Key: A major
Verse 1
F
Fsus2
F
Fsus2
C
G
Dsus4
D
G
Once again,
I'm a little depressed
Dm
G
Am
by the tired, old face that I see.
D
G
D
Once again, it is time to be someone
G
Am
D
who's anyone other than me.
G
C
With a rare combination
C
Bb
and manly restraint,
G
C
G
Dsus4
of powders and pencils and paint.
that my place in the world
is beginning to crash,
Am
D
G
Am
I apply one great stroke of mas cara
G
Bm
G
Am
C
to my rather limp up per lash.
G
Em
And I can cope again.
G
Am
C
Good God, there's hope again.
D
G
Am
G
C
G
When life is a real bitch again,
C
D
G
and my old sense of humor
C
Am
D
has up an d gone,
G
C
it's time for the big switch again.
Cm
Adim
G
Bb
Am
I put a little more mascara on
D
G
D
when I count my crow's feet again,
Dsus4
D
G
Gdim
and tire of this perpetu
Bbdim
Am
al marathon.
Dsus4
D
G
C
I put down the john seat again,
Cm
Adim
G
Bb
Am
and put a little more mascara on.
D
G
And everything's sparkle dust,
Em
Am
bugle beats, ostrich plumes,
D
G
when it's a beaded lash
F#
Bm
Cause when I feel glamorous
and elegant and beautiful
Am
G
Dsus4
When my little road has
D
Dsus4
D
G
An d I need
F#
Bb
C
Am
something level to lean upon
C
D
G
C
I put on my sling thumps again,
F
Adim
and wham,
G
Bm
E
this ugly dachling is a swan.
Em
D
So when my spirit starts to sag,
Am
Dsus4
D
I hustle out my highest drag
C
Am
and put a little more
D
G
C
What goes on?
Am
C
G
C
D
G
Oh, oh, everything's ankle straps,
D
Em
Am
Marabou, Jalimar.
D
G
It's worth sucking in my guts,
F#
Bm
F#
Bm
and sensu al and fabulous
F#
Bm
when our bodies talk to him.
D
G
Oh! Bonsoir!
Am
C
G
When everything slides down
D
G
Bbdim
And when my self -esteem
Am
C
has begun to drift
Dsus4
D
G
C
I strap on my fake boobs again
Cm
G
Bm
E
An d literally give myself a lift
Em
D
So when it's cold and when it's bleak
Em
D
I simply rose the other cheek
Em
D
For I can't face another day
Am
Em
Am
Em
Dm
D
Slept out side in lingerie
Am
Dm
D
To make depression disappear
Em
Am
Em
Dm
D
Screw some rhinestones on my ear.
Em
Am
Dm
Put my necklace and tiara
D
Am
D
and a little more mascara.
G
Bm
Sparkle dust, bugle bee,
marabou,
ostrich boobs, chalamar,
rabbit sheep, rabbit ghosts.
Home!
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