Shaking The Tree chords by Peter Gabriel

Intro: D   G   D   G (2x)


D             G                      D                G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree
D             G                      D                G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree


D                                G
Waiting your time, dreaming of a better life
D                                   G
Waiting your time, you're more than just a wife
C                          G
Don't have to do what your mother has done
        D
She has done
                            G
This is your life, this new life has begun
          D               G
It's your day - a woman's day
          D               G
It's your day - a woman's day

D                                G
Turning the tide, you are on the incoming wave
D                               G
Turning the tide, No, you are nobody's slave
C
Find your Sisters and Brothers       (or: Find your Brothers and Sisters 1989 version)
        G                              D
Who can hear all the truth in what you say
                                 G
They can support you when you're on your way
          D               G
It's your day - a woman's day
          D               G
It's your day - a woman's day


D             G                      D                G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree
D             G                      D                G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree

D                                     G
Changing your ways, changing those surrounding you
D                                 G
Changing your ways, more than any man can do
C                             G                      D
Open your heart, show him the anger and pain, so you heal
                           G                     D
Maybe he's looking for his womanly side, let him feel

            G             D
You have to be so strong
         G
I can do nothing wrong
                     D
Nothing wrong at all
            G              D
We're gonna break it down
           G
We have to shake it down

Shake it all around


D             G                      D                D
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree
D             G                      D                G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree
D             G                      D                G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree