After an introductory couplet, this is a blues that starts with Mary Davies' piano, gains mandolin and then gets an almost Moorish kick once Jon Garvey's great saxophone breaks loose...
piano
blues
saxophone
mandolin
relationship
feminism
blame
Story behind the song
Men always get the blame these days, but it's not always their fault!
Lyrics
intro
G D Em
In some relationships men can be hell, but is that the many or few
G D A7 B
So why’d’you let that stereotypical spell, get such a hold over you?
verse
Em A Em
A woman once said when things go wrong there’s a man at the heart
B
A woman once said you’ll know who to blame when things start to fall apart
Em
Well that may be true from time to time
A A7
But not in cases like yours and mine
Em B Em
You just can’t take it as read, what a woman once said
A woman once said if you want to find the snake you know just where to look
A woman once said you can read a man, it’s just like reading a picture book
I’m sure it’s often the way that things can go
But don’t forget it takes two to tango
Don’t get it fixed in your head what a woman once said
A Em A Em
Oh it’s so unfair - it’s in your head saying woman beware
A Em A B
Oh it’s so untrue - it messes your mind and distorts your view
B7 Em
So why’d’you take it in the way that you do
A woman once said show me a man and I’ll show you a jerk
A woman once said no matter what a girl tries to do you know it’ll never work
So how come no matter what I do
You still go sneaking off to you know who
That’s why I start to see red at what a woman once said