(Nina Gordon / Wendy Melvoin / Susannah Melvoin)
From the album 'Bleeding Heart Graffiti' by Nina Gordon
Transcription by Phil Gardner
Intro: B-E (x4)
B E B E B E B E
I'll make history, the suffragette said, I'm clever to do this forever.
B E B E
You don't know me yet, but I'm the suffragette,
B E B E
I suffer for your sins and wash them all away,
B E B E
Some kind of Jesus Christ, check out my sacrifice,
B E B E
A pretty poison flower bringing you the sweetest juice,
D A D A
And you'll remember me, I'm making history,
D A D A
And just you wait, just you wait and see.
B E B E B E B E
I'll make history, the suffragette said, I'm clever to do this forever.
B D A E
So don't try to stone me, you don't own me, and baby you don't know me yet,
B D A E B-E-B-E
Don't try to break me, you can't take me, 'cause baby I'm a suffragette.
B E B E
My Mama said to me, be what you want to be,
B E B E
Just take your time, enjoy the ride along the way,
D A D A
And you'll remember me, I'm making history,
D A D A
Just you wait, just you wait and see.
B E B E B E B E
I'll make history, the suffragette said, I'm clever to do this forever.
B D A E
So don't try to stone me, you don't own me, and baby you don't know me yet,
B D A E
Don't try to break me, you can't take me, 'cause baby I'm a suffragette.
B D A E
You cannot fight me, you don't have to like me, you don't even know me yet,
B D A E B-E B E
Don't try to break me, you can't take me, 'cause baby I'm a suffragette, suffragette.
B C Db D
It's like you fell asleep in a cab and woke up in another land,
B C Db D
And everything's changed, so it's okay, it's better this way,
B C Db D
It's like you fell asleep in a cab and woke up in another land,
B C Db D
And everything's changed, and it's okay, it's better this way.
Guitar Solo: B-E (x4)
B E B E
So come along girls, without hesitation,
B E B E
Change the channel baby, try another station,
B E B E
I'll fill you up with a sense of elation,
B E B E
I'll build you up with a sex education.
B D A E
So don't try to stone me, you don't own me, and baby you don't know me yet,
B D A E
Don't try to break me, you can't take me, 'cause baby I'm a suffragette.
B D A E
You cannot fight me, you don't have to like me, you don't even know me yet,
B D A E B-E B E
Don't try to break me, you can't take me, 'cause baby I'm a suffragette, suffragette.
B E B E
I'm your little suffragette, I'm your little suffragette.
