RAYE - Ice Cream Man

Capo: 1st fret

[Intro]
F F Dm Dm Bb Bb F F

[Verse 1]
F
So this producer hit me up on the DM
F
He told me, “Hey, I really like what you are doing”
Dm
He told me, “Come ‘round to the studio, let’s cook it”
Dm
He told me, ”Come to catch a vibe and make some music”
Bb
But when I got there, shoulda heard what he was saying
Bb
Trying to touch me, trying to fuck me, I’m not playing
F
I should have left that place as soon as I walked in it
F
How God damn dare you do that to me, really?

[Pre-Chorus]
F
Come in like the ice cream man
F
Till I felt his ice-cold hands
Dm
And how I pay the pricе now, damn
Dm
God damn, no, God damn
Bb
Everything you did, it left me in a ruin
C
And no, I didn’t say a word, I guеss that proves it
F
I’m a woman, oh, yes

[Chorus]
F
‘Cause I’m a woman
F
I’m a very fucking brave strong woman
Dm7
And I’ll be damned if I let a man ruin
Dm7
How I walk, how I talk, how I do it
Dm7
Man, I’ve been broken for a moment
Bb
I’ve been through it all
C
It’s even harder to be brave alone
F
I was a girl, now I’m grown, I’m a woman
F
A very fucking strong woman

[Verse 2]
F
And I was seven
F
Just twenty-one, was seventeen and was eleven
Dm
It took a while to understand what my consent means
Dm
If I was ruthless, they’d be in the penitentiary
Bb
But all the stress of being honest wouldn’t help me
Bb
I pushed it down, but it was livin’ in me rent free
F
And then I fell into some things that weren’t healthy
F
A place where no one hurt me, asking them to help me (Help me)

[Pre-Chorus]
F
Come in like the ice cream man
F
Till I felt his ice-cold hands
Dm
And how I pay the pricе now, damn
Dm
God damn,
Bb
Everything you did, it left me in a ruin
C
And no, I didn’t say a word, I guеss that proves it
F
I’m a woman, oh, yes

[Chorus]
F
‘Cause I’m a woman
F
I’m a very fucking brave strong woman
Dm7
And I’ll be damned if I let a man ruin
Dm7
How I walk, how I talk, how I do it
Dm7
Man, I’ve been broken for a moment
Bb
I’ve been through it all
C
It’s even harder to be brave alone
F
I was a girl, now I’m grown, I’m a woman
F
A very fucking strong woman (mmmm)

[Bridge]
F
I wish I could say how I feel, how I felt
F
And explain why I’m silently blaming myself
Dm
‘Cause I put on these faces, pretending I’m fine
Dm
And then I go to the bathroom and I press rewind
Bb C
In my head, always going round and round in my head
F
Your fingerprints stuck a stain on my skin
F
You made me frame myself for your sin
N.C.
You pathetic dead excuse of a man

[Outro]
F F
Ooooh
Dm
Ooooh
Dm Bb C Am Dm
I’m a very strong woman, ohh yeah, yeah, ooh
F F Dm
Dm Bb C
And I’ll be damned if I let a men ruin, oh
Am F
I’m a very fucking brave strong woman, yeah