African Woman Chords by Third World

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Her eyes are full, _ _ _ _ yes, [Am] _ _ this heart's so _ [Bm] high.
_ Have nothing to eat, makes [Am] my sweet woman cry.
Tears from her _ [Em] _ eyes.
Place we live [E] in, we won't be [Am] back for long. _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ We can't afford to pay the rent, we can't afford to pay the rent.
We can't afford to pay the rent, we [Am] got to move along, move along, move along, yeah.
[Em] _ _ I try to make it, _ [Am] _ _ _ _ yes, yes.
_ [Bm] _ _ Cause I'm a musician, _ [Am] and I got to survive, want to survive.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ I don't know many tunes, [Am] but I never, never, never sing a song.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ Oh, I just get a thump [Am] when it comes along.
So I sing it, [Em] _ _ sweet [D] _
lady, I [C] said dry your eyes.
I beg you [Em] to _ _ [D] stop crying, [C] cause you're such a cry.
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Oh, hey, [Em] _ _ [D] you can't stop your day, _ _ crying, crying that way.
[Em] Oh, _ [D] hey, there's got to be a much better way.
_ [D] You African [Em] _ woman, _ _ that way. _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] African woman, _ _ _ _ that way.
_ I feel love you, African _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ queen.
African [Em] woman, _ _ _ [C#] that _ _ _ _ _ [E] way.
Try _ _ _ [Em] _ _ and _
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rush about, [E] gonna rush about [C] all day.
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_ _ [Em] _ _ _ Just like a [Bm] bee, [E] _ that [Am] lays the honey. _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ I'm a king man, [Am] and I got _ [A] a job, a queen.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] Sweet lady, I [C] beg you to dry your [D] eyes.
_ _ [Em] Oh, _ [D] stop crying, [C] cause it's so soon right.
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_ [Em] You can't, you can't stop [D] your day, _ [C] crying that way.
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Oh, _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] deep down inside I know, [C] there's got to be a much better way.
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You [Em] African woman, _ _ _ that way.
_ That way, [C#] yeah.
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That way, _ _ yeah.
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