How Sad chords by Richard Kiley

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) What are the poor girls getting?
To whom do they raise a voice?
What are the poor girls netting?
They just have Hobson's choice.
G 
D 
They crane  (G major) their delicate neck (D major) s,
Em 
A 
but there's  (E minor) just one opposite sex.  (A major) 
D 
A 
D 
How  (D major)  (A major) sad to be a  (D major) woman,
A 
women are  (A major) stuck with men,
Em 
A 
D 
a lady's  (E minor) life must  (A major) be dreary,  (D major) 
A 
Em 
E 
A 
D 
without  (A major) a   (E minor) lady  (E major) to call  (A major) deary,  (D major) 
A 
D 
 (A major) a  woman's  (D major) cheek is for caressing,
G 
B 
E 
 (G major) a man's  (B major) is trouble,  (E major) 
A 
it's  (A major) mostly stubble
D 
it's sad and  (D major) so depressing
A 
ladies I  (A major) ask again
D 
A 
how  (D major) can a woman be like  (A major) a woman.
D 
G 
What do they see in men?  (D major)  (G major) 
A woman's hand is tiny.
A 
Cm 
D 
A man  (A major) has just  (C minor)  (D major) a  paw.
G 
A  (G major) woman's mouth is soft and sweet.
Em 
Bm 
A man  (E minor) has just a jaw.  (B minor) 
G 
C 
Beneath  (G major) her chin lies heaven,  (C major) 
G 
Bm 
while under  (G major) his is hair.  (B minor) 
D 
G 
In  (D major) fact, she's entirely heav (G major) en.
Em 
A 
D 
It's  (E minor) blissful  (A major) to be  (D major) there.
Bm 
How  (B minor) can they make such a fuss
Em 
over ugly,  (E minor) sinful,
A 
D 
Em 
 (A major) predatory bums like us?  (D major)  (E minor) 
A 
D 
 (A major) How sad to  (D major) be a woman.
A 
Women  (A major) are stuck with men.
Em 
A 
D 
A  (E minor) lady's life  (A major) must be  (D major) dreary
E 
A 
without a  (E major) lady to call  (A major) deary.
D 
A woman's cheek  (D major) is for caressing.
G 
B 
E 
 (G major) A  (B major) man's is troubled,  (E major) 
A 
it's  (A major) mostly stubble.
D 
It's sad an (D major) d so depressing,
A 
ladies,  (A major) I ask again.
D 
G 
A 
D 
 (D major) How can  (G major) a woman be  (A major) like a woman?  (D major) 
A 
G 
A 
 (A major) What  (G major) do they  (A major) see in men?