Key: C
Introduction:
Em C D
There she stands in the spotlight
Em C Gm
Now the music begins
D C D
Her left leg won't stop trembling
Em C D
But there's nowhere to run
Em C D
The soldier sobbing at the station
Em C Gm
Is taken down to the hall
D C D
He limps in late in the darkness
Em C D
Takes his seat in the stalls
Em C D
Righteous woman starts softly like a dove at dawn
Em C Gm
Righteous woman building up pressure like a slow moving storm
D C D
Righteous woman giving birth to the dark unborn
Em
Righteous woman
Em
Righteous woman
C D Em
Oo Oo Ooooh
C D Em
Oo Oo Ooooh
C Gm D
Oo Oo Ooooh
C D Em
Oo Oo Ooooh
Em C Dm
In a blanket in a box on the hospital doorstep
Em C Gm
Lies a baby new born
D C D
The nurse gently picks up the bundle
Em C Gm
But the mother is gone
Em C D
In the darkness his head falls
Em C Gm
As the Chorus arrives
D C D
He wakes up late in the third act
Em C D
To those radiant eyes
Em C D
Righteous woman laying down the law getting on a glow
Em C Gm
Righteous woman surrendering to the full ecstatic flow
D C D
Now she looks out and sees the brass buttons glinting in the tenth row
Em
Righteous woman
Em
Righteous woman
C D Em
Oo Oo Ooooh
C D Em
Oo Oo Ooooh
C Gm D
Oo Oo Ooooh
C D Em
Oo Oo Ooooh
C D
Righteous woman hears the knock on her dressing room door
C Gm
She takes the note and reads it and then lets it drop to the floor
D C D
Now she drifts on down slowly to the backstage door
Em
Righteous woman
Em
Righteous woman
C D Em
Oo Oo Ooooh
C D Em
Oo Oo Ooooh
C Gm D
Oo Oo Ooooh
C D Em
Oo Oo Ooooh