Shaking The Tree chords by Peter Gabriel

Intro: D  G  D  G (2x)


D       G           D        G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree
D       G           D        G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree


D                G
Waiting your time, dreaming of a better life
D                  G
Waiting your time, you're more than just a wife
C             G
Don't have to do what your mother has done
    D
She has done
              G
This is your life, this new life has begun
     D        G
It's your day - a woman's day
     D        G
It's your day - a woman's day

D                G
Turning the tide, you are on the incoming wave
D                G
Turning the tide, No, you are nobody's slave
C
Find your Sisters and Brothers    (or: Find your Brothers and Sisters 1989 version)
    G               D
Who can hear all the truth in what you say
                 G
They can support you when you're on your way
     D        G
It's your day - a woman's day
     D        G
It's your day - a woman's day


D       G           D        G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree
D       G           D        G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree

D                   G
Changing your ways, changing those surrounding you
D                 G
Changing your ways, more than any man can do
C               G           D
Open your heart, show him the anger and pain, so you heal
              G           D
Maybe he's looking for his womanly side, let him feel

      G       D
You have to be so strong
     G
I can do nothing wrong
           D
Nothing wrong at all
      G       D
We're gonna break it down
      G
We have to shake it down

Shake it all around


D       G           D        D
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree
D       G           D        G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree
D       G           D        G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree