Key: D major•
Verse 1
G
C
After such a triumph as
the ball?
her?
What could've possessed her?
C
D
at all!
Interlude 1
C
A
D
A
D
Verse 2
D
A
that's all there is to that
irritating
Bb
D
Dm
Bb
G
Verse 3
A
A
G
A
G
man be more like a man?
Eb
D
G
Hmm?
Yes...
D
A
C
Why can't a woman be
A
F#
Bm
so thoroughly square
D
G
Eternally noble,
D
G
Who, when you win,
A
D
Why can't a woman be like that?
Verse 4
G
others do?
Can't a woman learn to
D
Eb
use her head?
mothers do?
E
A
Why don't they grow up like their
father instead?
Verse 5
Men are so pleasant,
A
Bm
so easy to please
Verse 6
A
Of course not!
A
D
had a drink or two?
Nonsense!
A
B
never sent you flowers?
Never!
D
A
D
Well, why can't a woman be like you?
Verse 7
Now and then,
D
A
Eb
there's one with slight de fects
whose truthfulness you doubt a bit
Verse 8
D
man?
Bm
F#
D
Bm
Men are so friendly, good natured and kind
D
G
Em
A better companion you never will find
Verse 9
A
D
would you bellow?
Of course not!
A
C
A
If I forgot your silly birthday,
Nonsense!
A
B
out another fellow?!
Never!
A
D
be like us?!
Verse 10
A
C
Why can't a woman be
E
A
F#
Bm
Men are so decent, such regular chaps
D
G
Ready to help you through
G
G#dim
D
Ready to buck you up whenever
you are glum
A
D
Why can't a woman be a chum?
Verse 11
G
never do?
D
Eb
Why is logic never even tried?
is all they ever do
Why don't they straighten
E
A
Why can't a woman
Verse 12
C
be
A
Bbdim
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 like a
A
D
bathtub overflowing?
A
Bbdim
D
were in a tree?
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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