Phenomenal Woman Chords by Ruthie Foster

_ _ _ [A] _ [C] _ _ Pretty [G] women wonder _ _ [Bb] _ where my [F] secret lies.
_ [C] _ _ I'm not [G] cute, or built to [Bb] suit, or fashion [F] model size.
_ [C] _ When I [G] start to tell them, [E] they think I'm telling [F] lies.
_ _ I say it's in the reach of [C] my arms, [F] the span of [C] my hips, _
[D] the stride in [E] my steps, _ [Bb] the curl up [F] my lips,
I'm [C] a woman.
_ Phenomenal, _ phenomenal, [G] _ _ phenomenal woman. _
[Am] Phenomenal, _ _ _ phenomenal, _ _
[F] _ _ phenomenal woman.
I'm [Dm] a woman.
_ Phenomenal, phenomenal, _
[G] _ phenomenal _ baby. _
[C] That's me. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] I walk into [G] a room just [Bb] as cool as [F] you. _ _ _
[C] And to a minute, [G] the fellows stand
[Bb] and fall down on their [F] knees. _ _
[C] And when they swarm [G] around me like [E] a hive of _ honeybees, _
I say it's in the fire in [C] my eyes, [F] the flash of [C] my teeth, _ [D] the swing of [E] my waist,
[Bb] the joy in [G] my feet.
I'm [C] a woman.
Phenomenal, _ phenomenal, _ [G] _ phenomenal woman.
_ Phenomenal, [Am] phenomenal, _ _ _ phenomenal [F] _ _ _ _
_ woman.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ Baby, [C] that's _ _ me.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ You _ _ stand [Eb] in the arms of my, [C] _ _ _ [Eb] the center of [C] my smile, [Bb] the right of [F] my breast, the [Dm] grace [F] of my [G] _ _ soul. _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ Phenomenal, _ _ _ phenomenal, [C] _ phenomenal _ woman.
Now [D] _ _ you [A] understand _ [C] just _ why my [G] head's not bound. _
[D] _ I don't [A] shout or jump [C] about or have to [G] talk real loud. _
[D] _ When you [A] see me passing, [Gb] it ought to make [G] you proud. _
_ _ _ _ _ I say [Em] it's in the click [D] of my heels, _
[E] the bend of [D] my hair, _
[G] the palm of [D] my hand, [C] the need for [G] my care.
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_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ I'm a _ woman.
[Bm] Phenomenal, [G] _ _ _
phenomenal, phenomenal woman.
_ Phenomenal, [Em] _ _ phenomenal, phenomenal woman.
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Baby, _ _ [D] that's me. _
[G] That's _ _ me. _ _
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