[Intro] D  Em 
                               D
I've always played the part of Shakespeare
                    Em
I hide behind the ink and pen
                                D
I build up worlds and choose a savior (savior, savior)
                         Em
I write beginning, middle, end
        D
I'm so tired of being a book on the shelf

(sook on the shelf)
  D
Tired of stories for somebody else (somebody else)
 Em                                      Em
Think that I'm ready to start a new chapter
           D
I've been looking for some way

To turn it around (turn it around)
 D
Looking for someone to give me

The crown (give me the crown)
     Em                              Em
And I wanna feel like I finally matter
                  D        Em
I wanna be a Mona Lisa, ah-ah
                            D            Em
The kinda girl that you can dream of, ah-ah
     G                                 D/F#
And I always had the words, but I don't wanna say it
      G                         A7
Wish I could paint a smile on my face
                  D
I wanna be a Mona Lisa
                   D
So is there anybody out there
                          Em
Who could change my point of view?
             D
The way that Van Gogh uses yellow

Or the self in Frida Kahlo
Em
I could be that for you
      D
I'm so tired of being a

Book on the shelf (book on the shelf)
 D
Tired of stories for somebody else (somebody else)
Em                                      Em
Think that I'm ready to start a new chapter

(think I'm ready, baby)
         D
I've been looking for some way

To turn it around (turn it around)
 D
Looking for someone to

Give me the crown (give me the crown)
Em                              Em
I wanna feel like I finally matter
                  D        Em
I wanna be a Mona Lisa, ah-ah

(I wanna be a Mona Lisa, baby)
                           D              Em
The kinda girl that you can dream of, ah-ah

(The kinda that you can dream of maybe)
      G                                  D/F#
And I always had the words, but I don't wanna say it
     G                          A7
Wish I could paint a smile on my face
                  D/F#
I wanna be a Mona Lisa
G                          D/F#
I think I'm ready for my close-up, baby
G                        D/F#
There's nothing left to do
                      Em
And nothing left to lose
                A7
Let me be your muse
D    Em
  Ah-ah (I wanna be a Mona Lisa, baby)
D    Em
  Ah-ah (the kind of girl that you can dream of)
       G                                 D/F#
And I always had the words, but I don't wanna say it
      G                          A7
Wish I could paint a smile on my face
                   D       Em
I wanna be a Mona Lisa (ah-ah)