Chords for Mickey Guyton - What Are You Gonna Tell Her? (Live at The ACM Awards)
Tempo:
77.25 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
Em
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [Em]
[C] [D] [G] She thinks [D] life is [Em] fair and God hears [G] every [C] prayer
And everyone gets there [D] ever [G] after
She thinks love is love [Em] and if you work hard that's enough
[C] Skin's just skin and it doesn't [D] matter
[G] And that her friend's older brother's gonna keep his hands to [Em] himself
[C] And that somebody's gonna [D] believe [G] her when she tells
But what are [C] you gonna tell her when she's [G] wrong?
Will you just [D] shrug and say it's been that way [Em] all along?
What [D] are you [C] gonna tell her when she [G] figures out
That all [D] this time you built her up just so [Em] the world could let her down
[D] And what [C] do you tell her?
[G] What are you [D] gonna tell her?
[G] Do you just let her pretend [Em] that she could be the president?
[C] Would it help us get [D] there [G] any faster?
Do you let her think the deck's not [Em] stacking?
Gay or straight or white or black?
[C] You just dream and [D] anything [G] can happen
What are you [C] gonna tell her when [G] she's wrong?
Will you [D] just shrug and say it's been that [Em] way all along?
What are you [C] gonna tell her when she [G] figures out
That [D] all this time you built her up just [Em] so the world could let her down
And what do you [C] tell her?
[G] What are you gonna tell [D]
[C]
her?
Do you tell her not to fight?
[D] [Bm]
Is it worth the [C] sacrifice?
[C]
Can you look her in [D] the face?
And [Bm] promise her that things will [C] change?
What are you gonna tell her?
Maybe [G] you can't
Cause [D] there ain't no way you can explain
[Em] When you don't understand
[Bm] What the hell [C] do you tell her?
[G] What the [D] hell do you tell her?
[Em] What are you [C] gonna tell her?
[G] What are you [D] gonna tell her?
[C] [D] [G] She thinks [D] life is [Em] fair and God hears [G] every [C] prayer
And everyone gets there [D] ever [G] after
She thinks love is love [Em] and if you work hard that's enough
[C] Skin's just skin and it doesn't [D] matter
[G] And that her friend's older brother's gonna keep his hands to [Em] himself
[C] And that somebody's gonna [D] believe [G] her when she tells
But what are [C] you gonna tell her when she's [G] wrong?
Will you just [D] shrug and say it's been that way [Em] all along?
What [D] are you [C] gonna tell her when she [G] figures out
That all [D] this time you built her up just so [Em] the world could let her down
[D] And what [C] do you tell her?
[G] What are you [D] gonna tell her?
[G] Do you just let her pretend [Em] that she could be the president?
[C] Would it help us get [D] there [G] any faster?
Do you let her think the deck's not [Em] stacking?
Gay or straight or white or black?
[C] You just dream and [D] anything [G] can happen
What are you [C] gonna tell her when [G] she's wrong?
Will you [D] just shrug and say it's been that [Em] way all along?
What are you [C] gonna tell her when she [G] figures out
That [D] all this time you built her up just [Em] so the world could let her down
And what do you [C] tell her?
[G] What are you gonna tell [D]
[C]
her?
Do you tell her not to fight?
[D] [Bm]
Is it worth the [C] sacrifice?
[C]
Can you look her in [D] the face?
And [Bm] promise her that things will [C] change?
What are you gonna tell her?
Maybe [G] you can't
Cause [D] there ain't no way you can explain
[Em] When you don't understand
[Bm] What the hell [C] do you tell her?
[G] What the [D] hell do you tell her?
[Em] What are you [C] gonna tell her?
[G] What are you [D] gonna tell her?
Key:
D
G
C
Em
Bm
D
G
C
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ She thinks [D] life is [Em] fair and God hears [G] every [C] prayer
And everyone gets there [D] ever [G] after
_ She _ thinks love is love [Em] and if you work hard that's enough
[C] Skin's just skin and it doesn't [D] matter
[G] And that her friend's older brother's gonna keep his hands to [Em] himself
_ [C] And that somebody's gonna [D] believe [G] her when she tells
But what are [C] you gonna tell her when she's [G] wrong?
Will you just [D] shrug and say it's been that way [Em] all along?
What [D] are you [C] gonna tell her when she [G] figures out
That all [D] this time you built her up just so [Em] the world could let her down
[D] And what [C] do you tell her?
_ _ [G] _ _ What are you [D] gonna tell her?
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Do you just let her pretend [Em] that she could be the president?
[C] Would it help us get [D] there [G] any faster?
_ Do you let her think the deck's not [Em] stacking?
Gay or straight or white or black?
[C] You just dream and [D] anything [G] can happen
What are you [C] gonna tell her when [G] she's wrong?
Will you [D] just shrug and say it's been that [Em] way all along?
What are you [C] gonna tell her when she [G] figures out
That [D] all this time you built her up just [Em] so the world could let her down
And what do you [C] tell her?
_ [G] _ _ What are you gonna tell [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
her?
Do you tell her not to fight?
[D] _ _ _ _ [Bm]
Is it worth the [C] sacrifice?
_ _ _ [C] _
Can you look her in [D] the face?
And [Bm] promise her that things will [C] change?
What are you gonna tell her?
Maybe [G] you can't
Cause [D] there ain't no way you can explain
[Em] When you don't understand
[Bm] What the hell [C] do you tell her?
_ _ [G] _ _ What the [D] hell do you tell her?
_ [Em] _ What are you [C] gonna tell her?
_ _ [G] _ What are you [D] gonna tell her?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ She thinks [D] life is [Em] fair and God hears [G] every [C] prayer
And everyone gets there [D] ever [G] after
_ She _ thinks love is love [Em] and if you work hard that's enough
[C] Skin's just skin and it doesn't [D] matter
[G] And that her friend's older brother's gonna keep his hands to [Em] himself
_ [C] And that somebody's gonna [D] believe [G] her when she tells
But what are [C] you gonna tell her when she's [G] wrong?
Will you just [D] shrug and say it's been that way [Em] all along?
What [D] are you [C] gonna tell her when she [G] figures out
That all [D] this time you built her up just so [Em] the world could let her down
[D] And what [C] do you tell her?
_ _ [G] _ _ What are you [D] gonna tell her?
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Do you just let her pretend [Em] that she could be the president?
[C] Would it help us get [D] there [G] any faster?
_ Do you let her think the deck's not [Em] stacking?
Gay or straight or white or black?
[C] You just dream and [D] anything [G] can happen
What are you [C] gonna tell her when [G] she's wrong?
Will you [D] just shrug and say it's been that [Em] way all along?
What are you [C] gonna tell her when she [G] figures out
That [D] all this time you built her up just [Em] so the world could let her down
And what do you [C] tell her?
_ [G] _ _ What are you gonna tell [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
her?
Do you tell her not to fight?
[D] _ _ _ _ [Bm]
Is it worth the [C] sacrifice?
_ _ _ [C] _
Can you look her in [D] the face?
And [Bm] promise her that things will [C] change?
What are you gonna tell her?
Maybe [G] you can't
Cause [D] there ain't no way you can explain
[Em] When you don't understand
[Bm] What the hell [C] do you tell her?
_ _ [G] _ _ What the [D] hell do you tell her?
_ [Em] _ What are you [C] gonna tell her?
_ _ [G] _ What are you [D] gonna tell her?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _