What Was I Made For?
Billie Eilish, Barbie the Album, 2023
Writers: Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
Producer: Andrew Wyatt, Finneas O’Connell, Mark Ronson
Label: Atlantic, Darkroom, Interscope
(Click here for simplified, transposable version)
C
<G>
Em
<G>
Fmaj7
C
<G>
Em
<G>
Fmaj9
I used to
C
float,<G>
Em
now I <G>just
Fmaj9
fall down <D>
I used to
C
know<G>
Em
but I’m not <G> sure
Fmaj7
now
What I was ma
C
de for <G>
Em
<G>
Fmaj7
What was I ma
Am
de for? <A>
Em
<G>
Fmaj7
Takin’ a
C
drive,<G>
E
I was an <G> i
Fmaj9
deal
<D>
Looked so a
C
live,<G>
E
turns out <G>I’m not
Fmaj7
real
Just something you pa
C
id for <G>
Em
<G>
Fmaj7
What was I ma
Am
de for? <A>
Em
<G>
Fmaj7
Em
‘Cause
Dm7
I,
G7
I
I
C
don’t know
Em
how to feel
Fmaj7
But I
C
wanna try
Em
Fmaj7
I
C
don’t know
Em
how to feel
Fmaj7
But
C
someday,
Em
I might
Fmaj7
Some
Am
day,
Em
I might
Fmaj7
Single notes: B4, C5, E4, G4
C
<G>
Em
<G>
Fmaj7
Single notes: D4, E4, F4, G4
C
<G>
Em
<G>
Fmaj7
When did it
C
end? <G>
Em
All the <G> en
Fmaj7
joyment
I’m sad a
C
gain, <G>
Em
don’t tell <G> my boy
Fmaj7
friend
It’s not what he’s
C
made for <G>
Em
<G>
Fmaj7
What was I
Am
made for?
Em
<G>
Fmaj7
Em
‘Cause
Dm7
I,
G7
I
I
C
don’t know
Em
how to feel
Fmaj7
But I
C
wanna try
Em
Fmaj7
I
C
don’t know
Em
how to feel
Fmaj7
But
C
someday,
Em
I might
Fmaj7
Some
Am
day,
Em
I might
Fmaj7
Single notes:
E
E5, G5, B4, C5, A4
F
Think I for
C
got
Em
how to be
F
happy
Something I’m
C
not, but
E
something I
F
can
be
Something I
C
wait for
Em
F
Something I’m
Am
made for
Em
<A>
Fmaj7
Em
Something I’m
Dm7
made for
G7
*Notes in <> are single notes played with left hand with the exception of <D> which is D4, right hand.
**Play last verse approx 1 octave higher.