Chords for Judy Small: Montreal, December '89

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_ _ _ _ _ _ It was a cold December _ afternoon, [Eb] the lines stretched [Bb] round the block _
[Eb] And some of them [Bb] were weeping, [Cm] and some were still [F] in shock _ _
[Bb] Seven thousand came that day [Eb] to pay their last [Bb] respects
To [Eb] _ fourteen women [Bb] _ _ slaughtered [F] for no reason but [Bb] their sex _
_ _ _ And the cameras and the mics were there [Eb] to record the grief [Bb] and fear
_ [Eb] Of the ordinary _
[Bb] people _ [Cm] who worked and studied [F] [C] here
_ [Bb] And a woman in her fifties, [Eb] in a gentle [Bb] quiet tone
_ [Eb] Summed up her [Bb] sister's _ outrage [F] at the murder of [Bb] their _ own
She said, I wonder _ why, _ as I try [Cm] to make sense of _ _ this _
[Eb] Why is it [F] always men who resort [Bb] to the [Eb] gun, the sword and [Bb] the fist?
Why does gunman [F] sound so familiar, _ [Cm] while gunwoman doesn't quite ring true? _ _
[Eb] _ What is it [F] about men that [Eb] makes them do [F] the [Bb] things they do?
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_ _ _ _ And the man behind her in the line, [Eb] he started getting [Bb] steamed
[Eb] He said it wasn't because he [Bb] was a man, this guy was crazy, [F] mad, obscene
_ [Bb] Yes, he was crazy, the [C] woman replied, [Eb] but women go [Bb] crazy too
_ [Eb] And I've never heard [Bb] of a woman shooting [F] _ fourteen [Bb] men, have you? _ _ _ _ _
And all those other times came [Eb] flooding back to me [Bb] again _ _
[Eb] A hundred news [Bb] reports of men killing family, strangers, [F] friends _
[Bb] And yes I can remember one or two, [Eb] where a woman's hand held [Bb] the gun
[Eb] But exceptions [Bb] only prove the rule, [F] and the questions still [Bb] _ remain _
_ And don't you wonder _ why, _ as you try [Cm] to make sense of _ _ this
_ [Eb] Why is it [F] always men who resort [Bb] to the gun, [Cm] the sword [Bb] and the fist?
Why does gunman sound so familiar, _ [Cm] while gunwoman doesn't quite ring true?
_ _ [Eb] What is it [F] about men that makes [Eb] them [F] do the [Bb] things they do? _ _ _ _
[Cm] And I know there are men of conscience, [F] who aren't like that at all
Who [Cm] would never raise a hand in anger, and [F] who reject the macho [Bb] road
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[Bb] And if you were to ask them about [Cm] the violence that men do
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I know they'd say they hate male [F] violence too
_ _ And so we [Bb]
wonder why, _ _ as we try to [Cm] make sense of this _ _ _
[Eb] Why is it [F] always men who [Bb] resort to the [Cm] gun, the sword and the fist?
Why does gunman sound so familiar, _ [Cm] while gunwoman doesn't quite ring true? _ _
[Eb] What is it [F] about men that [Eb] makes them [F] do the things [Bb] they do? _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] What is it [F] about men [Eb] makes them do [F] the things [Bb] they do? _ _ _ _ _
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