Mean Mary - Born to Be That Woman
CAPO: 4th Fret
## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down from F to C ##
[Intro]
C F C F C
[Verse 1]
F C F C
There’s a reason why redwood grows
F C F C
There’s a reason why black sheep stray
F C
There’s a reason why roosters crow
F C F C
They were born that way
[Verse 2]
F C F C
You were born to be that perfect man
F C F C
But you were born to make one mistake
F ~ C
You were born to love me as I am
F ~ C F C
And you were born for heartbreak
[Chorus 1]
F C F C
I was born to make you lonely
F C F C
I was born to make you blue
F N.C.
I was born to be that woman, yeah
F N.C. G
Be that woman that
N.C. C F C F C
Ain’t no good for you
[Chorus 2]
G F
Don’t have to try to break your heart
G F
I break your heart, then make a scene___
G F
I don’t know why, I don’t know how
G C F C F C
I don’t know how to be anything but mean
[Verse 3]
F ~ C F C
Like the tip of the rose’s thorn
F C F C
Like the cold of the freezing rain
F ~ C
Some things from the day that they were born
F C F C
Were meant to cause pain
[Verse 4]
F C F C
You were born to be that dreaming kind
F C F C
But you were born to dream awake
F C
You were born to love me blind
F C F C
And you were born for heartbreak
[Chorus 1]
F C F C
I was born to make you lonely
F C F C
I was born to make you blue
F N.C.
I was born to be that woman, yeah
F N.C. G
Be that woman that
N.C. C F C F G F
Ain’t no good for you
[Chorus 2]
G F
Don’t have to try to break your heart
G F
I break your heart and then repeat___
G F
I don’t know why, I don’t know how
G C
I don’t know how to be, I wasn’t born to be sweet
[Interlude]
C F C F C F C F C
[Bridge]
F C
You were born to be in that love song
F C
Where everybody keeps asking why
F C
Anybody could be so wrong
F G C
As to love somebody as, as reckless as...
[Chorus 1]
F C
I was born to make you suffer
F C
I was born to make you blue, yeah
F N.C.
I was born to be that woman, yeah
F N.C. G
Be that woman that
N.C. C F C F C
Ain’t no good for you
[Verse 5]
F C F C
There’s a reason why trade winds blow
F C F C
There’s a reason why branches sway
F ~ C
There’s a reason why fireflies glow
F C
They were born that way