Gender Is Boring

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[Verse 1]
        G
I never wanted to be a princess
              Em
I never asked anyone to braid my 
hair
  Am                          
I never asked my mom to buy me 
                             C
things that I saw on the TV marketed
 towards girls
        G
I never wanted to wear a dress
    Em
And I was never obsessed
         Am
With the color pink, or sparkling 
things
   C
Or unicorns or fucking fairy wings
Am                  C            
Gender never really meant that 
      G
much to me
     Am                     C     
Til' people started telling me how
                    G
 it was supposed to be
         Am            C          
Til' the people that I loved 
      G
started to say


[Chorus]
Am   C                G
Boys  don't talk that way
Am   C                 G
Boys  don't dress that way
Am   C               G
Boys  don't act that way

G Em Am C G Em Am C


[Verse 2]
            G
You see the problem I have with 
gender
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        Em
Is that I'm not even sure whether
Am                                
I know what I mean when I say I'm 
  C
a girl because I feel that way
       G
'Cause boys can wear dresses and 
makeup
Em
Anyone can wear whatever they want
Am
Girls can have short hair and 
muscles
    C
And that's where I run into trouble
          G
'Cause if I use she pronouns, well, 
what does that mean
     Em
Am I reinforcing a gender binary
     Am
That I don't believe in

That I don't adhere to
  C
I say I'm a woman, what's that 
supposed to tell you
Am                        C      
Gender doesn't tell you a damn 
          G
thing about me
        Am                         
Doesn't tell you what I like or how
   C                             
 I act, it doesn't tell you how I 
  G
speak
    Am                          C 
The people you love, they don't 
               G
love you if they say


[Chorus]
Am  C                G
Boys don't talk that way
Am  C                 G
Boys don't dress that way
Am  C               G
Boys don't act that way


[Bridge]
    Am*                       
And I think it's time that our 
 C*
culture moves past
     G*                      Em*
This fucked up notion of the way we 
act
         Am*                    C*
Is it dictated at birth or that we 
have to choose
        G*                     Em*
It's an imposed binary, either way 
we lose
   Am
So do what you want
    C
And dress how you feel
          G                   
Don't let anyone tell you that 
 Em
gender is real
     Am                       C
It's useless, oppressive, and boring
G                           Em
Worthless, and hurtful, and stifling
Am                        C      
I think it's time that we put it 
       G    Em
in its place
   Am                  C          
So come on let's force gender into
             G    Em
 an early grave
Am                    C           
I never again want to hear anyone 
 G   Em
say


[Chorus]
Am  C               G
Boys don't act that way
Am   C               G
Girls don't act that way
Am  C               G
Boys don't act that way
Am  C               G
Boys don't act that way