Chords for It's Not About Me

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_ [G] _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I wanna tell the people of _ _ _ whatever this town's _ called.
_ [Dm] _ _ [E] I know what's going on here and frankly I'm appalled.
[Dm] _ _ _
I read three quarters of a news story and knew I had to call _ _ [B] _
this.
_ I am [C] doing the _ [F] miracle _ work.
[Dm] I'm a monster. _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] I'm [Dm] a _ [E] _ _ [Am] monster.
Listen you bigoted [A] monsters [Dm] just who do you think you are?
[G] Your prejudice and your repression [C] won't keep past this [E] Broadway star.
[Am] Stealing the rights of a girl who [Dm] is an LGBTQ teen. _ _
I've been [C] far too angry [Bb] to Google [E] what [Am] those letters _ [A] mean.
But _
_ [F] it's not about _ me [G] it's about poor [C] Emma.
Emma [Dm] _ Forten [E] you see [A] the [Am] raw deal [A] she's been dealt. _
[D] So [F] hear my plea [G] or here's your [C] next dilemma. _
_ [Dm] How do you [E] silence a woman who's [Am] known for her belt?
I don't know _ her belt.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [F] But [Am] it's not about me. _
Go _ _ on and threaten to [A] buy it.
It [Dm] won't phase me in the least.
[G] I understand glorious townsfolk.
[C] I did Beauty and [E] the Beast. _
[Am] I'm no stranger to slander.
So [Dm] my dear you're not alone.
_ The Post [C] once said I [Gm] was too old [E] to play [Am] Eva _ Peron. _ _ _ _
Eva Peron [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ about me.
_ [G] It's Emma's [C] story damn it.
_ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [E] _ Equality should [Am] be this [A] country's norm.
[F] No _ _ photography _ _ _ [G]
unless you [C] Instagram it. _
[Dm] Use hashtag [E] Dee Dee take local [Am] yokels by storm.
_ _ [F] But [E] it's not about [Am]
me.
_ [B] I didn't come here [Dm] to make a scene.
[Am] But I know how Emma's heart aches.
[Dm] And this is how actors _ intervene [E] with fiery songs and dance _ [Em] breaks.
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[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ But it's [Gb] _
not about _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
me.
I'm rich and [Db] _ famous.
_ [Ebm] _ _
_ [F] _ [F] Publicity _ is [Bbm] not my [Bb] final goal.
_ You [Gb] _
_ needn't be _ [Ab] _
backwards _ _ [Db] ignoramus.
[Ebm] Join me and we'll start [Fm] fighting.
[Ebm] Could I get softer lighting?
Wait [F] this is not _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [Bbm] what [F] is happening.
[Ebm]
It's not [Bbm] what's _ happening.
It _
_ _ _ [F] _ is all about Emma.
_ _ And none of us _ [Bbm] are married. _ _
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