Key : G
[Intro]
How y'all doing? It's been a while ...
G D Em G C D G
[Verse]
G D Em
She thinks life is fair
G
God hears every prayer
C D G
And everyone gets their ever after
G D
She thinks love is love
Em G
And if you work hard, that’s enough
C D G
Skin’s just skin and it doesn’t matter
G
And that her friend’s older brother’s
D Em
Gonna keep his hands to himself
G C D G
And that somebody’s gonna believe her when she tells
[Chorus]
C
But what are you gonna tell her
G
When she is wrong
D
Will you just shrug and say
Em
It’s been that way all along
C
What are you gonna tell her
G
When she figures out
D
That all this time you built her up
Em
Just so the world could let her down
C
Yeah, and what do you tell her
G D D
What are you gonna tell her
[Verse]
G D
Do you just let her pretend
Em G
She could be the president
C D G
Would it help us get there any faster
G D
Do you let her think the deck’s not stacked
Em G
And gay or straight or white or black
C D G
And you just dream and anything can happen
[Chorus]
C
What are you gonna tell her
G
When she is wrong
D
Will you just shrug and say
Em
It’s been that way all along
C
What are you gonna tell her
G
When she figures out
D
That all this time you built her up
Em
Just so the world could let her down
C
Yeah, and what do you tell her
G D D
Oooh, What are you gonna tell her
[Break]
C D
Do you tell her not to fight
Bm C
Is it worth the sacrifice
C D
Can you look her in the face
Bm C
And promise her that things’ll change
C
What are you gonna tell her
G
Maybe you can’t
D
'Cause there ain’t no way you can’t explain
Em
What you don’t understand
[Outro]
C C G
What the hell do you tell her
G D D Em
What the hell do you tell heeeeeeeeer
Em C
What are you gonna tell her
G D
What are you gonna tell her