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Womans World
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Intro :
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The crown of the kingdom is given to the woman
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The kingdom of the kitchen where she says she shouldn't,
D Bm A B
There on the stainless steel her cigarettes and matches
C#m F#m E
Whistles to the radio to every hook she catches,
F#m
But the frowns
C#
Eider downs,
Am
Tie her down
A E (A C#m A)
But she likes to wear the crown of the kingdom.
E A E A
She like the recipes a touch of oriental
E A E A
Steaming up the windows burning egg on metal,
D Bm A B
Sees in a catalogue a shiny new appliance
C#m F#m E
Another role swallowed by the wonders of science,
F#m
Lobster hands
B
Omelette pans,
Am
Understand
A E (A C#m A)
How the crown can stick like jam in her kingdom.
Ab C#m
He's been so busy and she's been neglected,
Ab C#m
The problem is computed and always it's rejected,
Ab A F#m
Out of her heart I catch a spark,
B
And being smart
Ab A F#m B
The crown is left out in the dark now there's no kingdom.
F# B F# B
Fed up with the glory she abdicates her title
F# B F# B
Sitting at a bar stool she gives her day's recital,
E C#m
The family watch in horror
B (C#)
As she staggers up the hallway
Ebm
Makes herself a sandwich
Abm F#
As they're looking through the doorway,
Abm
She goes to bed
Eb
Leg by leg,
Bm
Nothing's said
B F#
There's no crown upon her head there's no kingdom.
F# (E)F# B
Press the button on the toaster
D
It's a woman's world,
F# (E)F# D
Tuck the sheets in on the bed
B
It's a woman's world,
F# (E)F# D
Take your apron from your holster
B
It's a woman's world,
F# (E)F# B
Shoot the crown off of your head
D
It's a woman's world.