I Can Be That Woman

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[Verse 1]
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You're asleep on the couch with 
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Tammy
         D                      G
And she looks straight up at me
                              C
The reproach in her eyes is imagined
         D                       G
But the pain that I feel is real
           Em                 
She jumps down and her tail is 
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swishing
        C            Am            D
Like a feather right under your nose
              Em    C         
And then you wake up and you're 
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bleary-eyed
D/F#        C             D      
I say "I'm sorry", I can see you 
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cried


[Verse 2]
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You look frail as you stand before 
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me
          D                 G
Then you curse and kick a chair
And the dog, bless her heart, licks 
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my fingers
         D                      G
But she jerks every time you swear
        Em                     D
I feel sick and my hands arе shakin'
         C           Am       
This is how all our fights have 
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begun
                Em    C         D
You say you've had it, and you 
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say "Scrеw you!"
D/F#      C                 D   
I say "I love you", and I know 
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it's true


[Chorus]
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 You're not the man you should have 
been
D                    G
 I let you down somehow (Not the one
 I could've been)
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 I'm not the woman I could have been
 (I can be that woman)
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 But I can be that woman now


[Verse 3]
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You're confused when you turn to 
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face me
        D              G
Is it true or is she drunk?
But it's clear that I've hit my rock
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 bottom
      D                    G
I'm aware of how far I've sunk
         Em                  D
And the dog is the first to feel it
            C         Am          
There's a shimmer of hope in your 
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eyes
             Em      D         
You can't believe it, but you're 
    C        G
close to tears
D/F#        C             D 
Oh but I'm sorry for the wasted 
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years


[Chorus]
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(Not the one I could've been) 
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You're not the man you should have 
been
                D              
(I let you down) I let you down 
      G
somehow
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(Not the one I could've been) I'm 
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not the woman I could have been
                     D             
(I can be that woman) But I can be 
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that woman now