[Verse 1]
F#sus2 AM7 F6sus C9sus
I was watering my rose garden and you walked by my place
F#sus2 AM7 F6sus C9sus
I almost ran up to you in a lustful, unsensitive haste
F#sus2 AM7 F6sus C9sus
I almost cried cause I acted so insensitive
F#sus2 AM7 F6sus C9sus
But I wanted you to know about the feather-soft warmth I could give
[Chorus]
F# C#6/F
I respect your feelings
Fb B6/D#
I respect your gender
F# C#6/F
I respect your existence
A AM7/G#
I'll always be tender cause
F# F#M7/F
I respect your feelings
Fb FbM7/D# D DM7/C# B
As a woman and a hu-----man
[Interlude]
F#sus2 AM7 F6sus C9sus
F#sus2 AM7 F6sus C9sus
[Verse 2]
F#sus2 AM7 F6sus C9sus
I'll be the pansy-growing gardener of our bouquet of love
F#sus2 AM7 F6sus C9sus
D# flower-wielding soldier with the grace of a dove
F#sus2 AM7 F6sus C9sus
I'll love you all, heart, mind and soul, I'd never think of anything cheap
F#sus2 AM7 F6sus C9sus
I'll read you some of my poems before you go to sleep
[Chorus]
F# C#6/F
I respect your feelings
Fb B6/D#
I respect your gender
F# C#6/F
I respect your existence
A AM7/G#
I'll always be tender cause
F# F#M7/F
I respect your feelings
Fb FbM7/D# D DM7/C# B
As a woman and a hu-----man