As Cool as I Am — Dar Williams
Chords and lyrics for As Cool as I Am by Dar Williams (key of C).
Verse 1
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[C] [G/B] [Am] [F] [C]
Yea, there [G/B]was a time I [Am]didn't like the [F]love, I liked the [C]climbers,
I was no [G/B]sister then, I was [Am]running out of [F]time and one [Am]liners,
And [C]I was afraid, [G/B]like you are when you're [Am]too young to [F]know the time, and
[C]
So I [G/B]watched the way you [Am]take your fear and [F]hoard the [C]horizon,
You point, you [G/B]have a word for [Am]every woman [F]you can lay your [Am]eyes on,
Like you [G]own them just because you bought the [Em]time,
And you [F]turn to me, you say you hope I'm not threatened,
Oh,[C] I'm not that [G]petty, as cool as I [C]am, I thought you'd [G/B]know this [Am]already,
[F]
I will not [C]be [G/B]afraid of [Am]women,[F] I will not [C]be [F]afraid of [G/B]women.[F)][Am]
[C]So now we're [G/B]at a club, you [Am]watch the woman [F]dancing, she is [C]drunk,
She is [G/B]smiling and she's [Am]falling in a [F]slow, descending [Am]funk,
And [C]the whole bar is [G/B]loud and proud and [Am]everybody's [F]trying, yeah.[C]
You play the [G/B]artist, saying, [Am]"Is it how she [F]moves, or how she [C]looks?"
I say, it's [G/B]loneliness [Am]suspended to our [F]own like grappling [Am]hooks,
And as [G]long as she's got noise, she's [Em]fine.
But [F]I could teach her how I learned to dance when the music's ended,
Oh,[C] and that's not [G]petty, as cool as I [C]am, I thought you'd [G/B]know this
[Am]already,[F]
I will not [C]be [G/B]afraid of [Am]women,[F] I will not [C]be [F]afraid of [G/B]women.[F)][Am]
You tried to [C]make me [G/B]doubt, to [Am]make me [F]guess, tried to [C]make me [G/B]feel like a
[Am]little [F]less,
Oh, I [C]like'd you [G/B]when your [Am]soul was [F]bared, I [C]thought you [G/B]knew how [Am]to be
[F]scared,
And now it's [G]amazing what you did to make me [Em]stay,
But [F]truth is just like time, it catches up and it just keeps going,
[C]And so I'm [G/B]leaving, you can [Am]find out how much [F]better things can [C]get,
And if it [G/B]helps, I'd say I [Am]feel a little [F]worse than I did when we [Am]met,
So [C]when you find [G/B]someone else, you can [Am]try again, it might [F]work next time,[C]
You look out [G/B]of the kitchen [Am]window and you [F]shake your head and say [C]low,
"If I could [G/B]believe that [Am]stuff, I'd [F]say that woman has a [Am]halo,"
And I [G]look out and say, "Yeah, she's really [Em]blonde,"
And [F]then I go outside to join the others, I am the others,
Oh,[C] and that's not [G]easy, I don't know [C]what you saw, I want [G/B]somebody who
[Am]sees [F]me,
I will not [C]be [G/B]afraid of [Am]women,[F] I will not [C]be [F]afraid of [G/B]women. [F)][Am]
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