A#m
She is a pyramid
D#m
But with him sheʼs just a grain of sand
G#
This loveʼs too strong like mice and men
A#m
Squeezing out the life that should be let in
A#m
She was a hurricane
D#m
But now sheʼs just a gust of wind
G#
She used to set the sails of a thousand ships
A#m
Was a force to be reckoned with
F#G#Fm
She could be a statue of liberty
F#
She could be a Joan of Arc
F#G#Fm
But heʼs scared of the light thatʼs inside of her
F#C#
So he keeps her in the dark
C#G#A#mF#
Oh, she used to be a Pearl... Ohh
C#G#A#mF#
Yeah, she used to rule the world... Ohh
C#G#A#mF#
Canʼt believe sheʼs become a shell of herself
C#G#A#m
ʼCause she used to be a pearl
A#m
She was unstoppable
D#m
Moved fast just like an avalanche
G#
But now sheʼs stuck deep in cement
A#m
Wishing that theyʼd never ever met
F#G#Fm
She could be a statue of liberty
F#
She could be a Joan of Arc
F#G#Fm
But heʼs scared of the light thatʼs inside of her
F#C#
So he keeps her in the dark
C#G#A#mF#
Oh, she used to be a Pearl... Ohh
C#G#A#mF#
Yeah, she used to rule the world... Ohh
C#G#A#mF#
Canʼt believe sheʼs become a shell of herself
C#G#A#m
ʼCause she used to be a
A#m
Do you know that
Fm
thereʼs a way out,
F#
Thereʼs a way out
F#
Thereʼs a way out
G#
Thereʼs a way out
A#mFm
You donʼt have to be held down,
F#
Be held down
F#
Be held down
G#
Be held down
C#G#A#mF#
ʼCause I used to be a shell
C#G#A#m
Yeah, I let him rule my world
F#
My world, ohh, yeah
C#G#A#m
But I woke up and grew strong
F#C#
And I can still go on
G#A#mF#
And no one can take my pearl
C#G#A#mF#
You donʼt have to be shell, No
C#G#A#mF#
Youʼre the one that rules your world, ohh
C#G#A#m
You are strong and youʼll learn
F#C#
That you can still go on
G#F#
And youʼll always be a pearl
A#m
She is unstoppable