Melissa Etheridge – The Heart Of A Woman (Guitar)

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***Big thanks to martink12au for his input into creating this Tab.*** Tabbed by Robert Da Prato 8th November, 2022 Define: * = Single Strum h = Hammer on d = Downstroke u = Upstroke Typical Strumming Patterns for Chords. To save confusion, the m7 and add9 chords are not shown on tab besides the walk downs
  Em         Em7    Bm         Bm7    Am         Am7    C          Cadd9  G          Gadd9  
e|---0--0-0--0-0-0-|2--2--2-2--2-2-2-|0--0--0-0--0-0-0-|0--0--0-0--0-0-0-|3--3--3-3--3-3-3-|
B|---0--0-0--0-0-0-|3--3--3-3--3-3-3-|1--1--1-1--1-1-1-|1--1--1-1--1-1-1-|0--0--0-0--0-0-0-|
G|---0--0-0--0-0-0-|4--4--4-4--2-2-2-|2--2--2-2--0-0-0-|0--0--0-0--0-0-0-|0--0--0-0--0-0-0-|
D|2--2--2-2--0-0-0-|4--4-------4---4-|2--2-------2---2-|2--2-------0-0-0-|0--0-------0-0-0-|
A|2--2-------2---2-|2----------2---2-|0----------0---0-|3----------3---3-|2--2-------0---0-|
E|0----------0-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|3----------3-----|
  d  d  d u  d u d  d  d  d u  d u d  d  d  d u  d u d  d  d  d u  d u d  d  d  d u  d u d
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[Intro]
  Em           Em7    Em           Em7    Em         Em7
e|---0--0---0--0-0-0-|---0--0---0--0-0-0-|---0--0-0--0-0-0-|
B|---0--0h3-0--0-0-0-|---0--0h3-0--0-0-0-|---0--0-0--0-0-0-|
G|---0--0---0--0-0-0-|---0--0---0--0-0-0-|---0--0-0--0-0-0-|
D|2--2--2---2--0-0-0-|2--2--2---2--0-0-0-|2--2--2-2--0-0-0-|
A|2--2---------2---2-|2--2---------2---2-|2--2-------2---2-|
E|0------------0-----|0------------0-----|0----------0-----|
  d  d  d   d  d u d  d  d  d   d  d u d  d  d  d u  d u d
[Verse 1]
Em                   Em                              Bm
      Tell me, sweet sister,    tell me, why are you crying?

                         Bm7* Bbm* Am
Did you think this world was  a    bitter place?

                      Em        Bm
And that love must by dying?

        Em
Well, I stand before you now

                               Bm
Humbled, with a message from a higher lord

                Bm7* Bbm* Am
Telling us that we   can  have it all

                        Em
Just let this old world crumble

     C                        Am
Just let it fall,   Don't be afraid

                 B7
The new world is on its way
[Bridge]
            C       G
Angels come here......

                  Am      Em
To the heart of a woman

              C       G
Take away the fear......

                    Am      B7
From the heart of a woman

Em                 Em*
  Our power ends
[Verse 2]
N.C.                Bm
Precisely where our fear begins

               Bm7* Bbm* Am 
So, find a love             that has no end, yeah

                          Em       Bm
And send it right back to you

       Em
We are so afraid of time and space

Em                                        
  The tracks that life leaves on our face

Bm                    
   Where's our dignity? we have no pride

Bm
   We must celebrate the woman wides

Bm7* Bbm* Am
             And love our hips and love our thighs

Am
   We can't make the goddess rise

Em                              C             Am
   We've been asleep 2000 years....(Wake up...wake up)

                 B7
Wake up, my dear    Oh,
[Bridge]
            C       G
Angels come here......

                  Am      Em
To the heart of a woman

              C          G
Take away the   fear......

                    Am       B7
From the heart of a woman, yeah
[Verse 3]
C
  The greatest of all mysteries

Em
  Has been silence to our history

Am
  But the change is gonna come

    B
The change is coming from

               Em
The heart of a woman
[Instrumental]
Em
      Oh...

Bm
      Oh...  oh...

Bm7* Bbm* Am                                  Em
          Oh...oh... oh...    oh...oh...oh...
[Verse 4]
B         C
      Oh, all your eyes are teary now

Em
   Mother Earth is weary now

Am
In our time the pain wil cease

       B
'Cause woman holds the missing peace
[Outro]
       C        G
In the heart......

                  Am
In the heart of a woman

       Em                C
Hey...       Angels come here

     G
Come here,     To the heart

       Am               B
To the heart of a woman    Oh...

             C                       G
The greatest of all mysteries,   Oh..oh..

                  Am
In the heart of a woman

Em                  C
      Take away the fear

              G
Take away the fear

                    Am
From the heart of a woman

B7                   Em*
   In the heart of a woman
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