Verse
F# G#m
I could raise the crops from the earth
G#m
I could raise my children from birth
C# B
But when I'm looking for work
C# G#m
They say that job ain't for her
C# G#m
I could be a good mans wife
G#m
I could give a new child life
C# B C#
But when I fight for my rights
G#
They say no woman, no cry
[Pre-Chorus]
C#
But I ain't giving up
F# Fb
I can't count on luck
[Chorus]
G#m
I get my hands dirty
G#m
I show up so early
B C#
They show me no mercy
D#m G#m
So I just keep working
F# G#m
Maybe God could save me
Or my boss might pay me
F# C#
Right now no one serves me
D#m G#m
Maybe their hands are dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty
G D#m
[Verse 2]
G#m
I could lead impossible missions
G#m
I could occupy the highest position
F# B
But when I ask them to listen
C# G#m C#
They disregard my opinion
G#m
Well, I ain't askin' no more
G#m
I will command the floor
F# B
I'm breaking every glass ceiling
C# G#m
I'm building sky scraping buildings
[Pre-Chorus]
C#
When that next storm comes
F# Fb
I'll do what I've always done
[Chorus]
F# G#m
I get my hands dirty
I show up so early
C#
They show me no mercy
D#m G#m B
So I just keep working
C# B G#m
Maybe God could save me
G#m
Or my boss might pay me
C#
D#m I so unworthy?
D#m G#m
Or are their hands just dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty?
G F#
G#m F# G#m C# D#m G#m C#
G#m B G#m C# D#M G#m
[Bridge]
G#m Fb F# G#m
And I have seen the other side of the mountain
Fb F# G#m B G#m
Where every queen will be afforded her throne
Fb F#
And I will stand beside my sisters
G#m
And all persistent resistors
Fb
They'll say I knew it would come true
F#
And I'll say 'darling, me too'
[Chorus]
G F# G#m
I get my hands dirty
C# G
I show up so early
G#m F#
They show me no mercy
B F# G#m
So I just keep working
G#m
Maybe God could save me
G#m
Or my boss might pay me
G#m C#
Right now no one serves me
D#m G#m
Maybe their hands are dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty?
G#m
I get my hands dirty
G#m
I show up so early
F# C#
They show me no mercy
D#m G#m
So I just keep working
C# B G#m
Maybe God could save me
G#m
Or my boss might pay me
B C#
D#m I so unworthy?
D#m F# G
Or are their hands just dirty, dirty, dirty?