Song: Glory box
Artist: Portishead
Composers: Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons, Adrian Utley & Isaac Hayes
Album: Dummy
Tabbed by: DJ
2nd Aug 2014
CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in the key of D#m)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Dm = xx0231
Dm/C = x30231
Bm7b5 = x20231
Bbmaj7 = x13231
Portishead based this song on a sample from the
Isaac Hayes track -'Ike's rap II'
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[Intro]
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
e |------1---------1-------|------1---------1-------| [x4]
B |------3---------3-------|------3---------3-------|
G |------2---------2-------|------2---------2-------|
D |---0------0-------------|------0---------3-------|
A |-------------3------3---|---2------2--1------1---|
E |------------------------|------------------------|
[Verse 1]
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
I'm so tired ...of playing... playing with this bow and arrow,
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
Gonna give my heart away, leave it to the other girls to play,
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
For I've been a temptress too long, yes!
[Chorus]
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason to love you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason to be----------------,
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
...a woman! | / / / / |
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
I just wanna be a woman! | / / / / |
[Verse 2]
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
From this time, un - chained, we're all looking at a different picture,
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
Through this new frame of mind, a thousand flowers could bloom,
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
Move over, and give us some room, yeah!
[Chorus]
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason to love you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason to be----------------,
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
...a woman! | / / / / |
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
I just wanna be a woman! | / / / / |
[Break]
Dm Dm7/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
||: / / / / | / / / / :|| [x4]
[Verse 3]
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
So don't you ...stop being a man,
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
Just take a little look ...from out - side, when you can,
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
Sow ...a little ...tender - ness,
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
It don't matter if you ...cry-------!
[Chorus]
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason to love you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason to be---------------,
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
...a woman! | / / / / |
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
I just want to be ...a woman, it's all I wanna be...
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
...is a woman! | / / / / |
[Break]
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5
This is the be - ginning of for - ever, and ever---------!
| / / / / | / / / / | It's time to move on-------!
So wanna be....
[Verse 4]
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
So tired ...of playing... playing with this bow and arrow,
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
Gonna give my heart away, leave it to the other girls to play,
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
For I've been a temptress too long, yes!
[Chorus]
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason to love you,
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7
Give me a reason to be---------------,
Dm Dm/C Bm7b5 Bbmaj7 Dm
...a woman------! | / / / / | / ||
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