Iron Lady Chords by Diamanda Galás

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Have you _ _ _ seen [C] the iron _ _ lady's [Fm] child? _ _
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[Fm] _ Legs of steel, _ [C] leather on her [F] _ _ _ _
[Cm] arm.
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Take it, [Bbm] man, or about to die.
_ [Eb] A life for a life, an eye for an eye.
[Db] And [Cm] that's the [Bbm] iron lady [Ab] _ [Eb] in the [Fm] chair.
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_ [F] _ _ [Fm] Stop the murder, [Cm] _
tear the [Fm] crimes [Gm] away. _
[Abm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Fm] Only killing [Eb] shows, killing [Ab] doesn't pay.
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[Fm] _ _ _ Yes, [Db] that's the [Ab] kind [Bb] of law it [Ab] takes.
_ [Eb] Even though we make [Fm] mistakes.
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[Cm] Sometimes [Bb] send the wrong _ [Ab] woman [Eb] to the [Fm] chair. _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ In the death [Cm] row, waiting for their turn.
[Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] No time to change, [Eb] not a chance to [Fm] learn. _
_ _ [Db] Waiting [Cm] for someone [Bbm] to call, _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] say it's over after [Fm] all.
_ [Db] They [Cm] won't have to face [Bbm] the justice [Eb] of the [Fm] chair.
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_ [Fm] Just before [Cm] they serve her one last meal, [Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ [Fm] shave her hair.
[Eb] They ask her how she [Gm] _
[F] feels.
_ [Fm] _ [Db] Then the warden [Bbm] comes to say goodbye.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] Reporters come to watch [Fm] him die.
[Db] Watch [Cm] him as [Bb] he's strapped [Ab] into [Eb] the chair.
[Fm] _
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And [Fm] the chaplain, [C] he [Cm] reads the final [Fm] prayer.
_ [E] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] _
[Fm] Be brave, my darling.
[Eb] The Lord [Ab] is waiting there.
[C] _ _ _
Oh, [Db] murder is so wrong, you see.
[Bbm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ Both the Bible [Ab] and the courts [Fm]
agree
[Db] that the states [Bbm] allow to [Ab] murder in [Eb] the chair.
[Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Fm] In the courtroom, [Cm] watch the balance [Fm] of the scales.
[Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[E] _ [Fm] If the prize is [Eb] right, there's time [Ab] for more [E] appeals.
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[Db] The strings are pulled, [Bbm] the switches stayed. _
[Gm] The [Ab] finest lawyers' [Eb] fees [Fm] are paid.
[Db] And [Cm] a rich man never [Ab] died [Eb] upon the [Fm] _ [Eb] chair. _ _ _
[Fm] Have you seen the _ isle lady's _ [Bb] child?
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Laser steel [Eb] leather on her [Eb] _ _
[Fm] arms.
_ [Db] Taking [Bbm] on a man to [Ab] die.
A life for a life, an eye [Fm] for an [Db] eye.
_ [Cm] That's the [Bb] isle lady [Ab] _ in the chair. _
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