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Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 19:39:57 -0800
From: Thom Hickey 
Subject: TAB: 'If Women Ruled The World' by Joan Armatrading



'If Women Ruled The World'
By Joan Armatrading
From the album 'Square The Circle'

Transcribed by Thom Hickey (thomh@aimnet.com)

This song seems very straight-forward until you try and
decipher the solo work by Joan on this one. Good luck, and
if you figure out the solos, e-mail me please.

Chord chart:

Fsus4: 113311
F: 112331
C: 35553x


Intro:

  Fsus4            F            
E:---------------|--------------------|
B:---------------|--------------------|
G:---------------|--------------------|
D:--------3------|---------3----------|
A:3---5----------|-3------------------|
E:---------------|-----5--------------|

  Fsus4            F            
E:---------------|--------------------|
B:---------------|--------------------|
G:---------------|--------------------|
D:--------3------|---------3----------|
A:3---5-------5--|-3------------------|
E:---------------|-----5--------------|

  Fsus4            F            
E:---------------|--------------------|
B:---------------|--------------------|
G:---------------|---------------3p2h3|
D:--------3------|---------3----------|
A:3---5----------|-3---5--------------|
E:---------------|--------------------|


  C     
E:---------------|--------------------|
B:---------------|--------------------|
G:/5------3p2h3/5|/8------------------|
D:---------------|--------------------|
A:---------------|--------------------|
E:---------------|--------------------|

       

  Fsus4            F            
E:---------------|--------------------|
B:---------------|--------------------|
G:---------------|--------------------|
D:--------3------|---------3----------|
A:3---5----------|-3------------------|
E:---------------|-----5--------------|

  Fsus4            F            
E:---------------|--------------------|
B:---------------|--------------------|
G:---------------|--------------------|
D:--------3------|---------3----------|
A:3---5-------5--|-3------------------|
E:---------------|-----5--------------|

  Fsus4            F            
E:---------------|--------------------|
B:---------------|--------------------|
G:---------------|---------------/2---|
D:--------3------|---------3----------|
A:3---5----------|-3---5--------------|
E:---------------|--------------------|


  C     
E:---------------|--------------------|
B:---------------|--------------------|
G:--2------------|--------------------|
D:-----/5-----/8-|--8--7--------------|
A:---------------|--------------------|
E:---------------|--------------------|


            Fsus4       F
Loving your sweet ways
           Fsus4            F
Loving the funny things you say
           Fsus4       F
Loving the silence
                    C
Wrapped in my man's arms at the end of the day

           Fsus4       F
Loving the way you
        Fsus4
Make me feel
                    F
That women rule the world
   Fsus4                 F
If women ruled the world
              C
It would be a good thing


Fsus4       F
No more war no more hate
Fsus4               F
Women can fight but talking's great
Fsus4            F
Behind your back to your face
       C
They'd rather talk than murder

            Fsus4       F
Not all men kill babies
                  Fsus4
But a woman would rather
          F
Kill herself
                 Fsus4     F
Than see a child suffer
          C
Women are carers, they were born that way

     Fsus4         F
Like mother nature feeds the world
  Fsus4               F
A woman will think of her child first
Fsus4        F
No more sons dying young
C
Women bore sons for living

             Fsus4      F
I love how you love me
        Fsus4
Make me feel that
               F
Women rule the world
   Fsus4                 F
If women ruled the world
              C
It would be a good thing

   Fsus4                 F
If women ruled the world
   Fsus4                 F
If women ruled the world
   Fsus4                 F
If women ruled the world
              C
It would be a good thing

Everything else is solo work by Joan, and I can't figure
it out. I hope this helps and please send corrections to
thomh@aimnet.com

Cheers,

    Thom

Tablature explanation:

/ = slide up
 = slide down
p = pull off
h = hammer-on