A Woman Oversees Chords

Intro: D D D/C (Oh-oh-oh) D Gm (Oh-oh-oh) Verse 1: D D/C One time, I went overseas Bm With a woman I know too deep F I live and breathe to hold her in G D I love to hear her speak D/C We went to people's parties Bm And we haunted her old hometown Bb We rambled into restaurants C D Tracking her old friends down

Refrain: D/C (Oh-oh-oh) G Bb (Oh-oh-oh) Verse 2: D D/C They all knew the magic number Bm The weather, the kids, TV F But this is where she pulls the strings G D And slips into someone's grief D/C She's all tarot cards and gypsy moves Bm She's on fire with listening Bb No one sees it coming, no C D D/C The canary doesn't sing (Sing, sing, sing) Bm Bb She doesn't sing C G For a woman oversees (Sees) Gm D (A woman oversees) Verse 3: D/C I feel for them and not because Of what they're going through Bm Bb F G I'm sure they used to try and reach inside an empty room D D/C But she doesn't make it easy (No) Bm She hides behind her hair (Hair) Bb She asks too many questions C And she cuts you off with care (Ah) D D/C She reaches deep inside you like an open cookie jar (Ah) Bm Bb And not because you're interesting C But to mine your broken heart D D/C For borrowed pain to hide behind Bm Divorce, disdain, disease Bb And it ain't like she don't have her own C D D/C But hers is hers to keep (Keep, keep, keep) Bm It's hers to keep Bb C G For a woman oversees Gm (A woman oversees) Bridge: Em A D D/C G And in a chair sat right beside the puppeteer sits me (Ha) Em A D D/C G Recognizing maybe that I've said too many things (Ha) Em A D F#7 Bm A G Gm I've fallen prey to conversate, I've spoken her to sleep Verse 4: D D/C Even an eviction Bm Would be a mercy in that place F G D Wordlessness is cruel, and I can't wipe it off my face D/C I know I need compassion, Lord Bm I'm sure she needs it too Bb She won't even make excuses C D D/C That would all be too much truth Bm It's too much truth Bb C D (A woman oversees) D/C When you're this far north of forty Bm The growing's up to you F Even if you grow away from me G And I'd die to watch you bloom D D/C I opened up my eyes one time G When I went overseas Gm With a woman, no one really knows D But I live to hear her speak