Intro: Gm Bb F F
 
Verse 1:
Gm  Bb           F               Gm
    What did you think I'd say to that?
       Bb       F                  Gm
Does a scorpion sting when fighting back?
     Bb    F                Gm     Bb   F
They strike to kill, and you know I will
Gm        Bb    F
 You know I will
Gm  Bb          F                 Gm
    What do you sing on your drive home?
       Bb     F                     Gm
Do you see my face in the neighbor's lawn?
         Gm     Bb
Does she smile?
F           Gm           Bb     F
 Or does she mouth, "xxxx you forever"?
 
Pre-Chorus:
Bb F             C               Bb       F
   Every time you call me crazy, I get more crazy
C
What G#out that?
Bb F            C                  Bb       F     C
    And when you say I seem angry, I get more angry
 
Chorus:
            Bb             F  C
And there's nothing like a mad woman
       Bb             F  C
What a shame she went mad
Bb             F  C
No one likes a mad woman
    Bb            F   C
You made her like that
           Bb        F            C
And you'll poke that bear 'til her claws come out
        Bb       F       C
And you find something to wrap your noose around
Bb F             C              Bb F C
      And there's nothing like a mad      woman
 
Interlude: Gm Bb F F
 
Verse 2:
Gm Bb            F                 Gm
   Now I breathe flames each time I talk
   Bb          F             Gm
My cannons all firin' at your yacht
     Bb  F                  Gm     Bb    F
They say, "Move on," but you know I won't
Gm     Bb         F              Gm
   And women like hunting witches too
Bb         F                Gm
Doing your dirtiest work for you
     Bb           F
It's obvious that wanting me dead
           Gm          Bb    F
Has really brought you two together
 
Pre-Chorus:
Bb F             C               Bb       F
   Every time you call me crazy, I get more crazy
C
What G#out that?
Bb F            C                  Bb       F     C
    And when you say I seem angry, I get more angry
 
Chorus:
            Bb             F  C
And there's nothing like a mad woman
       Bb             F  C
What a shame she went mad
Bb             F  C
No one likes a mad woman
    Bb            F   C
You made her like that
           Bb        F            C
And you'll poke that bear 'til her claws come out
        Bb       F       C
And you find something to wrap your noose around
Bb F             C              Bb F C
      And there's nothing like a mad      woman
 
Bridge:
Bb Gm    F              Bb        F
     I'm taking my time, taking my time
       C                  Bb     Gm
'Cause you took everything from me
F                  Bb           F
Watching you climb, watching you climb
C               Bb Gm
Over people like me
    F                   Bb          F
The master of spin has a couple side flings
C                Bb   Gm
Good wives always know
F                           Bb            F
She should be mad, should be scathing like me, but
 
Outro:
C              Bb Gm F
No one likes a mad      woman
Bb F       C                  Bb Gm F F
     What a shame she went mad
Bb F   C
    You made her like that

Bb Gm F F
Bb F C Db