For (Em)give,
sounds (D)good.
For (G)get,
I’m not sure I (C)could.
They (Em7)say
time heals ev ’ry thing, but I’m still (C)wait ing.
I’m (Em)through
with doubt.
There’s (G)noth ing left for me to fig ure out.
I’ve (Em7)paid
a price
and I’ll keep (C)pay in’.
I’m not (G)read y to make nice, I’m not (D)read y to back down.
I’m still (Em)mad as hell and I don’t have time to go (C)round and round and round.
It’s too (G)late to make it right.
I prob ’ly (D)would n’t if I could, ’cause I’m (Em)mad as hell, can’t bring my self to do (C)what it is you think I should.
(CN.C.)I (Em)know
you (D)said,
“Can’t you just get (C)o ver it?”
It (Em7)turned
my whole (D)world a round and I kind of (C)like it.
I (Em)made my bed and I sleep like a ba by, with (D)no re grets.
And I don’t mind say in’ it’s a (G)sad, sad sto ry when a moth er will teach her (C)daugh ter that she ought to hate a per fect stran ger.
And (Em7)how in the world can the words that I said (D)send some bod y so o ver the edge that they’d (G)write me a let ter, say in’ that I bet ter (Cmaj7)shut up and sing or my life will be o ver?
I’m not (C)what it is you think I should.
For (Em)give,
sounds (D)good.
For (G)get,
I’m not sure I (C)could.
They (Em7)say
time heals (D)ev ’ry thing, but I’m still (Cmaj7)wait ing.
This page shows “Not Ready To Make Nice” by Dixie Chicks in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of G at 92 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.