The Beautiful South

Woman In The Wall

The Beautiful South


Tom: F

F             C                  Bb           C
He was just a social drinker but social every night
   F                 C               Bb    C
He enjoyed a pint or two or three or four
F              C               Bb           C
She was just a silent thinker, silent every night
     F                      C             Bb    C
He'd enjoyed the thought of killing her before
            F           C         Bb          C
Well he was very rarely drunk but very rarely sober
       F                C               Bb     C
And he didn't think the problem was his drink
       F             C       Bb                  C
But he only knew his problem when he knocked her over
    F                C              Bb     C
And when the rotting flesh began to stink


[Chorus]
    F      C        Bb           C
Cry freedom for the woman in the wall
    F      C        Bb              C
Cry freedom for she has no voice at all
  F        C       Dm       Bb
I hear her cry all day, all night
  F        C          Dm              Bb
I hear her voice from deep within the wall
       F                   C
Made a cross from knitting needles
       Dm                Bb
Made a grave from hoover bags
  F                C            F
Especially for the woman in the wall


[Verse 2]
      F             C          Bb         C
She'd knitted him a jumper with  dominoes on it
      F            C           Bb      C
So he wore it everyday in every  week
   F            C             Bb            C
Pretended to himself that she hadn't really gone
       F              C                   Bb       C
And pretended that he thought he heard her  speak
   F                C           Bb            C
And then at last it seemed that he was really winning
   F            C                Bb    C
He felt that he had some sort of grip
    F              C       Bb       C
But all of his new life was  sent a-spinning
F                C             Bb    C
When the rotting wall began to drip


[Chorus]
    F      C        Bb           C
Cry freedom for the woman in the wall
    F      C        Bb              C
Cry freedom for she has no voice at all
  F        C       Dm       Bb
I hear her cry all day, all night
  F        C          Dm              Bb
I hear her voice from deep within the wall
       F                   C
Made a cross from knitting needles
       Dm                Bb
Made a grave from hoover bags
  F                C            F     C Bb C
Especially for the woman in the wall


[Outro]
   F      C       Bb      C
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E|-1-1-1--------|---------------3--|