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n	1	Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves - Eurythmics	n	1	Sitting Down Here
				2	Lene Marlin
	2			3
n	3	[Intro]	n	4	Intro:
	4	Em Em Em Em		5	[acappella] I'm sitting down here, but hey you can't see me (see me, see me) [Count 4 beats]
	5			6
n			n	7	Instrumental:
				8	[D] [A] [Em] [G] [A]
				9	[D] [A] [Em] [G] [A]
	6			10
n	7	[Verse 1]	n	11	Verse 1:
	8	Em		12	Your [G] words cut rather deeply, they're [A] just some other lies
	9	Now there was a time when they used to say		13	I'm [D] hiding from a distance, I've [A] got to pay the price
	10	Em		14	De [G]-fending all against it, I [A] really don't know why
	11	That behind every - "great man"		15	You're ob-[Bm] sessed with all my secrets, you [A] always make me cry
	12	Em		16	You [G] seem to wanna hurt me, no [A] matter what I do
	13	There had to be a - "great woman"		17	I'm [D] telling just a couple, but some [A] how it gets to you
	14	Em		18	But I've [G] learned to get revenge
	15	But in these times of change you know		19	And I [A] swear you'll [Bm] experience that [G] someday
	16	Em
	17	That it's no longer true
	18	Em
	19	So we're coming out of the kitchen
	20	B7 B7
	21	Cause there's something we forgot to say to you (we say)
	22			20
n			n	21	\|Chorus:
				22	\|I'm [D] sitting down here, but [A] hey you can't see me
				23	\|[Em] Kinda invisible you [G] don't sense [A] my stay
				24	\|[D] Not really hiding, [A] not like a shadow
				25	\|Just [Em] thought I would join you for one [G] day [A]
				26	\|I'm [D] sitting down here, but [A] hey you can't see me [G] (see me, see me)
	23			27
n	24	\|[Chorus]	n	28	Verse 2:
	25	\|G A B7 Em		29	[G] I'm not trying to avoid you, just don't [A] wanna hear your voice
	26	\| Sisters are doing it for themselves		30	When you [D] call me up so often, I don't [A] really have a choice
	27	\| G		31	You're [G] talking like you know me, and [A] wanna be my friend
	28	\|Standing on their own two feet (A)		32	But [Bm] that's really too late now, I won't [A] try it once again
	29	\| Em		33	You may [G] think that I'm a loser, that [A] I don't really care
	30	\|And ringing on their own bells (Em)		34	May [D] think that it's forgotten, but [A] you should be aware
	31	\|G A B7 Em		35	'Cause I've [G] learned to get revenge
	32	\| Sisters are doing it for themselves (Em)		36	And I [A] swear you'll [Bm] experience that [G] someday
	33	[B7*]
	34			37
n	35	[Verse 2]	n	38	\|Chorus:
	36	Em		39	\|I'm [D] sitting down here, but [A] hey you can't see me
	37	Now this is a song to celebrate		40	\|[Em] Kinda invisible you [G] don't sense [A] my stay
	38	Em		41	\|[D] Not really hiding, [A] not like a shadow
	39	The conscious liberation of the female state		42	\|Just [Em] thought I would join you for one [G] day [A]
	40	Em		43	\|I'm [D] sitting down here, but [A] hey you can't see me
	41	Mothers, daughters and their daughters too		44	\|[Em] Kinda invisible you [G] don't sense [A] my stay
	42	Em		45	\|[D] Not really hiding, [A] not like a shadow
	43	Woman to woman		46	\|Just [Em] thought I would join you for one [G] day [A]
	44	Em
	45	We're singing with you
	46	Em
	47	The "inferior sex" got a new exterior
	48	Em
	49	We got doctors, lawyers, politicians too
	50	Em
	51	Everybody - take a look around
	52	Em
	53	Can you see - can you see - can you see
	54	Em
	55	There's a woman right next to you
	56			47
n	57	\|[Chorus]	n	48	Instrumental:
	58	\|G A B7 Em		49	[D] [A] [Em] [G] [A] x2
	59	\| Sisters are doing it for themselves
	60	\| G
	61	\|Standing on their own two feet (A)
	62	\| Em
	63	\|And ringing on their own bells (Em)
	64	\|G A B7 Em
	65	\| Sisters are doing it for themselves (Em)
	66
	67
	68	[Bridge]
	69	C
	70	Now we ain't making stories
	71	A
	72	And we ain't laying plans
	73	C
	74	Cause a man still loves a woman
	75	A B7
	76	And a woman still loves a man*
	77	(Just the same though)
	78			50
n			n	51	Bridge:
				52	You [G] seem to wanna hurt me, no [A] matter what I do
				53	I'm [D] telling just a couple, but some [A] how it gets to you
				54	But I've [G] learned to get revenge
				55	And I [A] swear you'll [Bm] experience that [G] someday
	79			56
n	80	[Kazoo solo] (same as Intro)	n	57	Chorus:
	81	Em Em Em Em
	82
	83	\|[Chorus]
	84	\|G A B7 Em
	85	\| Sisters are doing it for themselves
	86	\| G
	87	\|Standing on their own two feet (A)
	88	\| Em
	89	\|And ringing on their own bells (Em)
	90	\|G A B7 Em
	91	\| Sisters are doing it for themselves (Em)
	92
	93	Outro:
	94	G A B7 Em
	95	Sisters are doing it for themselves (Em)
	96	(Slowing)
	97	G A B7 Em
	98	Sisters are doing it for themselves
	99			58
	100			59
t			t	60	Outro:
				61	[D - Single Strum]
				62
				63

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