This woman's work Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays585

This woman's work by Kate Bush is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords Db/F, Eb/G, Ab/C, Bbm7, Db, Db7/F, Fm, Eb, Bbm, Cm, Bb, Db7, Ab and Bbm7/F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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16
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  			Db/F Eb/G Ab/C Bbm7 
     Aha-ooh!  ooh 

Db/F Eb/G Ab/C Bbm7 
     Aha-ooh!  ooh 

Db/F Eb/G Ab/C Bbm7 
     Aha-ooh!  ooh 

Ab/C Db      Ab/C     Db 
     Pray God you can cope. 

Ab/C          Db 
I'll stand outside 

	     Db7/F 
This woman's work, 

  	     Eb/G 
This woman's world. 

Fm	     Eb	      Bbm 
Ooh, it's hard on the man. 

    Cm          Db 
Now his part is over. 

Ab/C           Db	    Db/F Eb/G 
Now starts the craft of the father. 

Db/F		       Eb 
     I know you have a little life in you yet. 

Ab/C                   Bbm 
     I know you have a lot of strength left. 

Db/F		       Eb 
     I know you have a little life in you yet. 

Ab/C                   Bbm 
     I know you have a lot of strength left. 

Db  			       Eb 
     I should be crying, but I just can't let it show. 

Ab/C 		               Bbm 
     I should be hoping, but I can't stop thinking: 

Db				 Eb 
     All the things I should have said, but I never said. 

Ab/C				   Bb 
     All the things we should have done, but we never did. 

Db/F				  Eb 
     All the things I should have given, but I didn't. 

Db/F Eb			Bbm 
Oh, darling, make it go, 

Db	     Eb		Bbm Db7 Ab 
     Make it go away! 

Db/F	  Eb	  Ab/C Bbm   Db/F 
     Give me these moments back. 

Eb	      Ab/C Bbm  Db/F 
     Give them back to me. 

         Ab/C    Bbm   Db/F 
Give me that little kiss. 

Eb/G 
Give me your 

Db/F		       Eb 
     I know you have a little life in you yet. 

Ab/C                   Bbm 
     I know you have a lot of strength left. 

Db/F		       Eb 
     I know you have a little life in you yet. 

Ab/C                   Bbm 
     I know you have a lot of strength left. 

Db  			       Eb		     Ab/C Bbm 
     I should be crying, but I just can't let it show. 

Db/F			       Eb	      Ab/C Bbm 
     I should be hoping, but I can't stop thinking 

Db/F				     Eb 
     Of all the things I should have said, but I never said. 

Ab/C				   Bbm 
     All the things we should have done, but we never did. 

Db/F			     Eb/G 
     All the things that you needed from me. 

Ab/C			     Bbm 
     All the things that you wanted for me. 

Db				       Eb		Bbm7/F Eb 
     All the things that I should have given, but I didn't. 

Bbm7 Db7 
Oh, darling, make it go away. 

Ab/C		      Db/F Eb/G 
     Just make it go away  now. 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante