Shaking The Tree chords

Peter Gabriel

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Intro: D   G   D   G (2x) 


D             G                      D                G 
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree 
D             G                      D                G 
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree 


D                                G 
Waiting your time, dreaming of a better life 
D                                   G 
Waiting your time, you're more than just a wife 
C                          G 
Don't have to do what your mother has done 
        D 
She has done 
                            G 
This is your life, this new life has begun 
          D               G 
It's your day - a woman's day 
          D               G 
It's your day - a woman's day 

D                                G 
Turning the tide, you are on the incoming wave 
D                               G 
Turning the tide, No, you are nobody's slave 
C 
Find your Sisters and Brothers       (or: Find your Brothers and Sisters 1989 version) 
        G                              D 
Who can hear all the truth in what you say 
                                 G 
They can support you when you're on your way 
          D               G 
It's your day - a woman's day 
          D               G 
It's your day - a woman's day 


D             G                      D                G 
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree 
D             G                      D                G 
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree 

D                                     G 
Changing your ways, changing those surrounding you 
D                                 G 
Changing your ways, more than any man can do 
C                             G                      D 
Open your heart, show him the anger and pain, so you heal 
                           G                     D 
Maybe he's looking for his womanly side, let him feel 

            G             D 
You have to be so strong 
         G 
I can do nothing wrong 
                     D 
Nothing wrong at all 
            G              D 
We're gonna break it down 
           G 
We have to shake it down 

Shake it all around 

 
D             G                      D                D 
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree 
D             G                      D                G 
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree 
D             G                      D                G 
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree