{language: english}
{columns: 2}
{title: Widow of a living man}
{artist: Harper}
{album: The will to live}


  {cover: the-will-to-live}
  \gtab*{Asus2}{X02200}
  \gtab{C}{X32010}
  \gtab{G}{320003}
  \gtab{D}{XX0232}
  \gtab{F}{1:022100}

  
    Mama [Asus2]why does he treat me so col[C]d?
    So col[G]d
    So col[D]d
  

  \begin{verse*}
    Why do I feel so old?
    So old \rep{2}
  \end{verse*}

  \begin{verse*}
    How long has he treated me unkind?
    Unkind \rep{2}
  \end{verse*}

  \begin{verse*}
    Or have I always been so blind?
    So blind \rep{2}
  \end{verse*}

  {start_of_chorus}
    I'm a [Asus2]widow
    I'm a [F]widow
    I'm a wi[G]dow
    Of [Asus2]{a living} [G]man \rep{3}
    \nolyrics{[F] [G] [Asus2]}
  {end_of_chorus}

  
    Why can't the time stay the same?
    Stay the same \rep{2}
  

  \begin{verse*}
    Now I am begging him to change
    Please change \rep{2}
  \end{verse*}

  \begin{verse*}
    What about all the plans we've made?
    Plans we've made
    Lord have prayed
  \end{verse*}

  \begin{verse*}
    Now I am so afraid
    I am so afraid \rep{2}
  \end{verse*}

  
    Mama why does he hurt me so?
    He hurt me so \rep{2}
  

  \begin{verse*}
    I'm gonna need some place to go
    Some place to go \rep{2}
  \end{verse*}

  \begin{verse*}
    He's no longer some kind woman's son
    Kind woman's son \rep{2}
  \end{verse*}

  \begin{verse*}
    Mama I think that I had better run
    Had better run \rep{2}
  \end{verse*}