[Verse 1]
Csus2 EbM7 F6sus C9sus
I was watering my rose garden and you walked by my place
Csus2 EbM7 F6sus C9sus
I almost ran up to you in a lustful, unsensitive haste
Csus2 EbM7 F6sus C9sus
I almost cried cause I acted so insensitive
Csus2 EbM7 F6sus C9sus
But I wanted you to know about the feather-soft warmth I could give
[Chorus]
C G6/B
I respect your feelings
A# F6/A
I respect your gender
C G6/B
I respect your existence
Eb EbM7/D
I'll always be tender cause
C CM7/B
I respect your feelings
A# A#M7/A Ab AbM7/G F
As a woman and a hu-----man
[Interlude]
Csus2 EbM7 F6sus C9sus
Csus2 EbM7 F6sus C9sus
[Verse 2]
Csus2 EbM7 F6sus C9sus
I'll be the pansy-growing gardener of our bouquet of love
Csus2 EbM7 F6sus C9sus
A flower-wielding soldier with the grace of a dove
Csus2 EbM7 F6sus C9sus
I'll love you all, heart, mind and soul, I'd never think of anything cheap
Csus2 EbM7 F6sus C9sus
I'll read you some of my poems before you go to sleep
[Chorus]
C G6/B
I respect your feelings
A# F6/A
I respect your gender
C G6/B
I respect your existence
Eb EbM7/D
I'll always be tender cause
C CM7/B
I respect your feelings
A# A#M7/A Ab AbM7/G F
As a woman and a hu-----man