A 
i'm only a woman 
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of flesh and bone        
      A 
an i wept much 
       Bm 
we all do 
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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 


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i got nothing to give you, you see 
       C#m 
except everything, everything, 
  Bm 
  everything, everything, 
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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 
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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 


  Bm  C#m  Bm  E  

    D 
so lets take a loan out 
        Dm 
put it down on a house 
     A         A/G#    F#m 
in a place we've never lived 
      D 
in a place that exists 
       Dm 
in the pages of scripts 
        A     A/G#        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