Tonalidad: D major•
Verse 1
G
What in all of heaven could've
C
prompted her to go
G
C
After such a triumph as
the ball?
Dm
What could've depressed
her?
What could've possessed her?
G
I cannot understand the wretch
C
D
at all!
Interlude 1
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D
A
D
Verse 2
A
Wo men are irrational,
D
A
that's all there is to that
D
Their heads are full of cotton,
D
They're nothing but exasperating,
irritating
G
Vacillating, calculating, agitating
D
Maddening and infuriating hags!
Bb
D
Dm
Bb
G
Verse 3
A
D
Pickering, why can't a wo
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G
A
G
man be more like a man?
Eb
D
G
Hmm?
Yes...
D
A
C
Why can't a woman be
D
more like a man?
F#
Men are so honest,
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F#
Bm
so thoroughly square
D
G
Eternally noble,
Em
historically fair
D
G
Who, when you win,
D
will always give your back a pat
A
D
Why can't a woman be like that?
G
Why does everyone do what the
Verse 4
G
others do?
Can't a woman learn to
D
Eb
use her head?
C
Why do they do everything their
mothers do?
E
A
Why don't they grow up like their
father instead?
Verse 5
A
Why can't a woman take
Men are so pleasant,
A
Bm
so easy to please
G
Whenever you're with them,
Em
you're always at ease
C
Would you be slighted if I
Verse 6
A
D
didn't speak for hours?
Of course not!
C
Would you be livid if I
A
D
had a drink or two?
Nonsense!
E
Would you be wounded if I
A
B
never sent you flowers?
Never!
D
A
D
Well, why can't a woman be like you?
Verse 7
G
One man in a million may shout a bit
Now and then,
D
A
Eb
there's one with slight de fects
whose truthfulness you doubt a bit
E
But by and large we are
A
a marvelous sex!
C
Why can't a woman behave like a
Verse 8
D
man?
Bm
F#
D
Bm
Men are so friendly, good natured and kind
D
G
Em
A better companion you never will find
Verse 9
C
If I were hours late for dinner,
A
D
would you bellow?
Of course not!
A
C
A
If I forgot your silly birthday,
D
would you fuss?
Nonsense!
E
Would you complain if I took
A
B
out another fellow?!
Never!
D
Well, why can't a woman
A
D
be like us?!
Verse 10
D
Mrs. Pearce, you're a wo man...
A
C
Why can't a woman be
D
more like a man?
E
A
F#
Bm
Men are so decent, such regular chaps
D
G
Ready to help you through
G
G#dim
D
Ready to buck you up whenever
you are glum
A
D
Why can't a woman be a chum?
G
Why is thinking something women
Verse 11
G
never do?
D
Eb
Why is logic never even tried?
C
Straightening up their hair
is all they ever do
Why don't they straighten
A
up the mess that's inside?
E
A
Why can't a woman
Verse 12
C
be
D
more like a man?
A
Bbdim
Bm
If I was a woman who'd been to a ball,
D
G
Been hailed as a princess
Em
by one and by all
E
C
Would I start weeping like a
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D
bathtub overflowing?
C
And carry on as if my home
A
Bbdim
D
were in a tree?
E
Would I run off and never tell
B
me where I'm going?
A
A
D
Why can't a woman be like me?
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