Lady In Black Tab

Title:  Lady In Black
Artist: Uriah Heep
Capo:  2
Tempo: Q=140
 
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths. Eighths are marked '+'.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Emphasise the melody notes.
 
[Intro]
   Am
E|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|
A|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|
 
[Verse]
                                  +                        +                        +
E|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|---------------------|-------------------1----|-0----------------------|-------------------1----|
G|---------------------|-2--------2-------------|----------2-------------|-2--------2-------------|
D|------2---------2----|------2------------2----|------2------------2----|------2------------0----|
A|-0---------0----0----|-0------------0---------|-0----------------------|-0------------0---------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|--------------0---------|------------------------|
                  She    came     to me    one    mor-     ning,    one    lone-    ly sun-  day
                  I      know     not how  she    found    me       for in  dark-   ness I    was 
 
            +               G        +                   +                    Am                 +
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|-0----------------------|----------0-------------|-3---3--------1----0----|----------------0-------|
G|----------2--------2----|-0----------------------|------------------------|-2---------2--------2---|  2x
D|------2------------2----|------0------------0----|---------0---------0----|------2---------2-------|
A|-0----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-0---------0------------|
E|--------------0---------|-3------------3---------|-3------------3---------|------------------------|
   mor-     ning,    her    long     hair            flowing      in   the    mid-      win- ter wind.
   wal-     king     and de-struction    lay  a-     round me     from a      fight I   could not win. 
 
 
[Chorus1]
                                                             +          G             +
E|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|---------------------|----------------0----|-1-------------0--------|-0-------------1--p0----|
G|---------------------|-2-------------------|-------------------2----|------------------------|
D|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------2------------2----|------0------------0----|
A|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|-0---------0------------|------------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|-3---------3------------|
                         Ah             ha-    haa           ha- ha-    haa-          ha- ha-
 
   Am                                  +          G             +          Am
E|---------------------|-0----------------------|---------------0--------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------3--p1----|-3-----------------3----|-1-------------------|
G|-2-------------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------| 2x
D|------2---------2----|------2------------2----|------0------------0----|------2---------2----|
A|-0---------0---------|-0---------0------------|------------------------|-0---------0---------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|-3---------3------------|---------------------|
   haah                  Aah-          ha- ha-    haah-         ha- ha-    haah.
 
[Bridge]
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +                                     +!
E|-------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|-------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|-------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|-------------0---2-------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|-0--h2---3---------------------|-0---------0--------|-0---------0--------|-0---------0--------|
E|---------------------3---------|------0---------0---|------0-------3-----|------0---------0---|
 
[Chorus2]
   Am      +       +        !        +      +                 +       +        G        +       +
E|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
B|------------------------|---------------------0--|-1----------------0------|-0----------------1--p0---|
G|---------2-------2------|-2--------2------2------|----------2-----------2--|----------0---------------|
D|-----2---------------2--|------2--------------2--|------2---------------2--|------0---------------0---|
A|-0-----------0----------|-0-----------0----------|-0------------0----------|--------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|-3------------3-----------|
                            Ah                  ha-  haa              ha- ha-  haa-             ha- ha-   
 
   Am       +       +                 +       +        G        +       +        Am      +       +
E|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|------------------0------|------------------------|
B|-------------------------|------------------3--p1--|-3--------------------3--|-1----------------------|
G|-2--------2-------2------|----------2--------------|----------0--------------|---------2-------2------| 2x
D|------2---------------2--|------2---------------2--|------0---------------0--|-----2---------------2--|
A|-0------------0----------|-0------------0----------|-------------------------|-0-----------0----------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3------------3----------|------------------------|
   haah                      Aah-             ha- ha-  haah-            ha- ha-  haah.                        
 
[Lyrics]
 
She asked me name my foe then
I said the need within some men
To fight and kill their brothers without thought of men or God
And I begged her give me horses
To trample down my enemies
So eager was my passion to devour this waste of life.
 
But she would not think of battle that
Reduces men to animals
So easy to begin and yet impossible to end
For she the mother of all men
Had counciled me so wisely that
I feared to walk alone again
And asked if she would stay.
 
Oh, lady, lend your hand, I cried
Oh, let me rest here at your side.
Have faith and trust in me, she said and filled my heart with life
There is no strength in numbers
I've no such misconceptions,
But when you need me be assured I won't be far away.
 
Thus having spoke she turned away
And though I found no words to say
I stood and watched until I saw her black cloak disappear.
My labor is no easier
But now I know I'm not alone
I find new heart each time I think upon that windy day
And if one day she comes to you
Drink deeply from her words so wise
Take courage from her as your prize and say hello for me.
 
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| h    Hammer on
| p    Pull off
| !    Emphasize
 
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