Verse 1:
Dm
I look down at my grocery cart

Filled with Plan B, books, and mace

Placing bets on which one
                          Am
I’ll use first to keep me safe
                                  Gm
You prop your right hand on your heart
                  Am
To swear so solemnly
                           Gm
If it’s your word against mine
                         Am    Gm
They’ll wipe your record    clean
  Am
Oh, clean

Pre-chorus:
        Gm
Now I’m crying at my coffee shop,
   C
I break down at the gym
Bb
Screaming at my windshield all
     A
the hurt that I held in
Dm                                C
Nothing in this world could ever undo what you did
Bb
Cause I’m the living proof,
       A
that when you

Chorus:
Dm
Strip away my choice
         Am
Sentence me to silence
Gm
Vilify my voice
C                 Dbm
Threaten me with violence
Dm
Rig the system
Am7
Twist it in your favor
     Gm
When you made me a victim
         C
Was when I became her
Dm     Am Am7        Gm7
    Lady      Justice
C
  Lady Justice

Verse:
Dm
Just cause you got off guilt-free
Doesn’t prove your innocence
I’ll deliver retribution
                        Am
You’ll suffer for your sins
                         Gm7
I’ll ensure that history told
                    Am7
It won’t erase the truth
                        Gm7
So girls like me in 90 years
                       Am        Gm
Won’t face what I went    through
Dm  Am7  Gm
xxxx  you

Pre-chorus:
           D
Cause I’m shaking at the crosswalk,
      C
oh I flinch at every sound
Bb
Keys between my knuckles,
      A               A7
even when no one’s around
Dm
Nothing in this world will
         C
stop me from taking you down
      Bb                         A7
Cause I’m the living proof, that when you

Chorus:
Dm
Strip away my choice
        Am7
Sentence me to silence
Gm
Vilify my voice
         C        Dbdim
Threaten me with violence
Dn
Rig the system
          Am7
Twist it in your favor
     Gm
When you made me a victim
         C
Was when I became her
Dm     Am7      Gm7
   Lady   Justice
C
Lady Justice

Bridge:
Bb                     C
My tears don’t make me weak
      A7
They open the floodgates so I can see
     Bb             C
I am not the only one
            A7
Who’s been told that it’s safer to hold my tongue
         Dm
But you started this war
                     Gm
So if screaming and swords
       Bb
Are how I prevail
              C
Tip back the scales
        Dm             C   Bb   A
Then I will until the very day that I die
        Dm                C   Bb        A
You’ll meet Lady Justice, I always survive

Interlude: A7

Chorus:
Dm
Strip away my choice
Am
Sentence me to silence
Gm
Vilify my voice
C                 Dbm
Threaten me with violence
Dm
Rig the system
         Am7
Twist it in your favor
     Gm
When you made me a victim
         C
Was when I became her
Dm     Am7       Gm7
  Lady    Justice
C
Lady Justice

Outro:
Dm     Am7       Gm7
  Lady    Justice
G     C
Lady Justice
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