Never Been A Woman Chords
Never Been A Woman by Father John Misty is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords C7, F, C, Bb and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: | C7 | C7 | F | F |
F
Never been a woman
C
But I know the pain
C7
The pain of labor
F
And the warpath of age
Bb
I've been with so many
F
And yet none have seen through
C
Despite their intuition
Dm
The extent of the ruse
F C7
Oh, yeah, I've never been a woman
F
Why must I befriend each
C
And every girl
C7
I meet the lively lit bars
F
This dying dark world
Bb
I'm doped up on laughter
F
And they always oblige
C7
This emptiness in me
Dm
With wet glassy eyes
Bb C7
Oh, yeah, I've never been a woman
F
But they've given me my life
F
True love bears nothing
C
In common with this
C7
This constant amusement
F
Some ceaseless caress
Bb
Yet I accept nothing
F
No price could be paid
C7
The occasional miracle
Dm
With Marissa or Jane
Bb C7
Oh, now, I've never been a woman
F
My time here is so brief
C
I cannot pretend
C7
That I can sustain you
F
Like this till the end
Bb
Don't lie to the ladies
F
It does not take words
C
All it takes is an inkling
Dm
That you, they can cure
Bb C7
Oh, now, I've never been a woman
F
That much is sure
F
Wandering hunger
C
Honin' corrupt
C7
Lays waiting each moment
F
While you tend, while you selflessly touch
Bb
Satisfy and sate her
F
The only one in the room I can see
C7 Dm
Who is really being pleasured is me, is me, is me
Bb C7
Oh, now, I've never been a woman
F
But I have known pain