Four Women Chords by Nina Simone

_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [D]
My skin is black, _ _ _ [E]
my [G] arms are [F#] long, [A] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ my hair is wooly, _
[Am] _ _ [C] my [D] back is [Am] strong, _
[Dm] _ strong enough
to [B] take the pain. _
[Am] _ _ [C] [F#] Inflicted [Am] again and again, _
[Dm] _ what do they call [B] me?
_ [E] _
[Am] My name is [Em] Aunt Sarah, [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ my name [Am] is Aunt Sarah, [A] _ [G] Aunt Sarah.
[F#] _ [Am] My _ _ _ skin is yellow, [A] _ _ _ [D]
my hair is [G] [F#] long, [A] _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ _ between two worlds [Am] I [C] do [D] belong.
_ [Am] _ _
[Dm] My father was rich and white, [E] he forced [Am] my mother late one [D] night.
[A] _ [Am] _ _
[Dm] What do they call me?
_ [B] _ _ [E] My [Am] name is [D] Saffronia, [A] _ _ my [C] name is Saffronia, _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ [F#] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] my [Am] skin is [Em] tan, [D] _ [A] _ [G] _ _
[A] my hair [Em] is fine, _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] _ my hips invite
you, _ _
[Am] [Em] my mouth like [Am] wine. _ _ _
[Dm] Whose little girl am [E] I?
_ Anyone [Am] [E] who has money to buy, [Am] _ _ [Dm] what do they call me?
_ [E] _ _ My [Am]
name [G] is Sweet Thing, _ [A] _ [C] _ my [G] name [D] is Sweet [A] Thing.
[C] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] [Bm] My [E] _ [D] _ skin [Em] is brown, [A] my _ [G] _ hair is tough, _ [A] _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] the first mother I see.
_ _ [Am] Life has been rough, _ [E] _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] awfully middle these [E] days, _ _ cause my [Am] parents were slaves.
_ What do [F] they call me?
My _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
name is [A] Peachy!
[Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _