Talk To Me Now Chords by Ani Difranco

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_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] He said, _
[F] _ [Am] honey, you've gotten tough, [G] cause my tone [C] was curt.
Yeah, and when I'm approached in a dark [G] alley, I [Am] don't lift my skirt in this [F] city.
_ [Am] Self-preservation is a full-time occupation.
[G] I'm determined [C] to survive on this shore.
You know I don't [G] avert my eyes anymore.
[Am] In a man's [F] _ [Am] world, I am a woman by birth.
And [G] after nineteen [C] times around, [Am] I have found they will stop at nothing.
[G] Once they know what you are worth, [C] talk to me now.
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[G] _ [C] _ [G] I [C] played the _ [F] [Am] powerless in too many dark scenes.
[G] [C] I was blessed with a birth [Am] and a death.
And I guess I just [G] want some say in between.
[Am] Don't you _ [F] understand?
[Am] In a day to day, or the face to face, I [G] have to act [C] just as strong as I can.
[F] Just to preserve a place where [G] I can be who I am.
[C] Talk to me now.
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[Am] I _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
[G] _ [C] only you still [D] know [E] how.
[F] You can [Bb] talk to me now.
I [C] only you still [D] know how.
[F] You can talk [Gm] to me [Am] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ _ [E] now.
Oh, oh, oh.
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_ _ _ _ [G] _ He [C] said, uh, uh, [F] _ [Am] _ you've gotten tough.
Cause my [G] tone wasn't [C] current.
Yeah, and when I'm approached [G] in a dark alley, I don't lift [Am] my skirt in this _ [F] [Am] city.
Self-preservation is a [Dm] full-time [G] occupation I'm determined [C] to survive on [F] this shore
You know I [G] don't avert my eyes [Am] anymore In a man's [F] [Am] world I am
A woman by birth and aged [G] ten nineteen [Am] The times around I have found
They will stop at [G] nothing I'm saying know what you are [C] worth
Talk to me now
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