-VERSE 1- Am E I know, I know that I could live in F E Whatever house you choose to build Am E And I will model myself on it and F E Wait for you alone, Am E While you are out making a life for us F E I will stay and watch the days go past Am E And I'll see how the plants advance F E And they turn on what they know -PRE-CHORUS- F E Am C Now there is rosemary where previously no rosemary was shown F E Am They have aerials they feed from me and they grow and grow C and grow F E Am C Now I am shifting into greenery now the pipes are running bone F E Am E And you might think I was a house but I am a woman, a woman -VERSE 2- Am-E-F-E "Come back, come back" before you said "Come back so you can see There are roses in the flowerbeds Where there never used to be" E-E7 -CHORUS- F Am C And all my days are F G C Fading into these F Am C Walls you made are us F G C But I don't want to be E7 the queen Am in a century of sleep -VERSE 3- Am-E-F-E I know, I know that I believe in Whatever brings you joy from me But I've swept until I couldn't sweep And this house is still a lie Now I have to find a dress, have to buy a dress Have to sew the dress 'til the pieces mesh And I don't think I'm ready yet And I haven't got the time -PRE-CHORUS- F E Am C Now there is rosemary where previously no rosemary was shown F E Am They have aerials they feed from me and they grow and grow C and grow F E Am C Now I am shifting into greenery now the pipes are running bone F E Am E And you might think I was a house but I am a woman, a woman -BRIDGE- F C But you say, "don't be afraid" Am G C And you try to explain Am G C F C How the best that we can hope and hope to gain Am G C Is to love and then be loved Am G C Is to have and then to hold Am G C 'Til we age and then grow old E-E7 -CHORUS- F Am C And all my days are F G C Fading into these F Am C Walls you made are us F G C But I don't want to be F Am C And all my days are F G C Fading into these F Am C Walls you made are us F G C But I don't want to be E7 the queen F in a century of sleep -END- F C But I know that I believe F C In whatever makes you pleased F C In whatever brings you joy F C From me