Never Been A Woman Chords

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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.

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  			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  
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante