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Song title: Womanhood
Original Album: Live At The Longbranch Saloon
Other Album: Precise Modern Lovers Order
Words and Music by Jonathan Richman
Copyright 1994 Rounder Records
Published by Modern Lovers Music
Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfretsnet)
NOTES:
This was transcribed from the version on Precise Modern Lovers Order
INTRO:
[spoken]
Now the womanhood, it was so good I couldn't stand it
Now I smelled her hair and I trembled and I got dizzy
and this is a song about that
[play: arpeggioed B A B]
[play: Guitar Figure 1]
Guitar Figure 1
B E B A B E B A B A E A E
|--7/-7-7/-/-5----7-7-7/---5-7-5/---7/--5/--7/-//--|
|--7/-9-7/-/-5----7-9-7/---5-7-5/---9/--5/--9/-//--|
|--8/-9-8/-/-6----8-9-8/---6-8-6/---9/--6/--9/-//--|
|--9/-9-9/-/-7----9-9-9/---7-9-7/---9/--7/--9/-//--|
|--9/-7-9/-/-7----9-7-9/---7-9-7/---7/--7/--7/-//--|
|--7/-7-7/-/-5----7-7-7/---5-7-5/---7/--5/--7/-//--|
VERSE:
B A
I smelled her hair, I got dizzy
B A
Only her hair, I trembled now
CHORUS:
B A
It's the womanhood is so good
B A
Womanhood is so good
E A
I trembled now,
E A
I can't control
VERSE:
B A
Well, I walked by the house and I trembled
B A
It's only a house, oh, but I tremble now
CHORUS:
B A
It's the womanhood is so good,
B A
The womanhood is so good
E A
I tremble, that's right,
E A
And I can't control
Alright Sherry
[Instrumental over VERSE chords]
VERSE:
B
When she's busy, she's busy
A
Well, that's awful, oh alright
B
Well, now she's busy, so busy
A
I can't stand it now
CHORUS:
B A
It's the womanhood is so good,
B A
The womanhood is so good
E A
And I'm dizzy, that's right,
E A
And I can't control
B
Oh, but I'm grown up on something,
A
Something I can't control
E
Two, three, four
E B D A E B E D A E A E E
|--7-7------5-5---7-7-7---5-5---------7/--5/----7/--7/--|
|--9-7------7-5---9-7-9---7-5---------9/--5/----9/--9/--|
|--9-8------7-6---9-8-9---7-6---------9/--6/----9/--9/--|
|--9-9------7-7---9-9-9---7-7---------9/--7/----9/--9/--|
|--7-9------5-7---7-9-7---5-7---------7/--7/----7/--7/--|
|--7-7------5-5---7-7-7---5-5---------7/--5/----7/--7/--|
Right Alright
CHORDS:
E 079997
A 577655
B 799877
D 557775
[Now the womanhood, it was so good I couldn't stand it
Now I smelled her hair and I trembled and I got dizzy and this is a song about that]
I smelled her hair
I got dizzy
Only her hair
I trembled now
It's the womanhood is so good
Womanhood is so good
I trembled, that's right
I can't control
Well I walked by
The house
And I trembled
It's only a house
Oh but I tremble now
Cause the womanhood is so good
The womanhood is so good
I tremble, that's right
And I can't control
All right Sherry
When she's busy, she's busy
Well that's awful, oh no
Well now she's busy, so busy
I can't stand it now
Cause the womanhood is so good
The womanhood is so good
And I'm dizzy, that's right
And I can't control
Oh but I'm grown up ??? on something
Something I can't control
2, 3 ,4
Right
All right
(Thank you)
[We decided on the next song
We're in tune for it
Now wait a minute now
Now this next song
???
That can make anyone dizzy
This is a song some of you may not know
It's a relatively new addition to our repertoire
It's called Womanhood]
Well
I smelled her hair
And I'm dizzy
It's just her hair
And I'm dizzy
Well
It's a womanhood and it's so good
It's a womanhood and it's so good
I'm dizzy
That's right
And I can't control it now
Well I just walked by
The house
And I trembled
That's right
It's only her house now
I got to tell you
I tremble now
I know why
It's a womanhood and it's a so good
It's a womanhood and it's so good
That I tremble, that's right
And I can't control it now
All right Sherry
When she's busy, then she's busy
Oh how awful, oh that's all folks
Well she's busy now, oh that's awful
I see now
Oh but womanhood is so good
The womanhood it's a so good
I'm dizzy now
And I can't control
Oh but I'm ???
I've found something
Something I can't control
2 3 4
Right
Right
Right
Right
That's right
[??? So good
Now one more thing though
Now now we don't want to be forward and ask you to dance ???
But ??? and that's fine
But there are some groups who actively discourage it partly by their stage demeanor if not ???
We understand how any audience could be intimidated by this over the past four years and could you know hesitate to dance when the modern lovers play
??? Sensibilities ??? but we don't mind
So if anyone wants to dance, you're welcome to]
I smelled her hair last night
I got dizzy
She was holding her hair
Oh but I'm dizzy now
But it's the womanhood is so good
The womanhood is so good
I'm dizzy, that's right
And I can't control
I just walked by
The house
And I trembled
Only a house
And I tremble now
Cause it's the womanhood it's so good
The womanhood is so good
I tremble
And can't control
All right Sherry
Well she's busy, well she's busy
Oh how awful, oh how awful
Oh she's busy, busy
I can't stand it now
Cause the womanhood is so good
The womanhood is so good
I don't care
How awful
That I can't control
Oh but I'm glad I found something
Something I can't control
2, 3 ,4
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