Am C G Bm
Am C G D


[Verse 1]

Am               C
I'm just a girl, a girl you know
G                     Bm
Here I stand for your private show
Am               C
I'm just a girl, a girl that's strange
G                           D
For myself, I've got my values straight

Am                   C
But I'm not the girl who you still love
G                       Bm
Left my innocence out to rust
Am                           C
But baby I'm still the girl, the girl you know
G                             D
Can overcome and can overthrow anything


[Chorus]

Am           C
Build me up, tear me down yeah
G                      D
Fuck all the cynics they can hunt you down yeah
Am           C
Write me up, count me out yeah
G                         D
This is a call to all my down-and-outs

Am                  C
Always gotta take what's mine away
G                      A
Always gonna stay when you can't stay, yeah
Am          C
Turn me up, turn me out
G           D
Yeah, yeah, yeah


[Verse 2]

Am                    C
I'm just a girl that no one knows
G                    Bm
Stuck in a small town wanting more
Am               C
I was that punk, a bad cliche
G           D
Toxic, out, bad teen running away

Am          C
A holy war, but I've got soul
G                Bm
Yours to ruin or to adore
Am                           C
But baby I'm still the girl, the bitch you love
G                D
Up here rapping, I'm where I belong


[Chorus]

Am           C
Build me up, tear me down yeah
G                      D
Fuck all the cynics they can hunt you down yeah
Am           C
Write me up, count me out yeah
G                         D
This is a call to all my down-and-outs

Am                  C
Always gotta take what's mine away
G                      A
Always gonna stay when you can't stay, yeah
Am          C
Turn me up, turn me out
G           D
Yeah, yeah, yeah


[Bridge]

A                    G        F#m
You're gonna learn a lesson, Oh
          F
Take your life away
A                        G         F#m
You're gonna know what's missing, Oh
          F
Now you're mine to break

A                   G
You're gonna learn a lesson
F#m                    F
You're gonna be my pet, you


[Chorus]

Am           C
Build me up, tear me down yeah
G                      D
Fuck all the cynics they can hunt you down yeah

Am           C
Build me up, tear me down yeah
G                      D
Fuck all the cynics they can hunt you down yeah
Am           C
Write me up, count me out yeah
G                         D
This is a call to all my down-and-outs

Am                  C
Always gotta take what's mine away
G                      A
Always gonna stay when you can't stay, yeah
Am          C
Turn me up, turn me out
G                       D
This is a call to all my down-and-outs

Am           C
Build me up, tear me down yeah
G                      D
Fuck all the cynics they can hunt you down yeah
Am           C
Write me up, count me out yeah
G                         D
This is a call to all my down-and-outs

Am                  C
Always gotta take what's mine away
G                      A
Always gonna stay when you can't stay, yeah
Am          C
Turn me up, turn me out
G           D
Yeah, yeah, yeah


[Outro]

A                G                 F#m      F
I'm just a girl, I'm just a girl
                  A              G               F#m
But remember I'm just a girl, I'm just some girl
          F                        A                        F#m  F  Am            
I'm just a girl, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl