Chords for Dolly Parton sings ‘Just Because I’m a Woman’ with Brandi Carlile and the Highwomen at Newport Folk
Tempo:
57.9 bpm
Chords used:
C#
F#
G#
Gm
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#] She's singing back here.
And so I was looking at third sentence.
I don't know what am I singing next?
You know what?
Slow down just a little bit.
Quieten down.
You keep going up and [Gm] down.
The [A#m] reason I wrote this song talking [Gm] about girls.
[C#] Well, I know a lot of you girls out there.
A lot of you good old boys.
I love [D] you all.
But when [C#] you boys want to get married,
you want us to be just a purest snow.
Well, sometimes we're [N] not.
[C#] The fact that we know about this song.
It's a song I wrote 50 some years ago.
Well, 53 years ago as a matter of fact.
When my husband and I first got married.
He didn't want us to make out until after we were married.
So that's fine.
I wanted to do it.
[N] [C#] But he wanted to wait.
So anyway, when we got married,
he wanted to let me know after our wedding.
He said, well now [C#m] I am first, right?
I said, well, [F#] not.
[C#]
I [D] kind of stumbled around.
I [A] didn't want to lie.
I didn't [C#] want to start our marriage off on a lie.
He said, well, not exactly.
And he said, well, what does that mean?
You mean there was somebody else?
I said, well, kind of.
And he said, well, what did you tell me?
I said, well, you didn't [F#] either.
[C#] Not the kind of information you just [Gm] volunteer.
[A#m] You didn't do that.
He said, well, why are you telling me now?
You asked me, [N] don't you?
If [C#] [C#m] I [C#] should have told him or not.
Looking back, I might have lied.
I don't know.
We've been together 43 years.
He got over that.
But he's kind of heard about it.
And so I wrote this song.
So this is for you, gals.
Can you boys just keep your [G#] heads down?
[C#] I can see you're disappointed [G#] by the way you look [D#m] at me.
[G#] And I'm sorry if I'm not the woman [C#] you thought I'd be.
Yes, I've made my mistakes.
But listen and [F#]
understand.
My mistakes [C#] are no worse than [G#] yours.
Just because I'm a [C#] woman.
[F#]
Please don't [C#] feel sorry for yourself.
[F#] You're just thinking of all the hurt you [C#] might have brought [G#] somebody else.
[C#] Let me tell you this.
In the book of [F#] very thin.
My mistakes [C#] are no worse than [G#] yours.
Just because [C#] I'm a woman.
He will take a good girl.
And you [G#] won't hurt her reputation.
[D#m] [G#] But when he wants to marry.
[C#] Well, that's a different situation.
For he'll just walk off and leave her.
To do the [F#] best she can.
When he looks [C#] for an angel.
[G#] To wed [C#] him away.
Well, you can do it.
[F#] Don't [C#]
go down.
[F#] Cause I just picked up [C#] on it.
[G#] Never let me down.
[C#] Yes, I've made my mistakes.
But listen [F#] and understand.
My [C#] mistakes are no worse than [G#] yours.
Just because [C#] I'm a woman.
[F#] So when you look at me.
[C#] Don't feel sorry for yourself.
[F#] You're just thinking of all the pain you [C#] might have caused [G#] somebody else.
[C#] Yes, I've made my mistakes.
[F#] Listen and understand.
My mistakes [C#] are no worse than yours.
[G#] Just because [C#] I'm a woman.
[F#] My mistakes [C#] are no worse than yours.
[G#] Just [C#] because I'm a woman.
[C#m]
And so I was looking at third sentence.
I don't know what am I singing next?
You know what?
Slow down just a little bit.
Quieten down.
You keep going up and [Gm] down.
The [A#m] reason I wrote this song talking [Gm] about girls.
[C#] Well, I know a lot of you girls out there.
A lot of you good old boys.
I love [D] you all.
But when [C#] you boys want to get married,
you want us to be just a purest snow.
Well, sometimes we're [N] not.
[C#] The fact that we know about this song.
It's a song I wrote 50 some years ago.
Well, 53 years ago as a matter of fact.
When my husband and I first got married.
He didn't want us to make out until after we were married.
So that's fine.
I wanted to do it.
[N] [C#] But he wanted to wait.
So anyway, when we got married,
he wanted to let me know after our wedding.
He said, well now [C#m] I am first, right?
I said, well, [F#] not.
[C#]
I [D] kind of stumbled around.
I [A] didn't want to lie.
I didn't [C#] want to start our marriage off on a lie.
He said, well, not exactly.
