Grace Petrie - No Woman Ever Wants To Be A Muse Chords

[Intro]
G A C D x2
 
[Verse 1]
       G              A                C     D
To the girl I knew in Sixth Form long ago
   G               A                C     D
It took me sixteen years or more to know
         G               A                C                  D
That she probably didn't thank me for the songs that I wrote for her
      G                 A             C                 D
Well I wrote this one for me and looking back I think they all were
 
[Pre-Chorus]
         C            G
'Cause I grew up in a world
          C                           G      D
Where the tragic hero always gets the girl
          C                  G
I set the scene, I wrote the script
      Am                                D
And I handed her a leading role and she never wanted it
 
[Chorus]
           G          A             C     D
Because no woman ever wants to be a muse
      G                A
To be dragged over hot coals
      C                D
To be slandered, to be used
           G                   A           C
So you can sing the world your inauthentic blues
           D
And be the bravest, be the smartest
         C               D
The most deeply tortured artist
        Em                 D               C
Tell me who in their right mind would ever choose
             G A C D
To be a muse
 
G A C D
 
[Verse 2]
       G                A                      C     D
Well I wish for all the world I'd learned back then
   G              A               C     D
To not repeat the deeds of famous men
    G                 A                 C                D
Who took just one perspective 'cause it gave them a good villain
  G                    A               C              D
Absolved them of their sins and in the process made a killing
 
[Pre-Chorus]
        C               G
Best be warned not to believe
     C                           G          D
This bleeding heart I wear upon my sleeve
            C               G
For all the pain it might imply
          Am                                 D
There's another one out there somewhere with no right of reply
 
[Chorus]
           G          A             C     D
Because no woman ever wants to be a muse
      G                D
To be dragged over hot coals
      C                D
To be slandered, to be used
           G                   D           C
So you can sing the world your inauthentic blues
           D
And be the bravest, be the smartest
         C               D
The most deeply tortured artist
        Em                 D               C
Tell me who in their right mind would ever choose
             G A C D
To be a muse
             G A C D
To be a muse
 
[Bridge]
                                   C                 G
Yeah and maybe Stevie Nicks really drove him out his mind
          Em                  D        G       C
But maybe Lindsey should have gone his own way too
          D                              C                G
And we'll never know the girl who wasted Dylan's precious time
   A                            D
Or if he left her tangled up in blue
       C
Well I guess they'd both have versions
       D
But we all know just the one
          G
And all I really know for certain
      C
Is it made a damn good song
                 C
'Cause history's written by the victors
         D
Yeah and art is made to last
                G
And I dread the day I'll have to answer
        C
For the songs of break-ups past
 
[Chorus]
           G          D             C
Because no woman ever wants to be a muse
      G                D
To be dragged over hot coals
      C                D
To be slandered, to be used
           G                   D           C
So you can sing the world your inauthentic blues
           D
And be the bravest, be the smartest
         C               D
The most deeply tortured artist
        G         D               C
Yeah no woman ever wants to stand accused
      G                D
Of the crimes that you wrote for her
         C           D
While professing to adore her
      G               D
While disparaging her honour
         C             D
With all you projected on her
          C               D
While you revelled in the glory
           C               D
Of telling one side of the story
        C                              D
Yeah no woman in this world would ever choose
        G    C   D
To be a muse
 
[Outro]
              G                 A
Yeah now I've looked at it both ways
         C             D
Don't believe a word I say
       C                      D
And beware of anyone who ever views
              G A C D
You as a muse
           C                              D
Because no woman in this world would ever choose
             G A C D
To be a muse
 
G A C D