Key: D major•
Verse 1
C
G
can have prompted her to go,
at the ball?
What could have de
Dm
pressed her?
What could have possessed her?
C
D
C
A
D
A
at all.
D
that's all there is to that.
Their heads are full
of cotton, hay and rag.
D
They're nothing but exasperating, irritating,
Bb
A
Dm
Bb
G
A
Pickering,
be more like a man?
Hmm? Yes.
C
D
more like a man?
A
F#
Bm
so thoroughly square,
D
G
Em
Eternally noble, historically fair,
G
C
who, when you win,
G
D
A
will always give your back a pat.
D
A
D
Why can't a woman be like that?
what the others do?
Can't a woman learn to
D
Eb
use her head?
their mothers do?
Why don't they grow up
E
A
like their father instead?
Men are so pleasant,
A
D
if I didn't speak for hours?
Of course not.
C
A
Would you be livid if I had a
Nonsense.
E
Em
E
B
if I never sent you flowers?
Never.
Bm
D
A
D
Why can't a woman be like you?
Now and then
A
Eb
there's one with slight defects,
you doubt a bit,
Why can't a woman be
C
D
have like a man?
D
G
Em
A better companion you never will find.
A
D
would you burrow?
Of course not.
C
A
If I forgot your silly birthday,
Nonsense.
D
A
D
Why can't a woman be like us?
Mrs. Pierce, you're a woman.
D
A
Why can't a woman be
C
D
more like a man?
Men are so decent,
E
A
F#
Bm
such reg ular chaps.
D
G
Ready to help you through
G
G#dim
Ready to buck you up
A
D
Why can't a woman be a chum?
women never do?
D
Eb
Why is logic never even tried?
is all they ever do.
Why don't they straighten
A
up
the mess that's inside?
C
A
C
D
Why can't a woman be more like a man?
A
F#
Bm
If I was a woman who'd been to a ball,
D
G
been hailed as a princess
E
C
Would I start weeping
A
D
like a bathtub overflowing?
Bbdim
D
were in a tree?
Would I run off
E
A
B
and never tell me where I'm going?
A
A
D
Why can't a woman be like me?
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG C Dm D A...
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