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Joyful Girl
Ani Difranco
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These are the chords for the version she plays at the Bronco Bowl Theatre in
Texas, 1999. When you play the C chord, put your pinky finger on the first string,
third fret. Watch the video to get the timing. It sounds like it's in a tad
different key in the beginning; If anyone would like to correct me, please do.
C
I do it for the joy it brings
G Am
Because I'm a joyful girl
C
Because the world owes me nothing
G Am
And we owe each other the world
C
I do it because it's the least I can do
G Am
I do it because I learned it from you
C
I do it just because I want to
G Am
Because I want to
C
Everything I do is judged
G Am
And they mostly get it wrong, but oh well
C
'Cuz the bathroom mirror has not budged
G Am
And the woman who lives there can't tell
C
The truth from the stuff that they say
G Am
And she looks me in the eye
C
And says would you prefer the easy way?
G Am
No, well O.K. then, don't cry
[The part in between consists of Dm, C, Em, and G.]
C
And I wonder if everything I do
G Am
I do instead
C
Of something I want to do more
G Am
The question fills my head
C
I know that there's no grand plan here
G Am
This is just the way it goes
C
And when everything else seems unclear
G Am
I guess at least I know
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