C G D G
You write about a place so dear, in all its good and evil
C G D G
A loving cup, an aching scar, you need no thread and needle
C G Am D
To sew your name into your clothes or hem a ragged line
G C G D C G
All muscular and luminous, oh, heroine of mine
C G
Ladies
D G
Oh, ladies
C G
My ladies
D C G
My fair and tender ladies
D F
My fair and tender ladies
C G D G
You raised yourself from mud and spit and opened up your eyes
C G D G
Stretching out your graceful limbs, from heart and soul on fire
C G Am D
From sidewalks and handlebars, summer sun and evening stars
G C G D C G
And unincorporated streets, oh, heroine I long to meet
C G
Ladies
D G
Oh, ladies
C G
My ladies
D C G
My fair and tender ladies
D F
My fair and tender ladies
Em C Em C Am C A D G C G D G C G D F
La-dies, la-dies, la-dies, la-a-dies
C G D G
You set aside your trays and flowers, like a ball and chain
C G D G
You understood a time and place upon which you proclaimed
C G Am D
Your skirt was not to hide behind, your womanhood, no alibi
G C G D C G
You would not live so man could die, oh, white-gloved heroine of mine
C G
Ladies
D G
Oh, ladies
C G
My ladies
D C G
My fair and tender ladies
D F
My fair and tender ladies
D C G
My fair and tender ladies
D F
My fair and tender ladies
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