Divorcee By 23

        C                  G      
Well it seems you've got a baby 
        Am
girl to a man
             Em
who will not love you well
C                               
and you're walking down Brunswick 
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street
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and you're buying the baby's tears 
Em
with treats.
C                 G
You look perfect, you look fine
        Am               Em
and you hold it together most of the
 time
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but when the baby's crying
    G              Am
and you know, he's lying...
           C                G
He was the best looking boy you'd 
known
       Am              Em
so you married him and made him 
home.
        C      G
Dropped out of university
Am                   Em
all because he said Well Honey, 
you're pretty.
       C                    G
Yes, you are pretty but you are not 
fine
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'cause you've forgotten you're 
 Em
partly Divine
           C                       G
and if you don't start crying,
             Am            G
you may never shine.
G                   D
Step on out of line,
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         Em                C      
Out..si....de the square I dare 
    C  G
you
G                  D
To just not give a damn.
                         Em
'Cause people won't understand?
               C
Don't let them scare you.

C                                 
You play boy games and he plays girl
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 games
    Am              Em
and every Saturday, you swap over 
again,
C                      G
and you wonder why he Just don't 
hear!.
Am                Em         
Are you saying it loud, are you 
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making it clear
           G
or are you hiding away,
Am               Em             
behind all those perfect things 
C           G
that you say?

Am                                 
Hey  You know that you don't wanna 
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be,
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You don't wanna be,
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You don't wanna be,
C               G        Am     
You don't wanna be no oh 
     G  C
divorcee by 20 3.
G                      Am        
Well is that your best reason to 
Em
stay?
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You're worried about what your 
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brothers' friends'
mothers' might one day say ay ay 
C
hey?

G              D
Step on out of line,
         Em            C          
Outsi..de the square I dare... you
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 ooh ooh ooh ooh
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To just not give a damn.
                    Em
'Cause people won't understand?
               C
Don't let them scare you you you 
you.
G                                
You really should step on out of 
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line,
       Em
Outsi......de
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the square I dare you
                    D
To go confront your man
         Em                        
Help him understand these 
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subtleties about you.

            C               G
You you you you don't wanna be,
Am              Em
You don't wanna be,
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You don't wanna be no oh 
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divorcee by 20 3 ee ee he.
                       Am        
Well is that your best reason to 
Em
stay?
C G                     Am
  Think about what your baby girl 
might one day say.