Written by Paul Kelly
No capo C Dm Em Em C D There she stands in the spotlight Em C Gm Now the music begins D C D Her left leg won't stop trembling Em C D But there's nowhere to run Em C D The soldier sobbing at the station Em C Gm Is taken down to the hall D C D He limps in late in the darkness Em C D Takes his seat in the stalls Chorus: Em C D Righteous woman starts softly like a dove at dawn Em C Gm Righteous woman building up pressure like a slow moving storm D C D Righteous woman giving birth to the dark unborn Em Righteous woman Em Righteous woman C D Em Oo Oo Ooooh C D Em Oo Oo Ooooh C Gm D Oo Oo Ooooh C D Em Oo Oo Ooooh Em C Dm In a blanket in a box on the hospital doorstep Em C Gm Lies a baby new born D C D The nurse gently picks up the bundle Em C Gm But the mother is gone Em C D In the darkness his head falls Em C Gm As the Chorus arrives D C D He wakes up late in the third act Em C D To those radiant eyes Chorus: Em C D Righteous woman laying down the law getting on a glow Em C Gm Righteous woman surrendering to the full ecstatic flow D C D Now she looks out and sees the brass buttons glinting in the tenth row Em Righteous woman Em Righteous woman C D Em Oo Oo Ooooh C D Em Oo Oo Ooooh C Gm D Oo Oo Ooooh C D Em Oo Oo Ooooh N.C C D Righteous woman hears the knock on her dressing room door N.C C Gm She takes the note and reads it and then lets it drop to the floor D C D Now she drifts on down slowly to the backstage door Em Righteous woman Em Righteous woman C D Em Oo Oo Ooooh C D Em Oo Oo Ooooh C Gm D Oo Oo Ooooh C D Em Oo Oo Ooooh
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