All Time Woman
Written by John Stewart
'All-Time Woman' is from "Cannons in the Rain", 1973,
re-released by
Bear Family Records together with "Wingless Angels."
(originally 1975) in 1990.
John plays this one in C. G suits my voice better.
So: capo 5th
(G) (D) (Em) (G7) (C) (D) (G) (D)
(G)Mother Out(D)law´s been (Em)giving me (G7)jaw,
Saying (C)"Why don´t you (D)marry the (G)girl?(D)
(G)I know (D)you´ve been (Em)living in (G7)sin,
Got your (C)backside (D)out to the (G)world."(G7)
But an (C)all-(D)time (G)woman,(Em)
Ah, you (C)don´t need a (Bm)preacher to (A)know(D)
That an (C)all-(D)time (G)woman(Em)
Keeps you (A)ready for the (C)rock´n (G)roll,(G/F#)(Em)(hold)
Oh, (C)ready for the (D)rock´n (C)roll.
Now a (G)one-night (D)stand for a (Em)guitar (G7)man
Is (C)easy when the (D)road gets (G)boring,(D)
But (G)Holiday (D)Inns and the (Em)two-dollar (G7)gin
Can (C)sure look (D)bad in the (G)morning.(G7)
Oh, an (C)all-(D)time (G)woman(Em)
Is the (C)best damn (Bm)friend I (A)know,(D)
Oh, an (C)all-(D)time (G)woman(Em)
keeps you (A)for the (C)rock´n (G)roll,(G/F#)(Em)(hold)
Oh, (C)ready for the (D)rock´n (C)roll.
(G)Miss A(D)merica, I (Em)got your (G7)game,
It´s a (C)Christian (D)burlesque (G)show,(D)
(G)Feeding their (D)eyes on your (Em)sweet young (G7)thighs
Pre(C)tending, yeah, that (D)you don´t (G)know.(G7)
But an (C)all-(D)time (G)woman,(Em)
Oh, she (C)ain´t selling (Bm)nothing but (A)soul,(D)
Oh, an (C)all-(D)time (G)woman(Em)
Keeps you (A)ready for the (C)rock´n (G)roll,(G/F#)(Em)(hold)
Oh, (C)ready for the (D)rock´n (C)roll. -Instr. verse-
Yeah, an (C)all-(D)time (G)woman(Em)
With her (C)good love (Bm)feeding your (A)soul,(D)
Oh, an (C)all-(D)time (G)woman(Em)
Keeps you (A)ready for the (C)rock´n (G)roll,(G/F#)(Em)
Keeps you (C)ready for the (D)rock´n (G)roll.
Oh, an (C)all-(D)time (G)woman(Em)
With her (C)good love (Bm)feeding your (A)soul,(D)
Oh, an (C)all-(D)time (G)woman(Em)
Keeps you (A)ready for the (C)rock´n (G)roll,(G/F#)(Em)(hold)
Oh, (C)ready for the (D)rock´n (C)roll.(G)
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