CAPO: 2nd Fret INTRO: G C G D F-C-G C G D G You write about a place so dear, in all its good and evil C G D G A loving cup, an aching scar, you need no thread and needle C G Am D To sew your name into your clothes or hem a ragged line G C G D C G All muscular and luminous, oh, heroine of mine CHORUS: C G Ladies D G Oh, ladies C G My ladies D C G My fair and tender ladies D F-C-G My fair and tender ladies C G D G You raised yourself from mud and spit and opened up your eyes C G D G Stretching out your graceful limbs, from heart and soul on fire C G Am D From sidewalks and handlebars, summer sun and evening stars G C G D C G And unincorporated streets, oh, heroine I long to meet CHORUS: C G Ladies D G Oh, ladies C G My ladies D C G My fair and tender ladies D F-C-G My fair and tender ladies Em C Em C Am C A D G F-C-G La-dies, la-dies, la-dies, la-a-dies C G D G You set aside your trays and flowers, like a ball and chain C G D G You understood a time and place upon which you proclaimed C G Am D Your skirt was not to hide behind, your womanhood, no alibi G C G D C G You would not live so man could die, oh, white-gloved heroine of mine CHORUS: C G Ladies D G Oh, ladies C G My ladies D C G My fair and tender ladies D F-C-G My fair and tender ladies D C G My fair and tender ladies D F-C-G My fair and tender ladies OUTRO: G C G D G D G