She Was

Am         F       Dm       E7
Am         F       Dm       E7

             Am
When she was home she was a swan
             F
When she was out she was a tiger
      Dm                       E7
And a tiger in the wild is not tied to anyone
             Am
When she was lost, she was a toad
          F
The day I found her on the road
           Dm
I gave her water and a rose
           E7
And as she stretched
The sun rose

Am     F      Dm
Go,    go,    go
   E7
Go away, go away, go away
Am     F      Dm
Go,    go,    go
   E7
Go away, go away

             Am
When she was young
She was a cow
            F
And all day long
She milked the stars
    Dm
She taught me "Women to survive
          E7
Must be unfaithful to their child"
           Am
Of all the wonders of the world
          F
She was a lady with a bird
              Dm
She must have had so many lives
           E7
Was it the first?
Was it the last?

Am  F   Dm
Go, go, go
   E7
Go away, go away, go away
Am  F   Dm
Go, go, go
   E7
Go away, go away

             Am
When she was ill she was a whale
           F
She was so patient, she would wait
        Dm
Until I sang her by the lane
             E7
The sweetest tunes to ease her pain
             Am
When she was old she was an owl
          F
I saw her swaying in the sky
             Dm
And when she died inside my arms
     E7
I realised she was a cat

Am  F   Dm
Go, go, go
   E7
Go away, go away, go away
Am  F   Dm
Go, go, go
   E7
Go away, go away

            Am
Sometimes I wonder (go)
      F
If my child (go)
              Dm
Will have her eyes (go)
 E7
(Go away, go away)
        Am
To see through me (go)
           F
And when I die (go)
         Dm
And I am born again (go)
 E7
(Go away, go away)
           Am
What will I be (go)
  F
A stone? (go)
  Dm
A cat? (go)
 E7
A tree? (Go away, go away)
[Chorus] x3
Am  F   Dm
Go, go, go
E7
Go away, go away, go away
Am  F   Dm
Go, go, go
E7
Go away, go away, go away

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