Chord/Tab song: If Women Ruled the World

Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 19:39:57 -0800
From: Thom Hickey
Subject: TAB: 'If Women Ruled The World' by Joan Armatrading

'If Women Ruled The World'
By Joan Armatrading
>From the album 'Square The Circle'

Transcribed by Thom Hickey ([email protected])

This song seems very straight-forward until you try and
decipher the solo work by Joan on this one. Good luck, and
if you figure out the solos, e-mail me please.

Chord chart:

Fsus4: 113311
F: 112331
C: 35553x

Intro:

[Fsus4] [F]

E:---------------|--------------------|
B:---------------|--------------------|
G:---------------|--------------------|
D:--------3------|---------3----------|
A:3---5----------|-3------------------|
E:---------------|-----5--------------|

[Fsus4] [F]

E:---------------|--------------------|
B:---------------|--------------------|
G:---------------|--------------------|
D:--------3------|---------3----------|
A:3---5-------5--|-3------------------|
E:---------------|-----5--------------|

[Fsus4] [F]

E:---------------|--------------------|
B:---------------|--------------------|
G:---------------|---------------3p2h3|
D:--------3------|---------3----------|
A:3---5----------|-3---5--------------|
E:---------------|--------------------|

[C]

E:---------------|--------------------|
B:---------------|--------------------|
G:/5------3p2h3/5|/8------------------|
D:---------------|--------------------|
A:---------------|--------------------|
E:---------------|--------------------|

[Fsus4] [F]

E:---------------|--------------------|
B:---------------|--------------------|
G:---------------|--------------------|
D:--------3------|---------3----------|
A:3---5----------|-3------------------|
E:---------------|-----5--------------|

[Fsus4] [F]

E:---------------|--------------------|
B:---------------|--------------------|
G:---------------|--------------------|
D:--------3------|---------3----------|
A:3---5-------5--|-3------------------|
E:---------------|-----5--------------|

[Fsus4] [F]

E:---------------|--------------------|
B:---------------|--------------------|
G:---------------|---------------/2---|
D:--------3------|---------3----------|
A:3---5----------|-3---5--------------|
E:---------------|--------------------|

[C]

E:---------------|--------------------|
B:---------------|--------------------|
G:--2------------|--------------------|
D:-----/5-----/8-|--8--7--------------|
A:---------------|--------------------|
E:---------------|--------------------|

Loving your [Fsus4]sweet ways[F]
Loving the [Fsus4]funny things you [F]say
Loving the [Fsus4]silence[F]
Wrapped in my man's [C]arms at the end of the day

Loving the [Fsus4]way you[F]
Make me [Fsus4]feel
That women rule the [F]world
If [Fsus4]women ruled the world[F]
It would be a [C]good thing

[Fsus4]No more war [F]no more hate
[Fsus4]Women can fight but [F]talking's great
[Fsus4]Behind your back [F]to your face
They'd [C]rather talk than murder

Not all men [Fsus4]kill babies[F]
But a woman would [Fsus4]rather
Kill herse[F]lf
Than see a child [Fsus4]suffer[F]
Women are [C]carers, they were born that way

Like [Fsus4]mother nature [F]feeds the world
A [Fsus4]woman will think of [F]her child first
[Fsus4]No more sons [F]dying young
[C]Women bore sons for living

I love how yo[Fsus4]u love me[F]
Make me [Fsus4]feel that
Women rule the [F]world
If [Fsus4]women ruled the world[F]
It would be a [C]good thing

If [Fsus4]women ruled the world[F]
If [Fsus4]women ruled the world[F]
If [Fsus4]women ruled the world[F]
It would be a [C]good thing

Everything else is solo work by Joan, and I can't figure
it out. I hope this helps and please send corrections to
[email protected]

Cheers,

Thom

Tablature explanation:

/ slide up
\ slide down
p pull off
h hammer-on