Chords with lyrics
Righteous Woman
Paul Kelly
The Merri Soul Sessions
Standard tuning
No capo
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
There she stands in the spotlight
E minorEm C majorC G minorGm
Now the music begins
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
Her left leg won t stop trembling
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
But there s nowhere to run
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
The soldier sobbing at the station
E minorEm C majorC G minorGm
Is taken down to the hall
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
He limps in late in the darkness
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Takes his seat in the stalls
Chorus:
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Righteous woman starts softly like a dove at dawn
E minorEm C majorC G minorGm
Righteous woman building up pressure like a slow moving storm
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
Righteous woman giving birth to the dark unborn
E minorEm
Righteous woman
E minorEm
Righteous woman
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Oo Oo Ooooh
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Oo Oo Ooooh
C majorC G minorGm D MajorD
Oo Oo Ooooh
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Oo Oo Ooooh
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
In a blanket in a box on the hospital doorstep
E minorEm C majorC G minorGm
Lies a baby new born
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
The nurse gently picks up the bundle
E minorEm C majorC G minorGm
But the mother is gone
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
In the darkness his head falls
E minorEm C majorC G minorGm
As the chorus arrives
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
He wakes up late in the third act
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
To those radiant eyes
Chorus:
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Righteous woman laying down the law getting on a glow
E minorEm C majorC G minorGm
Righteous woman surrendering to the full ecstatic flow
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
Now she looks out and sees the brass buttons glinting in the tenth row
E minorEm
Righteous woman
E minorEm
Righteous woman
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Oo Oo Ooooh
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Oo Oo Ooooh
C majorC G minorGm D MajorD
Oo Oo Ooooh
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Oo Oo Ooooh
N.C C majorC D MajorD
Righteous woman hears the knock on her dressing room door
N.C C majorC G minorGm
She takes the note and reads it and then lets it drop to the floor
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
Now she drifts on down slowly to the backstage door
E minorEm
Righteous woman
E minorEm
Righteous woman
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Oo Oo Ooooh
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Oo Oo Ooooh
C majorC G minorGm D MajorD
Oo Oo Ooooh
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Oo Oo Ooooh