-VERSE 1- Am E I know, I know that I could live in F E Whatever house you choose to build Am E And I will model myself on it and F E Wait for you alone, Am E While you are out making a life for us

I will^F stay and watch?^E?the days go past And I'll^Am see how ^Ethe plants advance And they^F turn on what ^Ethey know

-PRE-CHORUS- F E Am C Now there is rosemary where previously no rosemary was shown

They have^F aerials th^Eey feed from me an^Amd they grow and grow and g^Crow Now I a^Fm shifting i^Ento greenery no^Amw the pipes are^C running bone And you?^F?might think I wa^Es a house but?^Am?I am a^E woman, a woman

-VERSE 2- Am-E-F-E "Come back, come back" before you said "Come back so you can see There are roses in the flowerbeds Where there never used to be" E-E7 -CHORUS-

And ^Fall my^Am day^Cs are ^FFading?^G?into^C these ^FWalls you^Am made a^Cre us ^FBut I^G don't want?^C?to be the?^E7?queen in a century ^Amof sleep

-VERSE 3- Am-E-F-E I know, I know that I believe in Whatever brings you joy from me But I've swept until I couldn't sweep And this house is still a lie Now I have to find a dress, have to buy a dress Have to sew the dress 'til the pieces mesh And I don't think I'm ready yet And I haven't got the time -PRE-CHORUS- F E Am C Now there is rosemary where previously no rosemary was shown

-BRIDGE-

But you say,^F "don'^Ct be afraid" And you^Am try ^Gto e^Cxplain How the^Am best th^Gat we?^C?can hop^Fe and ^Chope to gain

Is to^Am love and t^Ghen ^Cbe loved Is to^Am have a^Gnd then^C to hold 'Til we^Am age and t^Ghen ^Cgrow old

E-E7 -CHORUS-

And ^Fall my^Am day^Cs are ^FFading?^G?into^C these ^FWalls you^Am made a^Cre us ^FBut I^G don't want?^C?to be

And ^Fall my^Am day^Cs are ^FFading?^G?into^C these ^FWalls you^Am made a^Cre us ^FBut I^G don't want?^C?to be the?^E7?queen in a century of^F sleep

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But I^F know that I^C believe In?^F?whatever makes y^Cou pleased In ^Fwhatever brings y^Cou joy ^FFrom?^C?me

Emmy the Great - A woman a woman a century of sleep