[Verse 1]
Fsus2 AbM7 F6sus C9sus
I was watering my rose garden and you walked by my place
Fsus2 AbM7 F6sus C9sus
I almost ran up to you in a lustful, unsensitive haste
Fsus2 AbM7 F6sus C9sus
I almost cried cause I acted so insensitive
Fsus2 AbM7 F6sus C9sus
But I wanted you to know about the feather-soft warmth I could give
[Chorus]
F C6/E
I respect your feelings
Eb A#6/D
I respect your gender
F C6/E
I respect your existence
Ab AbM7/G
I'll always be tender cause
F FM7/E
I respect your feelings
Eb EbM7/D Db DbM7/C A#
As a woman and a hu-----man
[Interlude]
Fsus2 AbM7 F6sus C9sus
Fsus2 AbM7 F6sus C9sus
[Verse 2]
Fsus2 AbM7 F6sus C9sus
I'll be the pansy-growing gardener of our bouquet of love
Fsus2 AbM7 F6sus C9sus
D flower-wielding soldier with the grace of a dove
Fsus2 AbM7 F6sus C9sus
I'll love you all, heart, mind and soul, I'd never think of anything cheap
Fsus2 AbM7 F6sus C9sus
I'll read you some of my poems before you go to sleep
[Chorus]
F C6/E
I respect your feelings
Eb A#6/D
I respect your gender
F C6/E
I respect your existence
Ab AbM7/G
I'll always be tender cause
F FM7/E
I respect your feelings
Eb EbM7/D Db DbM7/C A#
As a woman and a hu-----man