Backbone

[Intro ]
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Gm 
Once upon a time, there was a princess, 
Gm 
Bettin' on tears and counting kisses. 
Gm 
Sittin' on the porch, she's makin' wishes, 
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To ride on in and make her a missus. 
Gm       C N.C. 
Ooh-ooh. White-knight in a pickup truck. 
 

 
      Gm 
There is an old lady in a board-up house, who, 
C 
Living on tears in a set of deep blue. 
Gm 
Love don't love the way he used to, 
     C 
'Cos he took off every time the wind blew. 
Gm       C 
Ooh-ooh. She said that's just my lover. 
Gm          C                           N.C. 
Oooooh. How long can you pass the buck? 
 

 
           Gm 
If you got backbone. Girl, get on up. 
C 
Life gets heavy, life gets tough. 
           Gm 
You got to live strong, I tell you what, 
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Even if it's all you got, a girl's got to have backbone. 
 

 
      Gm 
Well, people gonna say, what people gonna say, 
    C 
And lovers gonna love, and haters gonna hate. 
        Gm 
There's nothing you can do, about what you can't change! 
C 
Doesn't really matter anyway. 
 

 
           Gm 
If you got backbone. Girl, get on up. 
C 
Life gets heavy, life gets tough. 
           Gm 
You got to live strong, girl tell you what, 
C                                              Gm 
Even if it's all you got, a girl's got to have backbone. 
Gm 
Oooooh. 

{Solo-break} 
 

 
Gm                             C                Gm 
Straighten up. Shoulders back. Chin high. Put a smile on it 
Gm                             C                Gm 
Straighten up. Shoulders back. Chin high. If he doesn't put a ring on it 
Gm                             C                Gm 
Straighten up. Shoulders back. Chin high. Put a smile on it 
Gm                             C 
Straighten up Shoulders back. 
 

 
                    Gm 
Ah, you got to have backbone. Girl, get on up. 
C 
Life gets heavy, life gets tough. 
           Gm 
You got to live strong, girl tell you what, 
C                                              Gm 
Even if it's all you got, a girl's got to have backbone. 
 

 
                    Gm 
Ah, you got to have backbone. Girl, get on up. 
C 
Life gets heavy, life gets tough. 
           Gm 
You got to live strong, I tell you what, 
C                                              Gm 
Even if it's all you got, a girl's got to have backbone. 
C 
Ooh, yeah 
Gm 
Ooh, yeah 
C 
Ha!