Lost Woman Song Chords by Ani Difranco

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I opened a bank account when I was nine years old
I closed it when I was 18
I gave them every penny that I'd saved
And they gave my blood and my urine a number
And now [A] I'm [Em] sitting in this waiting room _ _
Playing with the [E] toys
And _ _ _ I am here to exercise
My freedom of choice
_ I _ _ _ _ passed their handheld signs
I went through their picket lines
They gathered when they saw me coming
They shouted when [D] they saw me cross
I said, why don't you [Am] go home?
Just leave me alone
I'm just [E] another woman lost
You _ are like fish in the water
Who don't know [Em] that they are wet
[E] As far as I can tell
The world isn't perfect yet _ _ _ _ _ _
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And _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ his bored eyes were obscene
On his denim-sized magazine
I wish he'd never come here with me
In fact, I wish he'd never [D] come near me
I wish [Am] his shoulder wasn't touching mine
[E] I am growing older, waiting in this line
[Bm] But some [D] of life's [C#m] best lessons
[F#] Are learned at [E] the worst times _ _ _
And under the fierce fluorescent
She offered her hand for me to hold
She offered stability and calm
And I was crushing [D] her palm
Through the [Am] pinch-pull wincing
Oh, my smile [Em] unconvincing
On [E] that sterile battlefield that sees
Only casualties, [Bm] _ [Em] never heroes
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[E] [C] My heart [E] hit absolute zero _ _ _
_ Lucille, _ your voice still sounds in me
Yeah, mine was a relatively easy [A] tragedy
[D] The profile of [E] our [Am] country
Looks a [Em] little less hard-nosed
But you know [E] that picket line persisted
And that clinic's since been [Bm] closed
They keep pounding their fists on reality
Hoping it will [A] break
But [E] you know I don't think there's one [C] of them
That leads a life [Am] free [E] of mistakes _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ La-da-da-da _ -da-da
La-da-da-da _ [A]-da-da
La-da-da _ -da [Em]-da [E]-da
La-da-da _ _ [Bm]-da-da-da
La-da-da [A]-da [E]-da-da
[C] La [E]-da-da-da-da _ -da
_ Yes, I'm not going to sacrifice
My freedom of choice _ _ _ _ _
No, you can't make me [C#m] sacrifice
[Am] My [E] freedom of choice
_ _ _ No, you can't make us sacrifice
[C#m] _ [Am] Our freedom [E] of choice _ _ _ _
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