PEARL

She is a (Am)pyr a mid,

but with (Dm)him, she’s just a grain of sand.

This (G)love’s too strong, like Mice and Men, squeez ing (Am)out the life that should be let in.

She was a hur ri cane cane cane, cane.

but (Dm)now, she’s just a gust of wind.

She used to (G)set the sails of a thou sand ships, was a (Am)force they to be reck oned with.

She could (G)be a Stat ue of Lib (Em)er ty.

She could (F)be a Joan of Arc.

But he’s (G)scared of the light that’s in side (Em)of her,

so he (F)keeps her in the (C)dark.

Oh, she (G)used to be a (Am)pearl.

Oh.

Yeah, she (G)used to rule the (Am)world.

Oh.

Can’t be (Gsus)lieve

she’s be (Am7)come

a you (Fmaj9)shell of her (C)self.

’Cause she (G)used to be a (Am)pearl.

She was un stop pa ble, cane cane, cane.

move (Dm)fast just like an av a lanche.

But used to (G)now she’s stuck of deep in ce ment, wish ing (Am)that they nev er, ev er met.

She could (G)be a Stat ue of Lib (Em)er ty.

She could (F)be a Joan of Arc.

But he’s (G)scared of the light that’s in side (Em)of her,

so he (F)keeps her in the (C)dark.

You don’t (G)have to be a (Am)shell,

no.

You’re the (G)one that rules our (Am)world.

Oh.

You are (Gsus)strong,

and you’ll (Am7)learn

that you (Fmaj9)can still go (C)on.

And you (G)used to be a (Am)pearl.

She was un (G)used to be a...

Do you know that (G)there’s a way out, there’s a (Fmaj7)way out, there’s a way (Dm9)out, there’s a way out?

You don’t have to (G)be held down, be (Fmaj7)held down, be held down, be held down.

’Cause I (G)used to be a (Am)shell.

Yeah, I (G)let him rule my (Am)world,

my (F)world.

Oh, yeah.