\"She's Always a Woman\" is a song from Billy Joel's 1977 album The Stranger. It is a love song about a modern woman who the singer has fallen totally in love with to the extent of falling for her endearing quirks as well as her flaws. The single peaked at #17 in the U.S. in 1977, and at #53 in the UK in 1986, when it was released as a double A-side with \"Just the Way You Are\". It re-entered the UK chart in 2010, reaching #29. The song was released in 1977, following several other hits from The Stranger including \"Just the Way You Are\", \"Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)\" and \"Only the Good Die Young\". Musically, Joel has said that he was influenced by Gordon Lightfoot and his mellow acoustic guitar ballads. It is a love song that Joel wrote for his then wife, Elizabeth Weber. Elizabeth had taken over management of Joel's career, and was able to put his financial affairs in order after Joel had signed some bad deals and contracts. She was a tough and savvy negotiator who could \"wound with her eyes\" or \"steal like a thief\", but would \"never give in\". Because of her tough-as-nails negotiating style, many business adversaries thought she was \"unfeminine,\" but to Joel, she was always a woman. The two eventually divorced in 1982.
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She's Always A Woman Billy Joel
[Intro] D Dsus D A A/D G D
A4 D A D
She can kill with a smile She can wound with her eyes
D G D6 G Gmaj7
She can ruin your faith with her casual lies
A D A F#
And she only reveals what she wants you to see
Bm Em9
She hides like a child
G A4 D D4 D
But she's always a woman to me
A4 D A D
She can lead you to love She can take you or leave you
D G D Em7
She can ask for the truth But she'll never believe
A D A F#
And she'll take what you give her, as long as it's free
Bm Em9
Yes, she steals like a thief
G A4 D D4 D D9
But she's always a woman to me
Bm E E7 A F#m
Ohhh.. she takes care of herself
G Em
She can wait if she wants
A D D
Shes ahead of her time
Dm7 G7 C Am
Ohhh.. and she never gives out
Bb E
And she never gives in
E7 A
She just changes her mind
A4 D A D
And she'll promise you more Than the garden of eden
D G
Then she'll carelessly cut you
D Em7
And laugh while you're bleedin'
A D A F#
But she'll bring out the best And the worst you can be
Bm Em9
Blame it all on yourself
G A D D4 D
Cause she's always a woman to me
[Hummer part] A D A F# Bm Em9 G A4 D D4 D D9
Bm E E7 A F#m
Ohhh.. she takes care of herself....
A D A D
She is frequently kind And she's suddenly cruel
D G D Em7
She can do as she pleases She's nobody's fool
A D A F#
But she can't be convicted She's earned her degree
Bm Em9 G Bm
And the most she will do Is throw shadows at you
G A4 D D4 D
But she's always a woman to me