And he said, well, what does that mean?
You mean there was somebody else?
I said, well, kind of.
And he said, well, what did you tell me?
I said, well, you didn't [F#] either.
[C#] Not the kind of information you just [Gm] volunteer.
[A#m] You didn't do that.
He said, well, why are you telling me now?
You asked me, [N] don't you?
If [C#] [C#m] I [C#] should have told him or not.
Looking back, I might have lied.
I don't know.
We've been together 43 years.
He got over that.
But he's kind of heard about it.
And so I wrote this song.
So this is for you, gals.
Can you boys just keep your [G#] heads down?
[C#] I can see you're disappointed [G#] by the way you look [D#m] at me.
[G#] And I'm sorry if I'm not the woman [C#] you thought I'd be.
Yes, I've made my mistakes.
But listen and [F#]
understand.
My mistakes [C#] are no worse than [G#] yours.
Just because I'm a [C#] woman.
[F#]
Please don't [C#] feel sorry for yourself.
[F#] You're just thinking of all the hurt you [C#] might have brought [G#] somebody else.
[C#] Let me tell you this.
In the book of [F#] very thin.
My mistakes [C#] are no worse than [G#] yours.
Just because [C#] I'm a woman.
He will take a good girl.
And you [G#] won't hurt her reputation.
[D#m] [G#] But when he wants to marry.
[C#] Well, that's a different situation.
For he'll just walk off and leave her.
To do the [F#] best she can.
When he looks [C#] for an angel.
[G#] To wed [C#] him away.
Well, you can do it.
[F#] Don't [C#]
go down.
[F#] Cause I just picked up [C#] on it.
[G#] Never let me down.
[C#] Yes, I've made my mistakes.
But listen [F#] and understand.
My [C#] mistakes are no worse than [G#] yours.
Just because [C#] I'm a woman.
[F#] So when you look at me.
[C#] Don't feel sorry for yourself.
[F#] You're just thinking of all the pain you [C#] might have caused [G#] somebody else.
[C#] Yes, I've made my mistakes.
[F#] Listen and understand.
My mistakes [C#] are no worse than yours.
[G#] Just because [C#] I'm a woman.
[F#] My mistakes [C#] are no worse than yours.
[G#] Just [C#] because I'm a woman.
[C#m]
Key:
C#
F#
G#
Gm
C#m
C#
F#
G#
[C#] She's singing back here.
And so I was looking at third sentence.
I don't know what am I singing next?
You know what?
Slow down just a little bit.
Quieten down.
You keep going up and [Gm] down.
The [A#m] reason I wrote this song talking [Gm] about girls.
[C#] Well, I know a lot of you girls out there.
A lot of you good old boys.
I love [D] you all.
But when [C#] you boys want to get married,
you want us to be just a purest snow.
Well, sometimes we're [N] not.
[C#] The fact that we know about this song.
It's a song I wrote 50 some years ago.
Well, 53 years ago as a matter of fact.
When my husband and I first got married.
He didn't want us to make out until after we were married.
So that's fine.
I wanted to do it.
[N] _ [C#] But he wanted to wait.
So anyway, when we got married,
he wanted to let me know after our wedding.
He said, well now [C#m] I am first, right?
I said, well, [F#] not.
[C#] _
I [D] kind of stumbled around.
I [A] didn't want to lie.
I didn't [C#] want to start our marriage off on a lie.
He said, well, not exactly.
And he said, well, what does that mean?
You mean there was somebody else?
I said, well, kind of.
And he said, well, what did you tell me?
I said, well, you didn't [F#] either.
[C#] Not the kind of information you just [Gm] volunteer.
[A#m] You didn't do that.
He said, well, why are you telling me now?
You asked me, [N] don't you?
If [C#] _ [C#m] I [C#] should have told him or not.
Looking back, I might have lied.
I don't know.
We've been together 43 years.
He got over that.
But he's kind of heard about it.
And so I wrote this song.
So this is for you, gals.
Can you boys just keep your [G#] heads down?
[C#] I can see you're disappointed [G#] by the way you look [D#m] at me.
[G#] And I'm sorry if I'm not the woman [C#] you thought I'd be.
Yes, I've made my mistakes.
But listen and [F#]
understand.
My mistakes [C#] are no worse than [G#] yours.
Just because I'm a [C#] woman.
_ _ [F#] _
Please don't [C#] feel sorry for yourself.
[F#] You're just thinking of all the hurt you [C#] might have brought [G#] somebody else.
[C#] Let me tell you this.
In the book of [F#] very thin.
