Standard tuning No capo CDEm Em D There she stands in the spotlight Em Gm Now the music begins D D Her left leg won't stop trembling Em D But there's nowhere to run Em D The soldier sobbing at the station Em CGm Is taken down to the hall D CD He limps in late in the darkness Em D Takes his seat in the stalls Chorus: Em D Righteous woman starts softly like a dove at dawn Em Gm Righteous woman building up pressure like a slow moving storm D D Righteous woman giving birth to the dark unborn Em Righteous woman Em Righteous woman C D Em Oo Oo Ooooh C D Em Oo Oo Ooooh C Gm D Oo Oo Ooooh C D Em Oo Oo Ooooh Em Dm In a blanket in a box on the hospital doorstep Em Gm Lies a baby new born D D The nurse gently picks up the bundle Em CGm But the mother is gone Em CD In the darkness his head falls Em Gm As the chorus arrives D D He wakes up late in the third act Em CD To those radiant eyes Chorus: Em D Righteous woman laying down the law getting on a glow Em Gm Righteous woman surrendering to the full ecstatic flow D CD Now she looks out and sees the brass buttons glinting in the tenth row Em Righteous woman Em Righteous woman C D Em Oo Oo Ooooh C D Em Oo Oo Ooooh C Gm D Oo Oo Ooooh C D Em Oo Oo Ooooh N.C C D Righteous woman hears the knock on her dressing room door N.C C Gm She takes the note and reads it and then lets it drop to the floor D CD Now she drifts on down slowly to the backstage door Em Righteous woman Em Righteous woman C D Em Oo Oo Ooooh C D Em Oo Oo Ooooh C Gm D Oo Oo Ooooh C D Em Oo Oo Ooooh