Chords with lyrics
Key: C majorC
Intro:
G7G7
Verse:
C majorC
We're clearly soldiers in petticoats
G+G
And dauntless crusaders for women's votes
G7G7 C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
Though we adore men individually
D MajorD D7D7 G+G G7G7
We agree that, as a group, they're rather stupid
Chorus:
C majorC
Cast off the shackles of yesterday
G+G G7G7
Shoulder-to-shoulder into the fray
FF G+G
Our daughters' daughters will adore us
C majorC A augmentedA
And they'll sing in grateful chorus:
FF G+G G7G7 C majorC E7E7 E MajorE
"Well done, Sister Suffragette!"
Bridge:
A minorAm E7E7
From Kensington to Billingsgate
A minorAm E7E7
One hears the restless cries
A minorAm E7E7
From ev'ry corner of the land:
A minorAm E7E7 A minorAm
"Womankind, arise!"
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
Political equality and equal rights with men
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Take heart, for Mrs. Pankhurst has been clapped in irons again
C minorCm G+G
No more the meek and mild subservients, we
C minorCm G+G
We're fighting for our rights militantly
G7G7 G+G
Never you fear!
Interlude:
G+G G7G7 G+G
Outro:
C majorC
Cast off the shackles of yesterday
G+G G7G7
Shoulder to shoulder into the fray
FF G+G
Our daughters' daughters will adore us
C majorC A augmentedA
And they'll sing in grateful chorus:
FF G+G FF G+G
"Well done! Well done!
FF G+G G7G7 C majorC G+G C majorC
Well done, Sister Suffragette!"