Kunci: G major•
Verse 1
G
Bb
You are a woman now, Lisette.
C
It's not always a pleasurable thing
Gm
G
to be a woman.
No, Mumsel?
C
Bb
Gm
We are ruled by our brother s.
G
Gm
We are ruled by our husbands.
C
G
Gm
We jump at the voices of our masters
C
Bb
And do as they say.
C
Gm
We are bartered and traded
G
Along with cattle and cotton.
Gm
G
C
Bb
We have to be beautiful
Gm
And it helps to have a dowry
Bb
G
And have a presence of mind
G
Bb
And they say it's our fault
C
We were thrown out of Eden
Csus2
C
Dm
To be turned into salt
D
C
Am
But there's a way back to paradise
G
Dm
C
There's a way
G
Gm
Study old men
C
G
Learn what they lack
C
D
Sweeten and stroke before you attack
Em
D
Put up a front and then
C
G
slip through the back
D
C
G
Be on your way back to paradise
Gm
When we didn't need husbands
C
Gm
Bb
We danced to the voices in the garden
Dm
C
Dm
We were taught by our mothers
Bb
G
Along the river of knowledge
Gm
G
Until the angels came to call
C
And on the wings of jealousy
G
They brought down the thong
Dm
And gave the garden to men
G
Bb
Who put it out of our touch
Dm
C
We were thrown out of Eden
D
C
But there's a way back to paradise
be clever and wise
Bb
G
C
When you look at a man,
D
Bb
look him dead in the eye
Dm
Bb
Do not be seduced,
Be on your way
Be on your way back to paradise!
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