Lets Generalize About Men
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verse 1
Em
Right now, we're angry and sad
C
It's our right to get righteously mad
Am D
At every member of the opposite sex
Em
Oh God, we hate them!
verse 2
Em
Let's not distinguish between them at all
C
Let's just drink a lot more alcohol
Am
And then high-five each other
B
As we make a bunch of blanket statements
[Refrão]
C D
Let's generalize about men!
B Em
Let's generalize about men!
C D
Let's take one bad thing about one man
B Em
And apply it to all of them
C
Let's conflate all the guys
D
Let's generalize
Em
About men!
verse 3
Em
All men are completely repressed
C
All men only want to have sex
Am
There are no exceptions
D Em
All three billion men are like this (All 3.6 billion men!)
verse 4
Em
All men are emotionally stunted
C
When asked how they feel, every man's always grunted
Am
And why do men never listen and only think about themselves
B
As opposed to women, who always listen and never think about themselves?
N.C.
(Ooh, I hear you, girl!)
[Refrão]
C D
Let's generalize about men!
B Em
Let's generalize about men!
C
Let's get super-lit
D
And not admit
B Em
This is some kind of primal ritual we need now and then
C
Maybe our spirits will rise
D Em
If we generalize about men!
Bridge
C
All men are stupid and childish
D
Even the ones who are smart and mature
C
All every man does every day
B
Is watch porn, eat wings, burp, fart, and snore
N.C.
(Hey, what about gay men? Oh no, gay men are fine)
C
Gay men are all really great
D
Every single one
C
They're never mean, just sassy
B
They're all completely adorable and fun
[Refrão]
C D
So let's focus for now on straight men
B Em
Let's just generalize about them
B
(They're all monsters! They're murderers! They're rapists! Totally! Wait, I have sons.)
C D Em
Your sons are gonna be rapists
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