Flinty Kind Of Woman chords by Dar Williams

Chords with lyrics

Dar Williams - Flinty Kind Of Woman


INTRO: A minorAm


It's a small town life and I like it
      D MajorD           A minorAm
'Cause the bad don't get in your way

There's an angry god gonna strike it
   FF              G+G
Yeah, that's what we pay him for, that's why we pray

    A minorAm
Well, I guess the angry god he was a-fishing
   D MajorD              A minorAm
When Molly called me up with the news

Within the space of a week
    FF
Yeah, a pervert or a sex freak
    C majorC
Let the kids take a peek
    G+G
That's more than a little cheek
N.C.   A minorAm
No pun intended


CHORUS:
G+G         C majorC
Ay-yi-yipee-yipee-yi-yi-ay
   FF             C majorC
Going east of Mississippi, got a flinty kind of woman
    A minorAm           DmDm
And you don't act smart and you don't touch my children
    G+G                 A minorAm
If the young man wants to see the sun go down


So, there was no time fooling with the trifles
     D MajorD           A minorAm
There was no use in telling the men

They would just go running for their rifles
  FF                G+G
And then once you got him, couldn't get him again

  A minorAm
So, Peg got a bolt of fishing tackle
  D MajorD            A minorAm
And Marge got her gardening clips

And Sally LaBiche
    FF
Put her hound on a leash
    C majorC
And the timer on the quiche
   G+G
She's kind of nouveau riche
N.C.  A minorAm
But we like her


CHORUS:
G+G         C majorC
Ay-yi-yipee-yipee-yi-yi-ay
   FF             C majorC
Going east of Mississippi, got a flinty kind of woman
    A minorAm           DmDm
And you don't act fresh and you don't touch my children
    G+G                 A minorAm
If the young man wants to see the sun go down


It was the kids who spotted him a-running
   D MajorD             A minorAm
As we drove through the harbour fog

And that's when we got our engines gunning
     FF             G+G
'Cause we knew he was headed for the cranberry bog


      A minorAm
We got our hip-high rubber boots strapped on
     D MajorD            A minorAm
And Molly got the big flashlights out

And by the "Welcome to New England" sign
FF
Got him with the fishing line
    C majorC       G+G
In the dark, smell of brine

Betty said "This one is mine."
N.C.  A minorAm
She is ruthless


CHORUS:
G+G         C majorC
Ay-yi-yipee-yipee-yi-yi-ay
   FF             C majorC
Going east of Mississippi, got a flinty kind of woman
    A minorAm         DmDm
And you just say no and you don't touch my children
    G+G                 A minorAm
If the young man wants to see the sun go down


Well, we didn't have to drag him and a-jail him
      D MajorD            A minorAm
'Cause you don't have to take it so far

When your roots go back to Old Salem
      FF              G+G
And you've got a local chapter of the DAR


   A minorAm
Now I don't go tooting on my lobsters
      D MajorD             A minorAm
'Cause your pride doesn't go with your plaid

But it's a victory won
    FF
And it couldn't be done
    C majorC
By the hippy-dippy flaky-shaky
G+G
Fun-in-the-sun
N.C.  A minorAm
Braless wonders


CHORUS:
G+G         C majorC
Ay-yi-yipee-yipee-yi-yi-ay
   FF             C majorC
Going east of Mississippi, got a flinty kind of woman
    A minorAm           DmDm
And you know your place and you don't touch my children
    G+G                 A minorAm
If the young man wants to see the sun go down
    DmDm  N.C.            A minorAm
If the young man wants to see the sun go down