Standard (EADGBE)

She is a pyramid

But with him she's just a grain of sand

This love's too strong like mice and men

 Squeezing out the life that should be let in

 She was a hurricane

 But now she's just a gust of wind

 She used to set the sails of a thousand ships

 Was a force to be reckoned with

She could be a statue of liberty

 She could be a Joan of Arc

But he's scared of the light that's inside of her

 So he keeps her in the dark

Oh, she used to be a Pearl... Ohh

Yeah, she used to rule the world... Ohh

Can't believe she's become a shell of herself

'Cause she used to be a pearl

 She was unstoppable

 Moved fast just like an avalanche

 But now she's stuck deep in cement

 Wishing that they'd never ever met

She could be a statue of liberty

 She could be a Joan of Arc

But he's scared of the light that's inside of her

 So he keeps her in the dark

Oh, she used to be a Pearl... Ohh

Yeah, she used to rule the world... Ohh

Can't believe she's become a shell of herself

'Cause she used to be a

Do you know that

 there's a way out,

 There's a way out

 There's a way out

 There's a way out

You don't have to be held down,

Be held down

Be held down

Be held down

'Cause I used to be a shell

Yeah, I let him rule my world

My world, ohh, yeah

But I woke up and grew strong

 And I can still go on

 And no one can take my pearl

You don't have to be shell, No

You're the one that rules your world, ohh

You are strong and you'll learn

 That you can still go on

 And you'll always be a pearl

 She is unstoppable