G
Out into the world
F C F C
With all the confidence and grace that luck instills
G
Each and every girl
F C F C
With dresses pressed and faces fresh as daffodils
G Em C G
This could be us but those were not the cards that we were dealt
G Em
You're doomed to be a Kennedy
A C
When you could have been a Roosevelt
G
Out into the world
F C F C
You're sailing into life upon a glassy sea
G
Flags and sails unfurled
F C F C
What must it be to be so young and whole and free
G Em C G
This could be us but we're the grave at which our fathers knelt
G Em
You're doomed to be a Kennedy
A C G
When you could have been a Roosevelt
B
And we're glad
Em D C Em C
We can see in them versions of the life that we almost had
G
Out into the world
F C F C
Where certain things will always be beyond our scope
G
Just to be a girl
F C F C
With Jean Nate and Pink Camay and Yardley Soap
G Em C G
This could be us but there was just a trust we never felt
G Em
It's hard to be a Kennedy
A C G
When you could have been a Roosevelt
G Em
It's hard to be a Kennedy
A C G
When you could have been a Roosevelt
