Chords for Soesja Citroen - Abbey Lincoln

I [Eb] started to write lyrics [Ab] early on, _ words.
_ And I began to compose _ _ after Thelonious said _ _ on an album cover _ _ _ that I was not only an actress and a singer, but I was a great composer.
I had never composed anything.
But I wrote a lyric to His Blue Monk.
I wrote a lyric to John Coltrane's Africa.
_ And I used to write lyrics to other people's songs and I didn't ask them, you know?
I think he was telling me, Abby, you don't [G] have to do that because you can definitely hear a [A] melody.
And I do, [G] so I write. _ _
_ _ _ The words and the music.
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What comes first?
_ Sometimes it's the words and sometimes [E] it's the music.
_ The first of this [Ab] year I found the [E] composition and I don't know what the words are. _ _
And I figured I'm going to record it without the words, just as an instrumental.
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As [Db] an instrumental, what [Eb] are you singing?
_ _ [E] I'm [Eb] just being the writer.
Just this one. _ _
But [Abm] _ sometimes the words [C] come first.
Sometimes the [Bb] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[N] words come first. _ _ _ _ _
Yeah.
_ _ Most of them are. _
_ _ _ _ As a woman _
[Ab] who likes to talk [Db] a lot, _ [E] _ _
it's safer when you write a song and sing it.
It doesn't bother people so [D] much.
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_ I have a lot to say about everything.
Yes.
[Abm] About yourself?
Yes, [Gm] and the world I [Abm] live in.
So you also sing _ or write songs about the world you live in?
Yes. Like what?
_ [E] _ What are they about?
Down here below, [A] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ winds of change are blowing through the [Gm] weary night.
_ _ _ _ [Abm] And throw it away. _ _ _ _ _
Throw it away.
Yeah, you can throw it away. _
Give your [G] love, live your life each and every day.
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And keep your hand wide open.
Let the sun shine.
_ [Eb] Because you can never lose a thing if it belongs to you.
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[F] _ _ [Dbm] Thank [Eb] _ _ _ [G] _
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_ _ [Db] _ _ [Bb] _ you.
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_ _ [E] _ _ [Eb] _ _ A [Bbm] man can hate [G] a woman, [Eb] _ a woman, _ [Bbm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ and live without her family [Ebm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
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Ain't it darling?
Ain't it my friend? _
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Ain't it my dear?
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[E] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ After we've spent _ _ _ _ _ _
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this [Gb] all we've said [E] [Bb] tomorrow, _ _ _
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[Ab] I'm not gonna go.
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I'm _ [B] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] not gonna [E] [Eb] go. _ _ _
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