Born A Woman Chords
by Nick Lowe
Born A Woman by Nick Lowe is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F, D and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C G G C
It makes no difference if you’re rich or poor
F G C
or even if you're smart or dumb
F C
A woman’s place in this whole world
D G
is under some man’s thumb
C G G C
It must be heavy and it must be hard
F G C
trying to make a little dent in life
F C
A breeding feeling by your feet
D G
while loathsome wrestles light
G G C
‘Cause if you’re born a woman, you’re born to be hurt
F C
You were born to be lied to, stepped on, cheated on and treated like dirt
Dm G C
If you’re born a woman, you’re born to be hurt
C G G C
A woman’s place is to give and give
F G C
and then to give some more
F C
And it’s so hard to understand
D G
what she’s giving for
C G G C
The break of day to the dead of night
F G C
at someone’s beck and call
F C
A woman’s place in this whole world
D G
ain’t no place at all
G G C
‘Cause if you’re born a woman, you’re born to be hurt
Solo
G G C
‘Cause if you’re born a woman, you’re born to be hurt
F C
You were born to be lied to, stepped on, cheated on and treated like dirt
Dm G C
If you’re born a woman, you’re born to be hurt
Born to be hurt
Born to be hurt
Born to be hurt
Born to be hurt