Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands Chords

by Joan Baez
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author bulebesar [a] 70.
2 contributors total, last edit on Nov 9, 2023

Chords

B
D#m
G#m
F#
E
C#m

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For easier chords, play with capo 4th fret and transpose -4 (G)
 
 
[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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1 comment
bo27
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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