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Not My Responsibility

Billie Eilish

PopEasy for beginners2 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Am×
Em

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro Am  Em  Am  Em  Am 
 
Em 
Do you know me? 
               Am 
Really know me? 
                  Em 
You have opinions about my opinions 
Am 
About my music 
                 Em 
About my clothes 
 
About my body 
            Am 
Some people hate what I wear 
 
Some people praise it 
            Em 
Some people use it to shame others 
 
Some people use it to shame me 
      Am 
But I feel you watching 
 
Always 
    Em 
And nothing I do goes unseen 
 
So while I feel your stares, your disapproval 
Am 
Or your sigh of relief 
 
If I lived by them, I'd never be able to move 
Em 
Would you like me to be smaller 
 
Weaker, softer, taller? 
          Am 
Would you like me to be quiet? 
 
Do my shoulders provoke you? Does my chest? 
Em 
Am I my stomach? My hips? 
 
The body I was born with 
Am 
Is it not what you wanted? 
                             Em 
If I wear what is comfortable, I am not a woman 
                    Am 
If I shed the layers, I'm a slut 
 
Though you've never seen my body 
    Em 
You still judge it 
 
And judge me for it 
    Am 
Why? 
 
We make assumptions about people 
 
Based on their size 
     Em 
We decide who they are 
 
We decide what they're worth 
              Am 
If I wear more, if I wear less 
 
Who decides what that makes me, what that means? 
      Em 
Is my value based only on your perception? 
 
Or is your opinion of me not my responsibility? 
          
 

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Am · Em

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.