Girls Women and Ladies
words and music: Ed & Patsy bruce and Ron Peterson


(C) There was only (F) me and her and (C) him 
The (F) bar was giving last call, so I thought I’d move on (G) in 
(C) And I was slick (F) and feeling like a man (C) 
So I (F) took the stool between ‘em 
And ordered one more round for me and (G) her and him (C) 
I placed my arm across the (F) back of her bar (C) stool 
And I don’t re{}member what I said 
But at the time, it sounded (G) cool 
She pushed her (C)drink away and (F)never looked at me (C) 
She just (F) paid her tab tipped the man 
And left me sitting there (G) alone with him (C)

(Chorus)
And he said, “There’s (F) girls and there’s 
(G) women and there’s (C) ladies 
There’s (F) yeses and there’s (G) no’s and there’s (C) maybes 
There’s(F) teasing and (G) pleasing they start (C) learning when they’re (F) babies 
There’s (G) girls , there’s women and there’s (C) ladies”
Well, he pushed his old straw (F) hat back and he (C) grinned 
And he said, (F) “Ain’t they all a mystery? Sonny, it’s a (G) sin 
but they’re all (C) sitting on the world (F) we’re trying to (C) win 
Ah, but you (F) know I love a mystery 
So let’s drink another round to you and (G) me and (C) them” 

Repeat 1st(Chorus)

2nd(Chorus) Goes to (G)
And he said, “There’s (G) girls and there’s 
(A) women and there’s (D) ladies 
There’s (G) yeses and there’s (A) no’s and there’s (D) maybes 
There’s(G) teasing and (A) pleasing they start (D) learning when they’re (G) babies 
I LOVE ALL THE (A) girls , the women and the (D) ladies”
And he said, “There’s (G) girls and there’s 
(A) women and there’s (D) ladies 
There’s (G) yeses and there’s (A) no’s and there’s (D) maybes 
There’s(G) teasing and (A) pleasing they start (D) learning when they’re (G) babies 
I LOVE ALL THE (A) girls , the women and the (D) ladies”

[Thanks to Rob Jones for corrections]