em When you won’t worry what they say C On the labels, on the doors G Em C You will figure out what’s yours D A7 You will figure out what’s yours C And that it’s got Em A7 Nothing to do with fitting neatly in a box C That was constructed to make it seem D Like people come in just two teams Em A7 And anything that’s in between ain’t good enough C And you will love D And you’ll be loved G Bm And you’re in black tie tonight Em Get a postcard to my C G Year 11 self in her year 11 hell Bm Em Darling everything’s gonna be alright C G No you won’t grow out of it you will find the clothes that fit D And the images that fucked ya Em Were a patriarchal structure C And you never will surrender G To a narrow view of gender D And there’s folks you’ve yet to meet Em But you’re exactly up their street C And they’ve been waiting just as long G To hear someone sing this song D And better days are on their way Em When it won’t matter what they say C On the labels, on the doors G Em C You will figure out what’s yours D C G Em G Em C And girl you’re gonna be so happy D C G Em G Em C And girl you’re gonna be just fine D C G Em G Em And girl you’re gonna be so happy C Down the line D Down the line G Em C D C G Em 4x G Em C D C G Em D C G Em D C G Em G