G: [3 x x 0 3 x]
G7: [3 x x 0 3 1]
G6: [3 x x 0 3 0]
G/B: [x 2 x 0 3 x]
Cadd9: [x 3 2 0 3 x]
D/F#: [2 x 0 2 3 x]
D/A: [x 0 0 2 3 x]
F: [1 3 3 2 1 1]
Bb: [x 1 3 3 3 1]
G G7 G7 G6 G/B Caa9 G/B D/F# G
e|----------1--|------1---0---|----------------------------------|
B|-----3----3--|------3---3---|----3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-----------|
G|-----0-------|--------------|----0--0-0--0-0--2-2--0-----------|
D|-------------|--------------|----------------------------------|
A|-------------|--------------|---2--3----2----------------------|
E|---3----3----|----3---3-----|----------------2----3------------|
This tab is just a general outline of what she plays. Add as sounds or feels natural to you. The chorus has
the same basic cadence just with slightly different chords.
[Verse 1]
G G7
When he said
G7 G6 G/B Cadd9 G/B
When he said that he liked my cut of hair
D/F# G
I became a barber
G G7
When he said
G7 G6 G/B Cadd9 G/B
When he said that my scent was Eau de Fleur
D/F# G
I became a perfumer
G G7
When he said
G7 G6 G/B Cadd9 G/B
When he said that he liked the clothes I wore
D/F# G
I became a tailor
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G/B
And I sewed a party dress�
D/A G
In and out and in and out
Cadd9 G/B
With a needle and a thread�
D/A G
In and out and in and out
Cadd9 G/B
In my head, the thought of him�
D/F# G
In and out, in and out and in
[Verse 2]
G G7
When he said
G7 G6 G/B Cadd9 G/B
When he said he was leaving
D/F# G
I took up the violin
G G7
When he said
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G7 G6 G/B Cadd9 G/B
When he said that my body he'd not miss
D/F# G
I became a sculptress
G G7
When he said
G7 G6 G/B Cadd9 G/B
When he said that my face he'd soon forget
D/F# G
I became a poet
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G/B
And the fiddle and the bow�
D/A G
In and out and in and out
Cadd9 G/B
And the chisel in the stone�
D/A G
In and out and in and out
Cadd9 G/B
And the fountain pen�
D/F# G
In and out, in and out and in
[Extended Outro]
D/F# G
Now that he's gone away
G7
There isn't anyone to say
C G/B D/F# G
If I'm a lady gay, or a crazy woman
D/F# G
Now that he's gone away
G7
There isn't anyone to say
C G/B D/F# G
If I'm a diamond or a dime a dozen
F G
Didn't I gleam in my father's eye?
Who am I? Who am I?
D/F# G
Didn't I split my mother's side?
F G
Who am I? Who am I?
Bb C
Didn't I drink her nipple dry?
F
Who am I?
D/F# F
And no one taught me how to cry
F
Who am I?
F D/F# G
How to cry for what I wanted in the night
F
Who am I? Who am I?
Bb F
And didn't I cry and cry?
G
Who am I?
Who am I?