Paul Kelly (Australia) - Righteous woman

^EmThere she stands in the spotlight^{C D Em}Now the music begins ^{C Gm D}Her left leg won’t stop trembling^{C D Em}But there’s nowhere to run^{C D}

^EmThe soldier sobbing at the station^{C D Em}Is taken down to the hal^Cl ^{Gm D}He limps in late in the darknes^Cs ^{D Em}Takes his seat in the stalls^{C D}

^EmRighteous woman starts softly like a dove at dawn^{C D Em}Righteous woman building up pressure like a slow moving storm^{C Gm D}Righteous woman giving birth to the dark unborn ^{C D Em}Righteous woman ^EmRighteous woman

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^EmIn a blanket in a box on the hospital doorstep^{C D Em}Lies a baby new born^{C Gm D}The nurse gently picks up the bundle^{C D Em}But the mother is gon^Ce ^Gm

^EmIn the darkness his head fall^Cs ^{D Em}As the chorus arrives^{C Gm D}He wakes up late in the third act^{C D Em}To those radiant eye^Cs ^D

^EmRighteous woman laying down the law getting on a glow^{C D Em}Righteous woman surrendering to the full ecstatic flow^{C Gm D}Now she looks out and sees the brass buttons glinting in the tenth ro^Cw ^{D Em}Righteous woman ^EmRighteous woman

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^N.CRighteous woman hears the knock on her dressing room door^{C D N.C}She takes the note and reads it and then lets it drop to the flo^Cor^{Gm D}Now she drifts on down slowly to the backstage door^{C D Em}Righteous woman ^EmRighteous woman

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