Ornery Old Woman Chords by Dave Stamey

[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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You're an ornery old woman and hard as an [F#m] ironwood tree.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
You never open your mouth except to criticize [B] me.
_ _ _ [Em] But you've worked like a mule for forty-three [F#m] years,
driving the baler and [A] greasing the gears.
And you know every inch [B] of these mountains.
_ _ _ [Em]
And I'll never please you, I've given up a [F#m] long time ago.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
How we managed to hold on, [B] I'll never know.
_ _ _ [E] Through winters and droughts and everything else,
[F#m]
you've never given a single thought to [A] yourself.
And you always were the one damn thing [B] I could count on.
_ _ _ [A] And I ain't got the [B] words for what [C#] I'm [C#m] trying to say.
_ _ _ _ [A]
We never were much for talking _ [B]
anyway.
[Em] _ [B] _ _ [A] And we're joined at the hip [B] and there's no place that I'd [C#m] rather be
_ [A] _ _ than [G#m] standing right [A] here with you, [Em] standing [E] by me. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You say I'm too hard on our boys, but I [F#m] don't agree.
_ _ _ [A] _
I ain't as hard on them as [B] life's gonna be.
_ _ _ [E] And you harp on me, and I don't like change.
[F#m] But soon enough, they'll take over [A] the reins.
And if they ain't ready, this place will sink [B] like a stone.
_ _ _ _ [Em]
Sometimes you make me so mad I [F#m] can't sit down.
_ _ _ _ [A]
That's when I climb in my truck and head [B] off towards town.
_ _ [E] And I argue with you, though you ain't even there.
[F#m]
Vetting my spleen in the open air.
[A] Then pretty soon, I turn around [B] and drive back home.
_ _ _ [A] And I ain't got the [B] words for what I'm [C#m] trying to say.
_ _ _ _ [A]
We never were much for talking _ [B]
anyway.
_ _ _ [A] And we're joined at the hip [B] and there's no place that I'd [C#m] rather be
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] than standing [G#m] right [A] here with you, [B] standing [E]
by me. _ _ _ _
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Tomorrow we'll gather those steers from off [F#m] the south end.
_ _ _ [A] They've grazed it all down, it's time that we [B] brought them in.
_ _ _ [Em] Now supper's long over and you're sitting there,
[F#m]
falling asleep in that old leather [A] chair.
You never could _ stay up late at [B] all.
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] I touch your hand to tell you it's [F#m] time for bed.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
You nod and get up without a [B] word being said.
_ _ _ _ [E]
Together we close up the house for the night.
[F#m]
I pause a moment before I shut [C#m] off the light.
[A] And then I turn and _ follow you [B] down the hall.
[E] _ [A] _ _ _
And I ain't got the words [B] for what I'm trying [C#m] to say.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
We never were much for talking [B] anyway. _ _ _ _
[A] And we're joined at the hip [B] and there's no place that [C#] I'd [C#m] rather be
[F#m] _ [A] _ _ [F#m]
than [G#m] standing right here [A] with you, [B] standing [E] by me. _ _ _
[F#m] [G#m] Standing [A] right here with you, [B] standing [E] by me. _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [G#m] _ [A] _ _ [B] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
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