Sisters are doing it for themselves
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1. Now there was a time, when
they used to say
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that
behind every great man there had to
be a great woman.
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But in these times of change,
you know that’s no longer true,
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so
we’re coming out of the kitchen
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‘cause
there’s something we forgot to say to you, we say :
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Sisters are doing it for themselves,
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standing on their own two feet, and ringing on their own bells.
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Sisters are doing it for themselves. Yeah !
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- A Em - A
2. Now this is a song to
celebrate
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the
conscious liberation of the female state.
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Mothers, daughters and their
daughters, too, yeah,
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woman
to woman, we’re singing with you.
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3. The inferior sex got a
new exterior,
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we
got doctors, lawyers, politicians, too.
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A
Everybody take a look around,
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can you see, can you see, can you see
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there’s
a woman right next to you, we say:
+ CHORUS
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+ We ain’t making stories, we ain’t
laying plans,
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don’t
you know that a man still loves a woman,
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and a
woman still loves a man just the same way.
+ Em - A - Em - A (4x)
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+ Sisters are doing it for
themselves.
+ repeat verse 1
G A Em - A
Sisters are doing it for themselves,
G - A Em - A
standing on their own two feet, and ringing on their own bells.
G A Em - A
Sisters are doing it for themselves. Yeah !
G A Em - A
+ Sisters are doing it for
themselves.
+ repeat last line (5x with
varying bits of lyrics) ....
(orig. = capo 1st) (The Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin)