E G A She wasn't a fool D Dsus4 D That glittering girl E G A She followed the rules D Dsus4 D That shimmering pearl G G Said the rules mama preaches D Dsus4 D Don't die when they break G The things mama teaches B You just gotta shake
E G A But she wasn't a fool D That slender lovely girl E G A She followed her rules B And made money bigger G Bb C She wasn't a fool F Fsus4 F That shining young woman G Bb C She followed her rules D She is crying for no man Said the rules mama teaches Don't die when they're broken She explodes into peaches And cries when I've spoken She wasn't a fool That goddess of hell There are no mother's rules She makes them herself B... If I was down upon my knees To beg her surrender up to me {solo; verse pattern} Something inside her Told he she shouldn't Tried and alight her But the girl wouldn't She wasn't a fool But love flowed from her face She's not scared of me She's afraid of disgrace G Bb C She wasn't a fool F Fsus4 F That female for our world G Bb C She followed her rules F C That glittering girl F C That glittering girl F C That glittering girl D That glittering girl