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C Dm Em 
Em                               C D 
There she stands in the spotlight 
Em                    C Gm 
Now the music begins 
D                                C D  
Her left leg won't stop trembling 
Em                        C D 
But there's nowhere to run 

Em                                C D 
The soldier sobbing at the station 
Em                      C Gm 
Is taken down to the hall 
D                              C D  
He limps in late in the darkness 
Em                          C D 
Takes his seat in the stalls 

Chorus: 
Em                                               C D     
Righteous woman starts softly like a dove at dawn 
Em                                                           C Gm 
Righteous woman building up pressure like a slow moving storm 
D                                               C 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                                            C Dm 
In a blanket in a box on the hospital doorstep 
Em                  C Gm 
Lies a baby new born 
D                                   C D  
The nurse gently picks up the bundle 
Em                   C Gm 
But the mother is gone 

Em                           C D 
In the darkness his head falls 
Em                   C Gm 
As the Chorus arrives 
D                                C D 
He wakes up late in the third act 
Em                  C D 
To those radiant eyes 

Chorus: 
Em                                                   C D     
Righteous woman laying down the law getting on a glow 
Em                                                    C Gm 
Righteous woman surrendering to the full ecstatic flow 
D                                                                    C D 
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                                                  C D        
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