SUFFRAGETTE                                 << Back
(Nina Gordon / Wendy Melvoin / Susannah Melvoin)
From the album 'Bleeding Heart Graffiti' by Nina Gordon
Transcription by Phil Gardner

Intro: B-E (x4)

B         E       B          E          B    E         B          E
I'll make history, the suffragette said, I'm clever to do this forever.

B         E           B            E
You don't know me yet, but I'm the suffragette,
B        E                 B              E
I suffer for your sins and wash them all away,
B            E             B            E
Some kind of Jesus Christ, check out my sacrifice,
B        E             B                E
A pretty poison flower bringing you the sweetest juice,
D            A         D           A   
And you'll remember me, I'm making history,
D        A              D        A
And just you wait, just you wait and see.

B         E       B          E          B    E         B          E
I'll make history, the suffragette said, I'm clever to do this forever.

B               D                   A           E
So don't try to stone me, you don't own me, and baby you don't know me yet,
B            D                   A               E                      B-E-B-E
Don't try to break me, you can't take me, 'cause baby I'm a suffragette.

B       E           B           E
My Mama said to me, be what you want to be,
B             E                B              E
Just take your time, enjoy the ride along the way,
D            A         D           A   
And you'll remember me, I'm making history,
D        A              D        A
Just you wait, just you wait and see.

B         E       B          E          B    E         B          E
I'll make history, the suffragette said, I'm clever to do this forever.

B               D                   A           E
So don't try to stone me, you don't own me, and baby you don't know me yet,
B            D                   A               E                 
Don't try to break me, you can't take me, 'cause baby I'm a suffragette.
B          D                           A        E
You cannot fight me, you don't have to like me, you don't even know me yet,
B            D                   A               E                      B-E     B   E
Don't try to break me, you can't take me, 'cause baby I'm a suffragette,  suffragette.

B             C                Db              D
It's like you fell asleep in a cab and woke up in another land,
B                C                Db         D
And everything's changed, so it's okay, it's better this way,
B             C                Db              D
It's like you fell asleep in a cab and woke up in another land,
B                C                Db         D
And everything's changed, and it's okay, it's better this way.

Guitar Solo: B-E (x4)

B        E              B        E
So come along girls, without hesitation,
B          E             B           E
Change the channel baby, try another station,
B             E         B         E  
I'll fill you up with a sense of elation,
B              E         B      E
I'll build you up with a sex education.

B               D                   A           E
So don't try to stone me, you don't own me, and baby you don't know me yet,
B            D                   A               E                 
Don't try to break me, you can't take me, 'cause baby I'm a suffragette.
B          D                           A        E
You cannot fight me, you don't have to like me, you don't even know me yet,
B            D                   A               E                      B-E     B   E
Don't try to break me, you can't take me, 'cause baby I'm a suffragette,  suffragette.
B               E           B                E
I'm your little suffragette, I'm your little suffragette.


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