E        G     A 
She wasn't a fool 
                D    D4  D 
That glittering girl 
    E            G        A 
She followed the rules 
                D     D4  D 
That shimmering pearl 
 

         G                        G 
Said the rules mama preaches 
                    D        D4  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   F4  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 
 
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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       F4  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