I can be that woman (2021)    (video)

 

    G ~ ~

 

                     G                                  C

1. You're asleep on the couch with Tammy,

                    D                            G

    and she looks straight up at me.

                   G                               C

    The reproach in her eyes is imagined,

                   D                        G

    but the pain that I feel is real.

                        Em                             D

    She jumps down and her tail is swishing

                C               Am               D

    like a feather right under your nose.

                           Em        - C                       D     G

    And then you wake up       and you're bleary-eyed,

                       C                  D           G

    I say, "I'm sorry". I can see you cried.

 

                      G                           C

2. You look frail as you stand before me,

                     D                          G

    then you curse and kick a chair.

                   G                      G7                 C

    And the dog, bless her heart, licks my fingers,

                  D                                   G

    but she jerks every time you swear.

             Em                                   D

    I feel sick and my hands arе shakin',

                C              Am                    D

    this is how all our fights have begun.

                              Em    - C                 D                 G

    You say you've had it,      and you say, "Scrеw you !"

                  C                          D          G    - G7

    I say, "I love you", and I know it's true.

 

C                                            G

    You're not the man you should have been,

D                                    G                            C

    I let you down somehow (not the one I could've been)

                                   G                                               D

I'm not the woman I could have been (I can be that woman),

                                          G

but I can be that woman now.

 

                      G                                   C

3. You're confused when you turn to face me.

              D                    G

    Is it true or is she drunk ?

                    G                                   C

    But it's clear that I've hit my rock bottom,

               D                            G

    I'm aware of how far I've sunk.

                   Em                       D

    And the dog is the first to feel it,

                      C              Am               D

    there's a shimmer of hope in your eyes.

                        Em      - C                     D          G

    You can't believe it,       but you're close to tears.

                        C                   D          G

    Oh, but I'm sorry for the wasted years.

 

              G7      C                                                              G

(Not the one I could've been) You're not the man you should have been,

                          - D                                     G

(I let you down)        I let you down somehow.

              G7      C                                                      G

(Not the one I could've been) I'm not the woman I could have been,

                         D                                                  G

(I can be that woman) but I can be that woman now.

 

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (ABBA)