Faith Marie - Little Girl

      Capo on 2nd fret 

[Intro]
Am C Am C

[Verse 1]
   Am                       C
My friends always tell me I get carried away
C
Sometimes I spit when I talk
C
Cuz I have so much to say
Am                         C
They don't seem to hear me but I guess it's ok
C
It's not their fault my minds working overtime with no pay
     Am
They always say the same things
         C
And it's starting to get old
C
That my head can't get sick
C
It can't catch a cold
   Am
I scratch and I pick
C
My insecurities poke
C
My fears, my anxiety, a voice that provokes
       Am                     C
Take a walk, clear your head, breathe in count to ten
C
Cuz on the first page of life written in red
Am          C
You'll never make it here if you don't learn how to bend

[Chorus]
       C                             F
Don't speak unless you're spoken to, little girl
Am                               F
Someday you will find your place in the world
    C
But ladies don't get dirty
F                                      Am
Someday you'll learn to fill the empty space
       F
With empty faith

[Verse 2]
    Am                       C
Everyday feels like a battle and I always get hurt
C
I was frequently told violence was never the answer
    Am                 C
But life doesn't abide by the rules of a child
C
I don't know how to fight only taught how to surrender
          Am                       C
There's a certain kind of darkness that does a reaping
C
It usually takes you right before you are sleeping
          Am                C
Is it the crack in the door that it finds a way to creep in?
C
Or the crack in your brain that wants you to drop dead
   Am                           C
I don't remember what it's like to see with clear vision
C
I awake every morning like the dead has arisen
        Am                         C
I don't have to think this body of mine is a prison
C
You don't control me I just gotta find the light switch
        Am                      C
But the more that I look the further I get
C
You're the only thing about me that needs to be fixed
            Am                    C
Cuz on the first page of life written in fine print
C
Stop looking for light, live it instead

[Chorus]
       C                             F
Don't speak unless you're spoken to, little girl
Am                               F
Someday you will find your place in the world
    C
But ladies don't get dirty
F                                      Am
Someday you'll learn to fill the empty space
       F
With empty faith

[Outro]
   C
My mind is a mess but I love it none the less
     F
They tell me to hush but my words are all that's left
          Am
So on the last page of life written in gold
      F
Don't waste it always doing what you're told