A
i'm only a woman 
Bm             C#m       Bm     
   of flesh and bone
     A
an i wept much 
   Bm   
we all do 
                  C#m        Bm
i thought i might die alone 


but i have 
A
never never never never
Bm
never never never never
C#m             D
never never met you 
   E               A
so baby be good to me 

                 Bm
i got nothing to give you, you see
       C#m
except everything, everything,
Bm
everything, everything, 
        A     Bm            C#m      Bm
all the go-oo-oo-od and the bad 
                 A
'cause i've been bad 
           Bm
i've lied, cheated, stolen and 
     C#m                         Bm
been ungrateful for what i had 
               A
and i'm afraid habits rule my waking life 
    Bm                           C#m       Bm
i'm scared and i'm runnin' in my sleep for you
            A                             
but all the oceans, and rivers and showers 
             Bm                   C#m       Bm
will wash it all away and make me clean for you

'cause i have 
A
never never never never
Bm
never never never never
C#m
never never never never
D           E         A
never never never met you
   
   D    
so lets take a loan out 
       Dm
put it down on a house 
     A           A/Ab  F#m
in a place we've never lived 
     D
in a place that exists 
       Dm
in the pages of scripts 
        A     A/Ab      F#m    
and the songs that they sing
               D
and all of the beautiful things 
     Dm
that make you weep but 
      E
don't have to make you weak

'cause i've 
A
never never never never 
Bm
never never never never 
C#m
never never never never 
Bm
never never never never 
A
never never never never 
Bm
never never never never 
C#m
never never never never 
          D
loved somebody the way 
     E       A
that i loved you