Shes Always A Woman - Billy Joel

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Tuning: Half-Step Down, Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

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Submitted by Jack Warner.  Jackhammer111@gmail.com

She's Always a Woman: Written and performed by Billy Joel on the Album "The Stranger"

This version in the key of B, corrects errors in the other versions, adds
some chords, and more closely reflects the root (bass) movement and
suspensions from the piano version. It also gives the chords for the extra
measure (or 2 measures if you're counting in 3/4) at the end of the 4th
line of the chorus. When you go from Em to Em7 use the open D string as the root. 
At the end of the chorus B bar chord open the 1st string then ad the F# to give a finish to the line. 

[intro]

           

[Verse]
             
She can kill w

             
ith a smile, s

             
he can wound w

                 
ith 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 

             
she's always a

                  
 woman to me.

             
She can lead y

             
ou to love, sh

             
e can take you

          
 or leave you.
            
She can ask fo

             
r the truth, b

          
ut she'll neve

        
r      believe

       
 you.
             
And she'll tak

             
e what you giv

             
e her as long 

           
it's free.
           
She steals lik

         
e a thief, but

             
 she's always 

                   
a woman to me.

[Chorus]
     
Ohh...        

#        
    she takes 

           
care of her se

       
lf.
             
She can wait i

          
f she wants,  

#         
       she's a

             
head of her ti

        
me.

          
And Ohhh……    

           
          and 

         
she never give

        
s out,

           
    and she ne

             
ver gives in, 

         
           she

           
 just changes 

       
her mind.

[Verse]
              
And she'll pro

             
mise you more 

             
than the garde

             
n of Eden.
             
Then she'll ca

            
relessly cut y

         
ou and laugh w

             
hile you're bl

    
eeding.
              
But she brings

             
 out the best 

             
and the worst 

                     
you can be.
           
Blame it all o

         
n yourself 'ca

             
use she's alwa

             
ys a women to 

          
me.

             
do d do, do do

            
 do, do d do,d

       
o do do/      

           
do doo doo, do

       
o do do
            
 do do do do d

                   
 do 
                      
[Chorus]
     
Ohh...        

#        
    she takes 

           
care of her se

       
lf.
             
She can wait i

          
f she wants,  

#          
         she's

             
 ahead of her 

         
time.
          
And Ohhh……    

           
        and sh

         
e never gives 

     
out,
           
    and she ne

             
ver gives in, 

         
           she

           
 just changes 

          
her mind.


[Verse]
             
She's frequent

             
ly kind and sh

             
e's suddenly c

      
ruel.
            
She can do as 

             
she pleases, s

         
he's nobody's 

    
fool.
             
But she can't 

             
be convicted, 

             
she's earned h

         
er degree.
           
And the most s

         
he will do is 

             
throw shadows 

   
at you,
           
But she's alwa

             
ys a woman to 

      
me.

             
do d do, do do

            
 do, do d do,d

       
o do do/      

           
do doo doo, do

       
o do do
            
 do do do do d

                   
 do 

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