Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands Chords
by Joan Baez15,911 views, added to favorites 274 times
Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Capo: | no capo |
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[Intro]
B D#m G#m F#
[Verse 1]
B D#m E F#
With your mercury mouth in the missionary times,
B D#m E F#
And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes,
E D#m E B
And your silver cross, and your voice like chimes,
D#m E F#
Who did they think could bury you?
B D#m E F#
With your pockets well protected at last,
B D#m E F#
And your streetcar visions which you place on the grass,
E D#m E B
And your flesh like silk, and your face like glass,
D#m E F#
Who would they get to ever carry you?
[Chorus]
C#m E B F#
Sad eyed lady of the lowlands,
C#m E B F#
Where the sad eyed prophet says that no man comes,
B D#m E B E D#m C#m B F#
My warehouse eyes, my Ara - bi - an drums,
G#m C#m
Should I put them by your gate,
E B
Or sad eyed lady, should I wait?
[Instrumental]
D#m G#m F#
[Verse 2]
B D#m E F#
With your sheets like metal and your belt like lace,
B D#m E F#
And your deck of cards missing the jack and the ace,
E D#m E B
And your basement clothes and your hollow face,
D#m E F#
Who among them can think he could outguess you?
B D#m E F#
With your silhouette when the sunlight dims
B D#m E F#
Into your eyes where the moonlight swims,
E D#m E F#
And your match-book songs and your gypsy hymns,
D#m E F#
Who among them would try to impress you?
[Chorus]
C#m E B F#
Sad eyed lady of the lowlands,
C#m E B F#
Where the sad eyed prophet says that no man comes,
B D#m E B E D#m C#m B F#
My warehouse eyes, my Ara - bi - an drums,
G#m C#m
Should I leave them by your gate,
E B
Or sad eyed lady, should I wait?
[Instrumental]
D#m G#m F#
[Verse 3]
B D#m E F#
The kings of Tyrus with their convict list
B D#m E F#
Are waiting in line for their geranium kiss,
E D#m E B
And you wouldn't know it would happen like this,
D#m E F#
But who among them really wants just to kiss you?
B D#m E F#
With your childhood flames on your midnight rug,
B D#m E F#
And your Spanish manners and your mother's drugs,
E D#m E F#
And your cowboy mouth and your curfew plugs,
D#m E F#
Who among them do you think could resist you?
[Chorus]
C#m E B F#
Sad eyed lady of the lowlands,
C#m E B F#
Where the sad eyed prophet says that no man comes,
B D#m E B E D#m C#m B F#
My warehouse eyes, my Ara - bi - an drums,
G#m C#m
Should I leave them by your gate,
E B
Or sad eyed lady, should I wait?
[Instrumental]
D#m G#m F#
[Verse 4]
B D#m E F#
The farmers and the businessmen, they all did decide
B D#m E F#
To show you where the dead angels were that they used to hide.
E D#m E B
But why did they pick you to sympathize with their side?
D#m E F#
How could they ever mistake you?
B D#m E F#
They wished you'd accepted the blame for the farm,
B D#m E F#
But with the sea at your feet and the phony false alarm,
E D#m E F#
And with the child of a hoodlum wrapped up in your arms,
D#m E F#
How could they ever have persuaded you?
[Chorus]
C#m E B F#
Sad eyed lady of the lowlands,
C#m E B F#
Where the sad eyed prophet says that no man comes,
B D#m E B E D#m C#m B F#
My warehouse eyes, my Ara - bi - an drums,
G#m C#m
Should I leave them by your gate,
E B
Or sad eyed lady, should I wait?
[Instrumental]
D#m G#m F#
[Verse 5]
B D#m E F#
With your sheet metal memory of Cannery Row,
B D#m E F#
And your magazine-husband who one day just had to go,
E D#m E B
And your gentleness now, which you just can't help but show,
D#m E F#
Who among them do you think would employ you?
B D#m E F#
Now you stand with your thief, you're on his parole,
B D#m E F#
With your holy medallion in your fingers now to hold,
E D#m E F#
And your saintlike face and your ghostlike soul,
D#m E F#
Who among them could ever think he could destroy you?
[Chorus]
C#m E B F#
Sad eyed lady of the lowlands,
C#m E B F#
Where the sad eyed prophet says that no man comes,
B D#m E B E D#m C#m B F#
My warehouse eyes, my Ara - bi - an drums,
G#m C#m
Should I leave them by your gate,
E B
Or sad eyed lady, should I wait?
[Outro]
D#m G#m F#
B D#m G#m F#
B D#m G#m F#
(fade out)
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Is ir right, that the 3rd and the 7th line of the verses end once with a B and some other times with a F#. I would play always a B like that: E, D#m, E, B (and not E, D#m, E, F# in some cases)
What do you think?
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