My mistakes [C#] are no worse than [G#] yours.
Just because [C#] I'm a woman.
He _ will take a good girl.
And you [G#] won't hurt her reputation.
[D#m] [G#] But when he wants to marry.
[C#] Well, that's a different situation.
For he'll just walk off and leave her.
To do the [F#] best she can.
When he looks [C#] for an angel.
[G#] To wed [C#] him away.
Well, you can do it.
_ [F#] Don't _ _ [C#] _
go down.
[F#] Cause I just picked up [C#] on it.
[G#] Never let me down.
[C#] Yes, I've made my mistakes.
But listen [F#] and understand.
My [C#] mistakes are no worse than [G#] yours.
Just because [C#] I'm a woman.
_ [F#] So when you look at me.
[C#] Don't feel sorry for yourself.
[F#] You're just thinking of all the pain you [C#] might have caused [G#] somebody else.
[C#] Yes, I've made my mistakes.
_ [F#] Listen and understand.
My mistakes [C#] are no worse than yours.
[G#] Just because [C#] I'm a woman.
[F#] My mistakes [C#] are no worse than yours.
[G#] Just [C#] because I'm a woman.
_ _ [C#m] _
And so I was looking at third sentence.
I don't know what am I singing next?
You know what?
Slow down just a little bit.
Quieten down.
You keep going up and [Gm] down.
The [A#m] reason I wrote this song talking [Gm] about girls.
[C#] Well, I know a lot of you girls out there.
A lot of you good old boys.
I love [D] you all.
But when [C#] you boys want to get married,
you want us to be just a purest snow.
Well, sometimes we're [N] not.
[C#] The fact that we know about this song.
It's a song I wrote 50 some years ago.
Well, 53 years ago as a matter of fact.
When my husband and I first got married.
He didn't want us to make out until after we were married.
So that's fine.
I wanted to do it.
[N] _ [C#] But he wanted to wait.
So anyway, when we got married,
he wanted to let me know after our wedding.
He said, well now [C#m] I am first, right?
I said, well, [F#] not.
[C#] _
I [D] kind of stumbled around.
I [A] didn't want to lie.
I didn't [C#] want to start our marriage off on a lie.
He said, well, not exactly.
And he said, well, what does that mean?
You mean there was somebody else?
I said, well, kind of.
And he said, well, what did you tell me?
I said, well, you didn't [F#] either.
[C#] Not the kind of information you just [Gm] volunteer.
[A#m] You didn't do that.
He said, well, why are you telling me now?
You asked me, [N] don't you?
If [C#] _ [C#m] I [C#] should have told him or not.
Looking back, I might have lied.
I don't know.
We've been together 43 years.
He got over that.
But he's kind of heard about it.
And so I wrote this song.
So this is for you, gals.
Can you boys just keep your [G#] heads down?
[C#] I can see you're disappointed [G#] by the way you look [D#m] at me.
[G#] And I'm sorry if I'm not the woman [C#] you thought I'd be.
Yes, I've made my mistakes.
But listen and [F#]
understand.
My mistakes [C#] are no worse than [G#] yours.
Just because I'm a [C#] woman.
_ _ [F#] _
Please don't [C#] feel sorry for yourself.
[F#] You're just thinking of all the hurt you [C#] might have brought [G#] somebody else.
[C#] Let me tell you this.
In the book of [F#] very thin.
My mistakes [C#] are no worse than [G#] yours.
Just because [C#] I'm a woman.
He _ will take a good girl.
And you [G#] won't hurt her reputation.
[D#m] [G#] But when he wants to marry.
[C#] Well, that's a different situation.
For he'll just walk off and leave her.
To do the [F#] best she can.
When he looks [C#] for an angel.
[G#] To wed [C#] him away.
Well, you can do it.
_ [F#] Don't _ _ [C#] _
go down.
[F#] Cause I just picked up [C#] on it.
[G#] Never let me down.
[C#] Yes, I've made my mistakes.
But listen [F#] and understand.
My [C#] mistakes are no worse than [G#] yours.
Just because [C#] I'm a woman.
_ [F#] So when you look at me.
[C#] Don't feel sorry for yourself.
[F#] You're just thinking of all the pain you [C#] might have caused [G#] somebody else.
[C#] Yes, I've made my mistakes.
_ [F#] Listen and understand.
My mistakes [C#] are no worse than yours.
[G#] Just because [C#] I'm a woman.
[F#] My mistakes [C#] are no worse than yours.
[G#] Just [C#] because I'm a woman.
_ _ [C#m] _