Old Bitch Warrior (from the cd Old Bitch Warrior)
Written by Melanie Safka Schekeryk
Intro….
Bm--D--Bm------------------------------------------------
Old Bitch
Warrior
Bm-----------F#--------------------------------------------
She sleeps in
the grave
F#-----------------------------------------------------------
People think
so, but what they don't know
Bm----------------------G---G#---Em--------------------
Is she roams
the streets
Bm------------------F#-------------------------------------
In the still
of the night
F#-----C---D----------------C----D-----------------------
Ready to
conquer an’
Bm---------B-----------------------------------------------
Up for the fight
G-----------D-----------------------------------------------
Ooooooooooooooooooh she's not afraid
D---Em---A----D----Bm--D-----------------------------
The steel in
her pockets
A------------------------------------------------------------
The ice in her
veins
E-------Em-------------------------------------------------
Fingers are
callused
Bm----------------------------------------------------------
Her nails
thick and black
Bm--D---------------------------------A-------------------
She's made her decision
D------A----------------------------------------------------
And there's no turning back
A-----E----------Em-----E--------------------------------
Old Bitch
Warrior
Bm----------------------------------------------------------
A scream in
the night
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Look over your
shoulder
Bm-----------------------------------------------------------
Put on the
light
G------------F#----F#m------------------------------------
That wind in
the shadows
Bm--------------------F#-----------------------------------
She's with us
you pray
B-F#---------------------------------------------------------
Someone will
find her
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And take her away
Bm--G---F#m----------------Bm------------------
She's not afraid
D-----------------------------------------------------
The steel in her pocket an’
A-----------------------------------------------------
The ice in her
veins
E-----------B---Em---------------------------------
Oh she can't
be ignored
Bm-D------------------------------------------------
The building
is burning
A------------------------------------------------------
With a lock on the door
A--------E---------------------------------------------
B--Bm------------F#--Bm--------F#----------------
Bm----------------G---------------F#--------F#m---
Old Bitch
Warrior
Bm------------------------------------------------------
She sleeps in
the grave
Bm----------------------------------------------F#-----
People think
so, but what they don't know
Bm----------------------G----D----------F#m---------
She roams the
streets in the still of the night
B----F#---------------------D--C#--F#-D--F#--------
Ready to conquer
Bm------------B-----------------------------------------
They’ll take her away
G------------F#m-Bm----------------------------------
She's not
afraid
D---------------------------------------------------------
The steel in
her pocket
A---------------------------------------------------------
And ice in her
veins
A----Em-------------------------------------------------
Enemies
scatter
Bm---------D---------------------------------------------
When she comes
around
Bm----D--------------------------------------------------
There's
comfort in thoughts of her
A-----------------------------------------------------------
Dead in the ground
Em----------------Bm-------------------------------------
F#-----------------Bm----------G--------F#m------Bm-