Chords for You Can't Turn a Whore into a Lady

[N] Well, friend, you've got a pretty woman and you think she's really something, but [F] she's
using you to play her [C] game.
_ Even if you treat her tender and a month, she won't remember what you look like or even your [G] name.
So don't [C] even try [A] to trust her, cause [C] she'll leave you broke and flustered with nobody
[F] but yourself to [C] blame.
_ She'll lie to you [Am] and leave you with nothing but [F] depression, [C] heartache [G] and sorrow and [C] shame.
_ _ _ _ Cause you can't turn a whore into a lady _ [F] unless she wants to do it [C] herself.
_ She's gotta be willing to do it on her own without _ nobody's [G] help.
[C] You can [A] try and try, [C] but you just can't make [F] somebody be [C] somebody else.
No, you [Am] can't turn a whore [C] into a lady _
_ [G] unless she wants to do [C] it herself. _ _ _ _
Well, I know you think you've got it made, but she's just a [F] jade.
Listen to me, friend, I know [C] her kind.
_ She'll just tear up your nerves if you fall for her, so just walk away and leave her [G]
behind.
Cause [C] when you fall [Am] in her lap, [C] you're falling in her trap [F] and she'll rob you blind of your [C] last dime. _
You're just [Am] another stranger and [F] you'll never change [C] her if you try [G] your worst [C] and your time. _ _ _
_ _ Cause you can't turn a whore into a lady _ _ [F]
unless she wants to do [C] it herself.
She's gotta be willing to do it on her own without _ [G] nobody's help.
_ [C] You can try [Am] and try, [C] but you just can't make [F] somebody be [C] somebody else.
No, you can't [Am] turn a whore [C] into a lady _ [G] unless she wants to do [C] it herself. _
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_ My son, attend unto my wisdom and bow thine ear to my understanding, that thou mayest
regard discretion and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than
oil, but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death, her steps take hold on hell.
_ _ _ To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman,
bless not after her beauty and thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
For [A] by means of a whorish woman a man [C] is brought to a piece of bread, [Am] and the adulterous will
hunt for the precious life. _ _ _
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths, for she hath cast
down many wounded, many strong men have been slain by her.
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
[C] So if you think you've got a lady, but she always tells you crazy, stupid [F] stories about
her where [C] she's been, and you remember back before she was yours, she got around with
a bunch of [G] different men.
[C] It don't matter if you love her, that don't make you [F] no different than any [C] of them.
Cause if she cheated [Am] before, she's [C] probably still a whore, and she's [G] gonna do it [C] again. _ _ _
_ No, you can't turn a whore into a lady, _ [F] unless she wants to do it [C] herself. _
She's gotta be willing to do it on her own, without _ [G] nobody's help.
You [C] can try and try, but you just can't make [F] somebody be [C] somebody else.
No, you can't turn a whore into a lady, _ [G] unless she wants to do it [C] herself. _
_ [Am] _ _ No, [C] you can't turn a whore into a lady, _ [G] unless she wants to do it herself.
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