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The Women Upstairs transcription and chart Peter Kruger casparus60@yahoo.com
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You could hear her |Em A/E |Em A/E |Em A/E |Em breathin'
He was Emmountain of a man that stunk o' BCmaj7rewdog ale D/G D6/9 A D/A A With a fist he swung like a curved-claw hammer on a nail With all of G/Bhis mCight D/C C Most every
|Em A/E |Em A/E |Em A/E |Em night
Then it Ccame one dDay on a Em7cold day Gin JulAy A Am7time to C6choose to Deither D6live or Gdie B7sus4 B7 Like a Clow-D/Chung Dfruit B7/D#sprung from the Tree of EmLife D6 A/C# Yeah the Cmoment G/Bhad arriAmved F#7 As he B7wrapped his hands around her throat Before the kitchen lights went dark She took hold of the butcher knife And she G/Fdrove iFt in Emto G7his
|Em | |A/E | | heart |Em |Em/D |A/C# |B7 She drove it into his |Em | |A/E | | heart |Em |Em/D |A/C# |B7+9 | |Em A/E |Em A/E |Em A/E |Em A/E |Em
Soon the Empolice came and they lC6aid her in cuffs TGsus2hrew her in the back of a Dsus2black and white and sure enAough D/A A They locked her awCay D/C C CAnd there she would |Em A/E |Em A/E |Em A/E |Em stay
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|Em A/E |Em A/E |Em A/E |Em spoken
So it caCme one dDay on a Em7cold day Gin JulAy A Am7time to C6choose to Deither D6live or Gdie B7sus4 B7 Like a Clow-D/Chung Dfruit sB7/D#prung from the Tree of LEmife D A/C# Yeah the Cmoment G/Bhad arriAmved F#7
B7As I heard her shout, "No way, no how! No more blood and tears will I shed!" And then there came that terrible silence And that G/Fmountain Fof a Emman wB7as
|Em | |A/E | | dead |Em |Em/D |A/C# |B7 Ya that mountain of a man was |Em | |A/E | | dead |G/C |D/G |D |Cmaj7 | |Bb6 |Abmaj7 |G |F | |Em |Em |Em |Em | |Em9 |Em9 |Em9 |Em9 | Em D6/9 She weren't no newsworthy face, no lady fair
Just a Gsus2hard-luck woman who Dsus2lived in the tenement upsAtairs D/A A Who by a jury of her Cpeers D/C C Got twenty-five yEm7ears