Lonely Women — Laura Nyro

Chords and lyrics for Lonely Women by Laura Nyro (key of Dm).

Verse 1

This song is slow and dramatic. It does not have a
typical verse chorus structure, moreso an AB structure.
The most difficult chord to understand is Em7b9.
By this I mean that the underlying chord is Em7,
while the flat 9 ("b9") indicates the lead note
Laura is singing – F natural – on the syllables
“early morning.”

Intro

[Dm7]

Part One

[Dm7] No one [G/D] hurries [G/D]home [Dm7] to lonely [G/D]women
[D7] No one hurries [Am]home to lonely [G][C/G]women[C/G][G]
[Bb] A gal could [Am]die [Gm] without her [F]man[F/E]
[Dm7] And no one knows it [G7] better [Bb]thaaaan lonely [Em7]womeeeeeen
[Dm7] No one [G/D] knows the blues [Dm7] like [G/D]lonely women do
[D7] No one knows the [Am]blues like lonely [G]women, [C/G][G]yeah[C/G]
[Bb] Blues, the [Am]blues that make the[Gm] walls rush [F]in[F/E]
[Dm7] Walls that tell you [G7] where you've been [Bb] and you've [Am]been to the
[Gm]hollow
Lonely [Em7]women yeah
[Em7]Let me die [Em7b9]early morning

Part 2

[Dm7]Whoa whoa whoa [Am7]bitter tears
[Dm7]Whoa whoa whoa [Am7]bitter tears
[Dm][Am]Uptight [Dm][Am]downpour
[F/G]Don't got no [Cm]children to [Bb] be grandmother [Am]for, [Bb] be grandmother [Am7]for
She [Bb]don't [Am][Gm]believe [Bb/C]no [F]more
She [Dm7]don't [Em7]believe [G] No one [A7]hurries [Bb]home to [Em7]call you[Dm7] baby

Outro

[Dm]Everybody [G/D]knows, [Dm]everybody [G/D]knows,
[G]every [A]body [Em7/B][F]knooooooooooows But [Bm7]no-oo [Em]oooone
[Em7/D] [Fmaj7/G][Am7/G]knooooooo-oo-ooooows[Cmaj7/G]
(End on single note D)
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