hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but i have it (Official Audio) Chords

_ _ I was reading Slim Aaron's [G] and I got to thinking that [D] I thought _
_ _ _ [Am] Maybe I'd get [G] less stressed if I was tested [D] less like
All of these _ [Am] debutantes
Smiling for miles [G] in pink dresses and high heels and [D] white yachts _
_ _ _ [Am] But I'm not
[G] _
_ _ Baby, [D] I'm not _
No, [A] I'm not
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[D] That I'm not _ _
I've [C] been tearing around in [D] my fucking nightgown
[Em] 24-7 [C] Sylvia Platt _
_ Writing in blood on [D] my walls
Cause the ink in [Em] my pen don't work in my [C] _ notepad
Don't ask if I'm happy
[D] You know that I'm not
[G] But at best I can say [C] I'm not sad
Cause hope is a [G] dangerous thing for a woman [D] like me to have _ _
[E] _ [C] Hope is a [G] dangerous thing for a woman [D] like me to have _ _
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[Am] I had 15-year dances, [G] church basement [D] romances, yeah, I've got _ _ _
_ [Am] Spilling my guts [G] with the Bowery Bums [D] is the only love I've ever known
_ [Am] Except for the stage [G] which I'll also call home [D] when I'm not _ _ _ _
_ [Am] Serving up [G] God in a burnt coffee pot for [D] the _ triad _ _ _
[Am] Hello, it's the most [G] famous woman you know on the [D] iPad _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Calling from [G] beyond the grave, I just [D] wanna say, hi, dad _ _
[C] I've been tearing uptown [D] in my fucking white gown
Like [Em] a goddamned _ [C] esthosiopath _ _
_ Shaking my [D] ass is the only thing that's
[Em] Got this black narcissist off [C] my back _
She couldn't care less [D] and I never cared more
[G] So there's no more [Bm] to say about [C] that
Except hope is a dangerous thing for a woman [D] like me to have _ _ _
[C] Hope is a [G] dangerous thing for a [D] woman with my past _ _ _
[Am] There's a new _ [G] revolution, a loud evolution [D] that I saw _ _ _ _
[Am] Born of confusion [G] and quiet collusion [D] of which mostly I've known
A [Am] modern day woman [G] with a weak constitution, [D] cause I've got _ _ _
_ [Am] Monsters still under [G] my bed that I could [D] never fight off _ _ _
[Am] A gatekeeper [G] carelessly dropping the keys [D] on my night saw
_ I've _ [C] been tearing around in [D] my fucking white gown
[Em] 24-7 [C] Sylvia Plath _
_ Writing in blood on [D] your walls cause the ink in my pen don't look good in [C] my pad _
They write that I'm happy, [A] they know that I'm not
[G] But at best you can see [C] I'm not sad
_ But hope is a [G] dangerous thing for a [D] woman like me to have _ _
[E] _ _ [C] Hope is a dangerous [G] thing for a [D] woman like me to have _ _
_ [C] _ Hope is a [G] dangerous thing for a [D] woman like me to have _
But I _ [G] have _ it, [D] yeah I have _ _ it, [C] yeah I [G] have _ it, [D] I _ have _ _
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