...ROOM FOR THE LIFE... by Kate Bush
-----------------------.............

*from 'The Kick Inside' (1978)*


Intro:

G  Am7 (x3)

Verse 1:

D (xx0232@1)Hey there you,
G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)Lady in tears,
       GDo (320003@1)you think,
          CThat (x32010@1)they care,
           EmIf (022000@1)they're real,
D (xx0232@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)Woman?
          GThey (320003@1)just take it,
   C (x32010@1)         EmAs (022000@1)part of the deal.

Verse 2:

D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)Lost in your men,
And the games,
    AYou (x02220@1)play,
G (320003@1)Trying to prove,
C (x32010@1)          Em (022000@1)That you're better,
D (xx0232@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)Woman.
        GBut (320003@1)you needn't,
    C (x32010@1)   EmGet (022000@1)heavy with them.

D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)Like it or not,
        AWe (x02220@1)were built tough,
              D (xx0232@1)   D7Because (xx0212@1)we're women.

Bridge 1:

G (320003@1)No, we never,
F (133211@1)      Em (022000@1)Die for long,
G (320003@1)While we've got,
            FThat (133211@1)little life,
   Cm7
To live for.
Where it's,
       G (320003@1)      FHid (133211@1)in-side, no,
         AmWe (x02210@1)never die for long,
   DmOh-woman, (xx0231@1)two in one.

Chorus 1:

        GThere's (320003@1)room,
      CFor (x32010@1)a life,
        EmIn (022000@1)your womb,
D (xx0232@1)Woman.
G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)Inside of you,
       EmCan (022000@1)be two,
D (xx0232@1)Woman.

        GThere's (320003@1)room,
      CFor (x32010@1)a life,
        EmIn (022000@1)your womb,
D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)Woman...
D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)Mama woman-A-ha.

Interlude:

G  Am7 (x3)

Verse 3:

D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1) Night after night,
       AIn (x02220@1)the quiet house,
G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)Plaiting her hair,
       EmBy (022000@1)the fire,
D (xx0232@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)Woman.
        GWith (320003@1)no lover to,
C (x32010@1)          Em (022000@1)Free her de-sire.

    D (xx0232@1)         GHow (320003@1)long do you think,
        AShe (x02220@1)can stick it out?
    G (320003@1)         CHow (x32010@1)long do you think,
       Em (022000@1)Before she'll go out,
D (xx0232@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)Woman?
        G (320003@1)        CHey (x32010@1)get up on your feet,
       EmAnd (022000@1)go get it now.

D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1) Like it or not,
        AWe (x02220@1)keep bouncing back,
              D (xx0232@1)   D7Because (xx0212@1)we're women.

Bridge 2:

G (320003@1)No, we never,
F (133211@1)      Em (022000@1)Die for long,
G (320003@1)While we've got,
            FThat (133211@1)little life,
   Cm7
To live for.
Where it's,
       G (320003@1)      FHid (133211@1)in-side, no,
         AmWe (x02210@1)never die for long,
   DmOh-woman, (xx0231@1)two in one.

Chorus 2:

        GThere's (320003@1)room,
      CFor (x32010@1)a life,
        EmIn (022000@1)your womb,
D (xx0232@1)Woman.
G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)Inside of you,
       EmCan (022000@1)be two,
D (xx0232@1)Woman.

        GThere's (320003@1)room,
      CFor (x32010@1)a life,
        EmIn (022000@1)your womb,
D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)Woman...

Coda:

D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)Mama woman-A-ha,
D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)Mama woman-A-ha.
D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)Mama woman-A-ha,
D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)Mama woman-A-ha.

D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)Mama woman-A-ha,
D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)Mama woman-A-ha.
D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)Mama woman-A-ha,
D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)Mama woman-A-ha.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G (320003@1)     Am7 (x02010@1)   D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)     C (x32010@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  x02013  xx0232  320003  x02220  x32010

   Em (022000@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)    F (133211@1)     Cm7     Am (x02210@1)    Dm (xx0231@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 022000  xx0212  133211  x35343  x02210  xx0231


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)