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Gender Is Boring

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[Intro]
G Em Am C G Em Am C
[Verse 1]
I never Gwanted to be a princess
I never asked Emanyone to braid my hair
I Amnever asked my mom to buy me things that I saw on the TV Cmarketed towards girls
I never Gwanted to wear a dress
And EmI was never obsessed
With the Amcolor pink, or sparkling things
Or Cunicorns or fucking fairy wings
AmGender never really Cmeant that much to Gme
Til' Ampeople started telling Cme how it was supposed to Gbe
Til' the Ampeople that I Cloved started to Gsay
[Chorus]
AmBoys  Cdon't talk that Gway
AmBoys  Cdon't dress that Gway
AmBoys  Cdon't act that Gway
G Em Am C G Em Am C
[Verse 2]
You see the Gproblem I have with gender
Is that EmI'm not even sure whether
AmI know what I mean when I say I'm a Cgirl because I feel that way
'Cause Gboys can wear dresses and makeup
EmAnyone can wear whatever they want
AmGirls can have short hair and muscles
And Cthat's where I run into trouble
'Cause if GI use she pronouns, well, what does that mean
Am I Emreinforcing a gender binary
That AmI don't believe in
That I don't adhere to
I Csay I'm a woman, what's that supposed to tell you
AmGender doesn't tell you a Cdamn thing about Gme
Doesn't Amtell you what I like or how I Cact, it doesn't tell you how I sGpeak
The Ampeople you love, they don't Clove you if they Gsay
[Chorus]
AmBoys Cdon't talk that Gway
AmBoys Cdon't dress that Gway
AmBoys Cdon't act that Gway
[Bridge]
    Am*                        C*
And I think it's time that our culture moves past
     G*                      Em*
This fucked up notion of the way we act
         Am*                    C*
Is it dictated at birth or that we have to choose
        G*                     Em*
It's an imposed binary, either way we lose
So Amdo what you want
And Cdress how you feel
Don't let Ganyone tell you that Emgender is real
It's Amuseless, oppressive, and Cboring
GWorthless, and hurtful, and Emstifling
AmI think it's time that we Cput it in its GplaceEm  
So Amcome on let's force Cgender into an early graGveEm  
AmI never again want to Chear anyone sGayEm  
[Chorus]
AmBoys Cdon't act that Gway
AmGirls Cdon't act that Gway
AmBoys Cdon't act that Gway
AmBoys Cdon't act that Gway

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Gender Is Boring

by She/Her/Hers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

G Em Am C G Em Am C

[Verse 1]

I never wanted to be a princess

I never asked anyone to braid my hair

Am C

I never asked my mom to buy me things that I saw on the TV marketed towards girls

I never wanted to wear a dress

And I was never obsessed

With the color pink, or sparkling things

Or unicorns or fucking fairy wings

Am C G

Gender never really meant that much to me

Am C G

Til' people started telling me how it was supposed to be

Am C G

Til' the people that I loved started to say

[Chorus]

Am C G

Boys don't talk that way

Am C G

Boys don't dress that way

Am C G

Boys don't act that way

G Em Am C G Em Am C

[Verse 2]

You see the problem I have with gender

Is that I'm not even sure whether

Am C

I know what I mean when I say I'm a girl because I feel that way

'Cause boys can wear dresses and makeup

Anyone can wear whatever they want

Girls can have short hair and muscles

And that's where I run into trouble

'Cause if I use she pronouns, well, what does that mean

Am I reinforcing a gender binary

That I don't believe in

That I don't adhere to

I say I'm a woman, what's that supposed to tell you

Am C G

Gender doesn't tell you a damn thing about me

Am C G

Doesn't tell you what I like or how I act, it doesn't tell you how I speak

Am C G

The people you love, they don't love you if they say

[Chorus]

Am C G

Boys don't talk that way

Am C G

Boys don't dress that way

Am C G

Boys don't act that way

[Bridge]

Am C

* *

And I think it's time that our culture moves past

G Em

* *

This fucked up notion of the way we act

Am C

* *

Is it dictated at birth or that we have to choose

G Em

* *

It's an imposed binary, either way we lose

So do what you want

And dress how you feel

G Em

Don't let anyone tell you that gender is real

Am C

It's useless, oppressive, and boring

G Em

Worthless, and hurtful, and stifling

Am C G Em

I think it's time that we put it in its place

Am C G Em

So come on let's force gender into an early grave

Am C G Em

I never again want to hear anyone say

[Chorus]

Am C G

Boys don't act that way

Am C G

Girls don't act that way

Am C G

Boys don't act that way

Am C G

Boys don't act that way

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