[Verse 1]
A#sus2 DbM7 F6sus C9sus
I was watering my rose garden and you walked by my place
A#sus2 DbM7 F6sus C9sus
I almost ran up to you in a lustful, unsensitive haste
A#sus2 DbM7 F6sus C9sus
I almost cried cause I acted so insensitive
A#sus2 DbM7 F6sus C9sus
But I wanted you to know about the feather-soft warmth I could give
[Chorus]
A# F6/A
I respect your feelings
Ab D#6/G
I respect your gender
A# F6/A
I respect your existence
Db DbM7/C
I'll always be tender cause
A# A#M7/A
I respect your feelings
Ab AbM7/G Gb GbM7/F D#
As a woman and a hu-----man
[Interlude]
A#sus2 DbM7 F6sus C9sus
A#sus2 DbM7 F6sus C9sus
[Verse 2]
A#sus2 DbM7 F6sus C9sus
I'll be the pansy-growing gardener of our bouquet of love
A#sus2 DbM7 F6sus C9sus
G flower-wielding soldier with the grace of a dove
A#sus2 DbM7 F6sus C9sus
I'll love you all, heart, mind and soul, I'd never think of anything cheap
A#sus2 DbM7 F6sus C9sus
I'll read you some of my poems before you go to sleep
[Chorus]
A# F6/A
I respect your feelings
Ab D#6/G
I respect your gender
A# F6/A
I respect your existence
Db DbM7/C
I'll always be tender cause
A# A#M7/A
I respect your feelings
Ab AbM7/G Gb GbM7/F D#
As a woman and a hu-----man