Now You Know

Am                         C
Seem like everywhere I go, everybody
 wanna know
G                                 
What's it like to be a girl in the
        F
 music world?
  Em
Oh, oh, oh

[Verse]
                 Am
The scene is so sexist, believe me I
 get it. We'd probably sell more 
records.

If I flaunted my ass and chest, but 
forget it. I work like one of the 
boys, and I'm as true as they get.
           F                       
But I'm a lady through and through,
       Em
 like give me some credit
            Am
I knew I'd regret it if I tried to 
blend in and pretend

Be something other than I am, like 
have you noticed I'm a woman?
Didn't come to downplay it, or to 
play it up either. And I'm not 
 F                         Em
trying pick a fight or be nobody's 
leader.

         Am
But it feels like everybody's just a
 little too interested. In the fact 
that females can indeed make music
Our interviews, our bios, they all 
                   F            
make it a point: "Female Fronted 
              Em
Band, from Decatur, Illinois"
          Am
And just once, I'd like to see some 
other band's resume go out of their 
way to say

They're fronted by a male, ok? And 
while we're on it, let me say Women 
don't all sound the same
      F                          
Who gave us the idea that "female 
  Em
fronted" is a genre anyway?

[Chorus]
Am                       C       
Seem like everywhere I go, 
              G
everybody wanna know
What's it like to be a girl, in the 
       F
music world?
Em
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Am                         Dm
  Wanna make it disappear, tell 'em 
what they wanna hear
    C
If truth ain't pretty, will you all 
stay with me
         G                 Em
Will you love me, love me ugly?

[Verse]
Am
And I know it's not fair, and I 
can't complain 'Cause with girl in 
our band, people don't look away

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But you know what, it feels like 
they look just a little too long
F                             
Stare me up and down, forget to 
   Em
listen to the song
            Am
I take the stage, and before I even 
open my mouth The audience assumes 
that they got us all figured out

"Oh your band's got a chick, must be
 some kinda trick"
F                              
"There's no way she got this far 
           Em
without sucking somebody's"
                Am
Did you really think that's how it 
works? I'm not fucking eye candy

I'm here to do my job, I'll be the 
last man standing

Boys in the crowd asking, for me to 
flash them
       F                           
Well here you go, news flash. 
    Em
You're ignorant, and that's that.

       Am
I bet you'd never say that to your 
little sister. The media's got you 
all jacked up, little mister.
'Cause girls in my position can 
perpetuate the cycle. Walking a 
F                        E
tightrope, don't know which way to 
go.
       Am
Hypersexualize, or downplay your 
femininity. Dress like the dudes, or
 pray to God that you're pretty

Are you kidding me? And I don't even
 know who's to blame
        F                      
Beauty sells, I buy it too, I'm 
             Em
trying to sell it back it you

[Chorus]
Am                       C       
Seem like everywhere I go, 
              G
everybody wanna know
What's it like to be a girl, in the 
       F
music world?
Em
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Am                         Dm
  Wanna make it disappear, tell 'em 
what they wanna hear
    C
If truth ain't pretty, will you all 
stay with me
         G                 Em
Will you love me, love me ugly?

[Bridge]
    Am                             
So tell me, what's a woman to 
         C
do-no, scratch that
Tell me what's a human being to with
           G
 the fact that
What gets us ahead holds us back 
       F                        Em
more. Is a level playing field too 
much to ask for?
      Am                         
And I know that by saying it, I'm 
                             C
bringing attention. To an issue that
 might be better left unmentioned.
      G
But someone's gotta say it, gotta 
call out the scene
               F                 
The scene is obscene, my sanity's 
   Em
split at the seams

      Am
So to all of ya'll making this just 
about ass and tits

Here to set the record straight, it 
don't gotta be this way. We can 
change the game, rearrange the way 
to fame
      F                         
And make a bigger deal about the 
   Em
talent than the face
            Am                     
See I got little girls watching me,
                        C
 wanting to be like me. I wanna show
 them that they don't gotta be like 
me.
          Am                     
They can do their own thing, they 
      Em
can rewrite the rules
          F                    Em
They can get respect without acting 
like fools

Am
So lets not make it harder than it 
has to be
Em
I'll keep making music, you stop 
asking me
F                           Em
What's it like to be a girl in the 
entertainment world?

N.C
'Cause now you know

[Chorus]
Am                       C       
Seem like everywhere I go, 
              G
everybody wanna know
What's it like to be a girl, in the 
       F
music world?
Em
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Am                         Dm
  Wanna make it disappear, tell 'em 
what they wanna hear
    C
If truth ain't pretty, will you all 
stay with me
         G                 Em
Will you love me, love me ugly?