F# F#7
F# F#7
F# F#7
F# F#7


[Verse 1]
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Daddy's Mama was a child of the nation
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Raised on a white man's little reservation
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Three girls, one more in the belly of her Mama
B                                  F#       F#7 F# F#7
Robbed by death giving life to her daughter


[Verse 2]
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Baby grew up fast, yeah she was a fast one
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One half child, the other half woman
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Shotgun wedding 'fore the baby arrived
B                            F#    F#7  F# F#7
Man run off, left a child to raise a child


[Chorus]
D                       B
Partake of pleasure and reap the shame
         A                    B
The hand that holds the power assigns the blame
    C#7                                 F#   F#7
And this whole world turns on a woman's pain


[Instrumental]
F# F#7
D B A B C#
F# F#7
F# F#7
F# F#7
F# F#7


[Verse 3]
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"Throw me a bone and I'll make you a woman"
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God said to Adam in the Garden of Eden
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The moment her lips touched forbidden fruit
              B                                  F#   F#7  F# F#7
He said "I'll curse you with pain and a man will rule you"


[Chorus]
D                       B
Partake of pleasure and reap the shame
         A                    B
The hand that holds the power assigns the blame
    C#7                                 F#   F#7
And this whole world turns on a woman's pain


[Outro]
F# F#7 x6
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