words and music by Martha Sharp
1965
I:
C G
It makes no difference
G7 C
If you're rich or poor
F G C
Or if you're smart or dumb
F C
A woman's place in this old world
D G
Is under some man's thumb
Chorus I:
G G7
And if you're born a woman
C
You're born to be hurt
F
You're born to be stepped on, lied to,
C
cheated on and treated like dirt
Dm
Ah, if you're born a woman
G C
You're born to be hurt
II:
C G G7 C
A woman's lot is to give and give
F G C
And go on giving
F C
A woman's got to love and lose
D G
And go on living
Chorus II:
G G7
Well, I was born a woman
C
I didn't have no say
F
And when my man finally comes home
C
He makes me glad it happened that way
Dm
Because to be his woman
G C
No price is too great to pay
Dm
Yes, I was born a woman
G C
I'm glad it happened that way
Dm
Oh, I was born a woman
G C
I'm glad it happened that way
