Gender Is Boring

Intro: G Em Am C G Em Am C

Verse 1:
        G
I never wanted to be a princess
              Em
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
        G
I never wanted to wear a dress
    Em
And I was never obsessed
         Am
With the color pink, or sparkling things
   C
Or unicorns or xxxxing 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

Interlude: G Em Am C G Em Am C

Verse 2:
            G
You see the problem I have with gender
        Em
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
       G
'Cause boys can wear dresses and makeup
Em
Anyone can wear whatever they want
Am
Girls can have short hair and muscles
    C
And that's where I run into trouble
          G
'Cause if I use she pronouns, well, what does that mean
     Em
Am I reinforcing a gender binary
     Am
That I don't believe in

That I don't adhere to
  C
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 xxxxed 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
   Am
So do what you want
    C
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