Different Therefore Equal chords by Peggy Seeger

SimplifiedG · Ab · F#

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Verse 1
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 (G major)  (A flat major) Is a father better  (G major) than a mother?
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 (A flat major) Is  a sis (G major) ter better than a brother?  (A flat major) 
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One's  (G major) concave, one's convex.
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Does  (A flat major) that make one sex  (G major) 
better than the other?
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Ajax shoulders,  (A flat major) move boulders,
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Heaven's hips launch ships,  (G major) 
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 (A flat major) Opposites favor,
Their opposites nature,
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 (G major) Adam and Eve are fish an (A flat major) d   chips,
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The world needs  (G major) us,
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 (A flat major) So the world breeds us,
From the ant and elephant
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 (G major) To the little  (A flat major) rhesus monkey,
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Every  (G major) creature,
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 (A flat major) From the anteater to the mooses,
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has its uses.  (G major) 
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A dog don't sing,  (A flat major) a  (G major) bird don't bark.
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 (A flat major) So which is the best thing,
a poodle or a lark?
It's ridiculous,
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 (G major) comparing one who's prickless
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to one  (A flat major) who's hairy.
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Is black  (F sharp major) better  (A flat major) than white?
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 (G major) Day better than night?
Without either there'd
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 (A flat major) be neither.  (G major) 
Some women try to be she -men
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then  (A flat major) say that humans are
worse than demons.
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Nature gives us equal  (G major) chances
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 (A flat major) and to get them you shouldn't
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have to wear pantses.  (G major) 
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We're not like moles, does or rabbit (A flat major) s.
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We should control our  (G major) social habits
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an (A flat major) d   things return us against  (G major) each other
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and don't learn us  (A flat major) to  be sister and brother
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if  (G major) her and him are indispensable
treating them similar is only sensible
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Reason gives  (G major) us the logical sequel,
we're different, therefore equal.