Just A Woman chords by Helene Cronin

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Intermediate

♫ Intro:

D  D  D  D




♫ Verse :
                G
They called me wicked

They called me devil's child
              D
They called me temptress

Red-head and wild

               G
The crowd was righteous

They said "let God decide her fate"
          A
Couldn't drown me in the well

So they burned me at the stake

       Em
And I hate they heard me scream
         A
But I'm proud I didn't breake


♫ Chorus:
              Bm
I was just a woman
 G
Just a woman




♫ Verse :
             G
They put me down below

Chain around my neck
             D
They called me cargo

To weak to insurrect

                G
When I started showing you

Captain would send for me at night
         A
One time I put up a fight

And I beat him to his knife

       Em
Didn't win but I drew blood
            A
Stared 'em down as they raised their guns


♫ Chorus:
        Bm
Just a woman
                 G
But they didn't own me
                   D
They thought they silenced me
                              A
When the last breath left my body

                Bm
But there's so many like me
                G
With their own stories

    Bm       A      G
And we will not be quiet
Bm       A      G    G
We will not be quiet




♫ Verse :
             G
Here in the new world

I had the misfortune
          D
Of being born a girl

Where they only wanted sons

             G
Deep in the forest

Sunlight spillin' through the leaves
        A
Mama's eyes like broken windows

As she walked away from me




♫ Verse :
               G
And I thought maybe this is a mercy

As I drifted off to sleep

But I woke up in a business suit
        A
In the 21st century


♫ Chorus:
              Bm
I was just a woman
                 G
But they didn't own me
                   D
They thought they silenced me
                              A
When the last breath left my body

                Bm
But there's so many like me
                G
With their own stories

    Bm       A      G
And we will not be quiet
Bm       A      G
We will not be quiet


♫ Break:
                G
For those that had then lost their freedom

For the sleepless still dreaming
         D
For the songbird without wings

(We will not be quiet)

         G
For our sisters still suffering

For the girls told they were nothing
         D                 A
For the ones too young to speak


♫ Outro:
                Bm7                                   G
We will not be quiet (we will not be. we will not be, we will not be quiet)
                Bm                                    G
We will not be quiet (we will not be. we will not be, we will not be quiet)
                Bm                                    G
We will not be quiet (we will not be. we will not be, we will not be quiet)
 Bm              A               G
(We will not be. we will not be, we will not be quiet)


Acapella:

(We will not be. we will not be, we will not be quiet)

(We will not be. we will not be, we will not be quiet)

(We will not be. we will not be, we will not be quiet)