Shes Always A Woman - Billy Joel

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Capo: Fret 3
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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Song is in 6/8, so the strumming pattern I tend to use is:

|D     U D U D     U D U|
|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &|

[Intro]
      

[Verse 1]
            
  She can kill

             
 with a smile,

             
 she can wound

              
 with her eyes
          
She can ruin y

          
our faith with

       
 her casual li

   
es
             
And she only r

             
eveals what sh

             
e wants you to

    
 see
            
She hides like

          
 a child but s

         
he's always a 

          
woman to me

[Verse 2]
            
   She can lea

             
d you to love,

             
 she can take 

       
you or leave y

ou
           
She can ask fo

         
r the truth bu

         
t she'll never

           
 believe you
             
And she'll tak

             
e what you giv

             
e her as long 

          
as it's free
            
Yeah she steal

          
s like a thief

           
 but she's alw

           
ays a woman to

     
 me

[Chorus]
   
Oooooooooooh, 

            
she takes care

         
 of herself,  

         
   she can wai

         
t if she wants
          
   She's ahead

            
 of her time
   
Oooooooooooh, 

              
and she never 

        
gives out,    

      
    and she ne

           
ver gives in
            
  She just cha

            
nges her mind

[Verse 3]
           
  And she'll p

            
romise you mor

             
e than the gar

       
den of Eden
             
Then she'll ca

       
re-less-ly  cu

          
t you and laug

             
h while you're

 
 bleeding
        
     But she b

              
rings out the 

             
best and the w

            
orst you can b


e
            
Blame it all o

          
n yourself 'ca

          
use she's alwa

            
ys a woman to 

  
me

[Break]
       
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[Chorus]
   
Oooooooooooh, 

            
she takes care

         
 of herself,  

         
   she can wai

         
t if she wants
          
   She's ahead

            
 of her time
   
Oooooooooooh, 

              
and she never 

        
gives out,    

      
    and she ne

           
ver gives in
            
  She just cha

            
nges her mind

[Verse 4]
          
  She is frequ

             
ently kind and

             
 she's suddenl

  
y cruel
          
She can do as 

          
 she pleases, 

         
she's nobody's

 
 fool
        
     But she c

             
an't be convic

             
ted, she's ear

          
ned her degree
            
And the most s

          
he will do is 

         
throw shadows 

    
at you
            
But she's alwa

             
ys a woman to 

  
me

[Outro]
       
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