Intro:  Cm    Cm    Cm    Cm

Am                 F
 I bet ya never thought
              C                      G
 That it would never turn out like this
Am              F
 Mama's little girl
C                 G
 Daddy's little princess 
Am                       F
 But somewhere in your fairy tale
C                  G
 Everything went wrong 
          G#
 Now the sun don't shine
 The words don't ryhme
        Bb
 You're out of time 

                   C
     You've been beaten down
      C/E          F
     Kicked around on the ground
              G#             Bb
     But you took it like a woman
      C           C/E         F
     Victimized, terrorized, paralyzed
              G#             Bb
     But you took it like a woman
      C             C/E         
     Pushed too far pulled too hard
      F
     Deeply scared
         G#                Bb       G#
     I know you must have felt the pain
                             Bb   C
     But you took it like a woman 

 Ya thought you had your Mr. Right
 But he was really Mr. Hyde
 Ya gave him your most precious gift
 You were his bleeding bride
 He tied you up pulled your hair
 He slapped your innocent face
 Yeah, you were black and blue
 He laughed at you
 So what'd you do? 

     Aw you've been beaten down
     Kicked around on the ground
     But you took it like a woman
     Victimized, terrorized, paralyzed
     But you took it like a woman
     Pushed too far pulled too hard
     Deeply scared
     I know you must have felt the pain
     But you took it like a woman 

Solo:  G#    F    Cm    Bb    G#    F    G        Cm(as solo)

  Cm
   And so its over
   Your fantasy life is finally at an end
   And the world above is still a brutal place
   And the story will start again 

 You been beaten down
 Kicked around on the ground
 But you took it like a woman
 Victimized, terrorized, paralyzed
 But you took it like a woman
 Pushed too far pulled too hard
 Deeply scared
 I know you must have felt the pain 
  Bb       G#
 Felt the pain
                       Bb       G#
 I know you must have felt the pain
 But you took it like a woman
 You took it like a woman
 I know you must have felt the pain