Iron Lady chords by Phil Ochs

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Intro:

A minorAm E minorEm C majorC C9C9 A minorAm E minorEm Em/GEm/G A minorAm



🎸 Verse 1:
     E minorEm  C majorC    Em/GEm/G  A minorAm
Have you seen the iron lady's charms
    E minorEm   C majorC    Em/GEm/G  A minorAm
Legs of steel, leather on her arms
FF      DmDm
Taking on a man to die
G+G           E minorEm
A augmentedA life for a life, an eye for an eye
FF          DmDm  A minorAm   G+G  A minorAm
And death's the iron lady in the chair

🎸 Verse 2:
     E minorEm    C majorC     Em/GEm/G  A minorAm
Stop the murders, deter the crimes away
   E minorEm      C majorC    Em/GEm/G  A minorAm
Only killing shows killing doesn't pay
FF            DmDm
Yes, that's the kind of law it takes
G+G       E minorEm
Even though we make mistakes
FF           DmDm    A minorAm   G+G  A minorAm
And sometimes send the wrong man to the chair

🎸 Verse 3:
    E minorEm    C majorC    Em/GEm/G   A minorAm
In the death row waiting for their turn
  E minorEm       C majorC   Em/GEm/G   A minorAm
No time to change, not a chance to learn
FF        DmDm
Waiting for someone to call
G+G       E minorEm
Say it's over after all
FF              DmDm   A minorAm   G+G  A minorAm
They won't have to face the justice of the chair

🎸 Verse 4:
    E minorEm    C majorC     Em/GEm/G   A minorAm
Just before they serve him one last meal
     E minorEm       C majorC    Em/GEm/G  A minorAm
Shave his head, oh, they ask him how he feels
FF            DmDm
Then the warden comes to say goodbye
G+G         E minorEm
Reporters come to watch him die
FF         DmDm     A minorAm   G+G  A minorAm
Watch him as he's strapped into the chair

🎸 Verse 5:
    E minorEm      C majorC     Em/GEm/G A minorAm
And the chaplain, he reads the final prayer
  E minorEm         C majorC    Em/GEm/G  A minorAm
"Be brave, my son, the Lord is waiting there"
FF        DmDm
Oh, murder is so wrong you see
G+G           E minorEm
Both the Bible and the courts agree
FF              DmDm   A minorAm   G+G  A minorAm
That the state's allowed to murder in the chair

🎸 Verse 6:
    E minorEm          C majorC    Em/GEm/G  A minorAm
In the courtroom, watch the balance of the scales
    E minorEm           C majorC    Em/GEm/G  A minorAm
If the price is right, there's time for more appeals
FF              DmDm
The strings are pulled, the switch is stayed
G+G         E minorEm
The finest lawyers fees are paid
FF          DmDm  A minorAm   G+G  A minorAm
And a rich man never died upon the chair

🎸 Verse 7:
     E minorEm    C majorC  Em/GEm/G  A minorAm
Have you seen the iron lady's charms
    E minorEm   C majorC    Em/GEm/G  A minorAm
Legs of steel, leather on her arms
FF      DmDm
Taking on a man to die
G+G           E minorEm
A augmentedA life for a life, an eye for an eye
FF          DmDm  A minorAm   G+G  A minorAm
And that's the iron lady in the chair