Nanci Griffith

Woman Of The Phoenix Chords

by Nanci Griffith
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β™« Intro: E A E A E β™« Verse 1: E Well I've listend tothe words you lovers speak A E The sound of the lover's song And I've dreamed all the dreams that a wayward girl dreams A E In a thousand places gone F#m Dallas was my late night out A E Radcliffe's served to roust me out A D E And Houston lay like Cleavland with the color removed A E F#m All I ever wanted A G#m B Was to wander and be wooed A F#m Like a Woman of the Phoenix. B E A E A welcomed Waterloo ooh, a ooh, ooh a ooh, ooh A E ooh a ooh, ooh a ooh, ooh a ooh, ooh A E A E A E ooh a ooh, ooh a ooh, ooh a ooh, ooh
β™« Verse 2: E I've seen the sun blaze the breast of the countryside A E I've seen her huddled in a winter freeze And I've run cross paths of a thousand lives A E Among the cactus and the white birch trees F#m7 Avloc ran a waterfront bar A E Vito, he was the king of theives D E And Michael was a rock 'n roll hood from the Odessa plains F#m7 All of them were my kind A G#m B Wild and damn near free A F#m B E A E But, a Woman of the Phoenix is the medicine they ne--------ed. A E ooh a ooh, ooh a ooh, ooh a ooh, ooh A E A E ooh a ooh, ooh a ooh, ooh a ooh, ooh

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Published: November 12, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025