Cass Hopetounon – To Be A Lady Chords on Piano and Ukulele

Cass Hopetounon – To Be A Lady Chords on Piano and Ukulele

ChordsBEF#AB5E/BE/DE7G#mF#m

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These are To Be A Lady by Cass Hopetounon Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

(E)  (E7) (B) (E ^)

[Intro]
B
To be a lady
B                 E      B
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
         E
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

[Verse 1]
B
Two inch heels and a
                          E
fifty dollar shade of pink
B
One's in my hand and the
                    E
other's all over my   drink
          B
Oh, and I can't walk like I
 need to impress
      E
Gimme cutoff jeans over
 a little black dress
    B
I'm thrift store replay
           E
tryna be runway

[Pre-Chorus]
    F#
Now all that sparkle,
 all that shine
   E
Is startin' to seem
         E
 like a waste of time

[Chorus]
        B            B
I'm too lazy to be a lady
E                E
Tired of all the glamour
       E
 and poise
    B
I'm fed up of gettin'
 B
done up
E
Don't mean that I'm one
         E
 of the boys
B
I ain't gonna be
whatever's in the
 magazine
E               E
I just wanna be me
        B     A
I'm too lazy, lazy,
G#m   F#m   E     E \
lazy, lazy, lazy

To be a
B5  B5  B5  B5 B5
 lady

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[Post-Chorus]
A        E
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh,
E/B      E/D
ooh-ooh (Lady)

[Verse 2]
B
Ain't interested in thе
 diet of a cover
  E     (E)
 girl model
B
Burgеrs and fries, little red
                        E      (E7)
 wine straight out the bottle
     B
So I get a little trashed
 and my jokes ain't clean
   E
In my own mind, I'm a
          (B)
straight up queen
  B
I bet royalty never
            (E ^)
 looked like me

[Chorus]
        B            B
I'm too lazy to be a lady
E                E
Tired of all the glamour
         E
 and poise
    B
I'm fed up of gettin'
  B
 done up
E
Don't mean that
 I'm one
         E
of the boys
B
I ain't gonna be
whatever's in the
 magazine
E               E
I just wanna be me
        B     A     G#m
I'm too lazy, lazy, lazy,
 F#m   E      E7
 lazy, lazy
To be a
  B  A  G#m F#m E  E7
lady

[Bridge]
      B
Gotta walk like a
lady,
 B
 talk like a lady
E               E
Act like a lady should
           B
Let's just do things
the
        B
 way we want to,
'cause baby
E
That's how a lady
 E               E
 should, I'm too la— oh

[Chorus]
        B
I'm too lazy to
       B
 be a lady
E                E
Tired of all the glamour
        E
 and poise
    B
I'm fed up of gettin'
 B
done up
E
Don't mean that
I'm one
         E
 of the boys
B
I ain't gonna be
 whatever's in the
 magazine
E               E
I just wanna be me
        B     A
I'm too lazy, lazy,
 G#m   F#m   E     E7
lazy, lazy, lazy
        B     A
I'm too lazy, lazy,
 G#m   F#m   E       E7 \
 lazy, lazy, lazy    lazy
To be a lady

[Outro]
B
  Ooh-ooh,
     E
 ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
B   A  G#m  F#m   E
             E7 \
  Ooh-ooh, ooh-oooooh

How to play To Be A Lady: key, chords and progression

To Be A Lady by Cass Hopetounon is in the key of E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 10 chords: B, E, F#, A, B5, E/B, E/D, E7, G#m and F#m.

The progression the song keeps returning to is B – E – B – A (V – I – V – IV in E major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – soh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes A, D, E, G, A5, D7, F#m, Em (88% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 38% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
F# chord on guitar (244322)
F♯F♯ A♯ C♯
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
B5 chord on guitar (x244xx)
B5B F♯
E7 chord on guitar (020100)
E7E G♯ B D
G#m chord on guitar (466444)
G♯mG♯ B D♯
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯

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To Be A Lady chords: questions

What key is To Be A Lady in?

To Be A Lady by Cass Hopetounon is in the key of E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯).

What chords are in To Be A Lady?

To Be A Lady uses 10 chords: B, E, F#, A, B5, E/B, E/D, E7, G#m, F#m.

What is the chord progression of To Be A Lady?

The main progression is B – E – B – A (V – I – V – IV).

Is To Be A Lady easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes A, D, E, G, A5, D7, F#m, Em (88% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 38% without a capo).

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