{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":84718,"song":"Im Gonna Be An Engineer","artist":"Peggy Seeger","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11549395-im-gonna-be-an-engineer-chords-by-peggy-seeger/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/84718?type=chord","rating":4.64019,"votes":26,"content":"[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a little girl, I wished I was a boy.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nI tagged along behind the gang and wore me corduroys.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nEv'rybody said I only did it to annoy,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nbut I was gonna be an engineer.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMama told me, \"Can't you be a la - dy?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYour duty is to make me the mother of a pearl.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWait until you're older, dear, and may - be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nyou'll be glad that you're a girl.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDainty as a Dresden statue,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\ngentle as a Jersey cow -[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSmooth as silk, gives creamy milk.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLearn to coo. Learn to moo.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThat's what to do to be a lady now.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nWhen I went to school, I learned to write and how to read,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nSome History, Geography, and Home Economy.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nAnd typing is a skill that every girl is sure to need[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nTo while away the extra time until the time to breed.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nAnd then they had the nerve to say,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\n\"What would you like to be?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI says, \"I'm gonna be an engineer!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nNo, you only need to learn to be a la - dy.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThe duty isn't yours for to try and run the world.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAn engineer could never have a ba - by![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRemember, dear, that you're a girl.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nSo I become a typist and I study on the sly.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nWorking out the day and night so I can qualify,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nAnd every time the boss come in, he pinched me on the thigh,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nSays, \"I've never had an engineer!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nYou owe it to the job to be a la - dy.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nIt's the duty of the staff for to give the boss a whirl.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nThe wages that you get are crummy, may - be,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut it's all you get, 'cause you're a girl.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nShe's smart! (for a woman). I wonder how she got that way?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou get no choice, you get no voice,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust stay mum, pretend you're dumb,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThat's how you come to be a lady today![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nThen Jimmy came along and we set up a conjugation;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nWe were busy every night with loving recreation.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nI spent my day at work so he could get his education,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd now he's an engineer![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe says \"I know you'll always be a la - dy.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nIt's the duty of my darling to love me all my life.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nCould an engineer look after or obey me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRemember, dear, that you're my wife!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nAs soon as Jimmy got a job, I studied hard again.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nThen, busy at my turret-lathe a year or so, and then,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nThe morning that the twins were born, Jimmy says to them,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n\"Kids, your mother was an engineer.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nYou owe it to the kids to be a la - dy,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nDainty as a dishrag, faithful as a chow.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nStay at home; you got to mind the ba - by.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRemember, you're a mother now.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nEvery time I turn around there's something else to do -[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nCook a meal or mend a sock or sweep a floor or two.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nListen in to Jimmy Young - it makes me want to spew![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI was gonna be an engineer![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI really wish that I could be a la - dy;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI could do the lovely things that a lady's s'posed to do.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nI wouldn't even mind, if only they would pay me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I could be a person too![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhat price - for a woman? You can buy her for a ring of gold;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo love and obey (without any pay);[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou get a cook and a nurse (for better or worse).[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYou don't need a purse when a lady is sold.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nBut now that times are harder and my Jimmy's got the sack,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nI went down to Vickers. They were glad to have me back;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nI'm a third-class citizen, my wages tell me that,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nBut I'm a first class engineer![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe boss, he says, \"I pay you as a la - dy;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYou only got the job 'cause I can't afford a man.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWith you I keep the profits as high as may be;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou're just a cheaper pair of hands!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou got one fault! You're a woman. You're not worth equal pay.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Cm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA bitch or a tart, you're nothing but heart;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShallow and vain, you got no brain;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nGo down the drain like a lady today![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nI listened to my mother and I joined a typing pool;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nI listened to my lover and I put him through his school;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nIf I listen to the boss, I'm just a bloody fool -[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd an underpaid engineer![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI been a sucker ever since I was a ba - by,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAs a daughter, as a lover, as a mother and a \"dear,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nBut I'll fight them as a woman, not a la - dy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll fight them as an engineer.[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["G","G6","A7","D7","A","B","C","Am","B7","C7","Em","Bm","Cm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}