Chords for Jake Thackray 'The Hair of the Widow of Bridlington'
Tempo:
120.2 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
F#
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F#]
She was a widow in [E] Gridlington, she was, was the [D] widow of [G] Braid
Small and bonny at forty-two, with eyes of very unsettling blue
And what she thought she ought to do, she [A] did, she did, she did
[G] Whatever she thought she ought to do, [D] she did, did the widow of Braid
[G]
My [B] only darling's dead, [D] he is, and all my children grow
The house has emptied, all the lovebirds flow
[G] In place of widow's weaves I'll let [A] my cool black hair [D] grow low
[G] As glossy as a blackbird's wing, [E]
as [A] [A] cocky as his [F#] song
[B] She found that she could please [A] herself, she could, could [D] the widow of Braid
[G] Swim in the sea when she felt [E] hot, stay in bed [G] when she did not
And she began to laugh a lot, she did, she did, she did
To sing [B] and dance and laugh a [A] lot, she did, did the widow [D] of Braid
[G] And sometimes she would drop the shopping, [D] leave the bed unmade
[Gm] And sit till evening [D] on the esplanade
[G] She'd sometimes go to church and call on [D] Jesus by his name
[G] She fared as any blackbird [Em] needed
[B] Whenever [Gm] hunger came, [F#] she learned to [B] play the [Em] violin
She [D] did, did the widow of Braid
[G] Sat [F#] the night in a drinking shop, she [A] jumped upon [G] the countertop
And fiddled till the [Em] answers dropped, she did, [D] she did, she did
[Bm] Stomping upon the coppertop, she did, did the widow of Braid
[D] [G]
And she was fond of fishing boats [A] and all the beardy [D] crew
And partial to a salt-icky soul
[G]
And some of them would [A] gruffly whisper, marry [D] me and stay
[G] But blackbirds do their [Em] singing from [A] a different bush each [Gm] day
[B] She had a massive motorbike, she heard [D] her do it
[G] And so she could, when so she wished, [E] ride back home early [F#] morning
She was singing, ish, with her hair in the air and smelling of [Em] fish
She did, [D] she did, she did
And [F#] every time of a different [Am] fish
She did, did the [D] widow of Braid
[G]
And though she did no harm, the neighbours [D] sniffed as neighbours do
[Gm]
And day by day [D] her cankerous rank grew
[G] Many a pair of front-room curtains [D] twitched and shook with rage
For [G] she was wild as blackbirds [Em] are
[A]
And they were in a [B] cage
They came and broke her window-panes
They did, [D] did the widow of Braid
[F#] Spat upon her cycle-shed
[E]
Dragged her out of a [F#] sun-dipped bed
And cropped her hair and shaved her head
[A] They did, did, did, did, did
They chopped her hair and shaved her head
They did, did the widow [D] of Braid
[G] And when her sobs and hiccups stopped, she tidied every word
She cleaned the shed, she swept up all the hair
[G] Some few of them came back in shame [A] to ask her, would [D] she stay
[G] But if you ever startle [E] blackbirds
[A]
Blackbirds [G] go away
[B] She sold a pounce and bought a wig, a wig
[G] And unrepenting [Em] undeterred, she thundered [D] off
To [F#] cause a stirring pull of bloody Scarborough
She did, [D] she did, she did
[G] Forget the spit and the window-pane
[Bm] Bugger-bid, I'm still the [E] same
My [G] hair will always grow [Em] again
[D] It did, it did, it did
My [F#] hair will always grow [Gm] again
It did, it [E] did, it did, did
On the widow [D] of Braid
[A] [N]
She was a widow in [E] Gridlington, she was, was the [D] widow of [G] Braid
Small and bonny at forty-two, with eyes of very unsettling blue
And what she thought she ought to do, she [A] did, she did, she did
[G] Whatever she thought she ought to do, [D] she did, did the widow of Braid
[G]
My [B] only darling's dead, [D] he is, and all my children grow
The house has emptied, all the lovebirds flow
[G] In place of widow's weaves I'll let [A] my cool black hair [D] grow low
[G] As glossy as a blackbird's wing, [E]
as [A] [A] cocky as his [F#] song
[B] She found that she could please [A] herself, she could, could [D] the widow of Braid
[G] Swim in the sea when she felt [E] hot, stay in bed [G] when she did not
And she began to laugh a lot, she did, she did, she did
To sing [B] and dance and laugh a [A] lot, she did, did the widow [D] of Braid
[G] And sometimes she would drop the shopping, [D] leave the bed unmade
[Gm] And sit till evening [D] on the esplanade
[G] She'd sometimes go to church and call on [D] Jesus by his name
[G] She fared as any blackbird [Em] needed
[B] Whenever [Gm] hunger came, [F#] she learned to [B] play the [Em] violin
She [D] did, did the widow of Braid
[G] Sat [F#] the night in a drinking shop, she [A] jumped upon [G] the countertop
And fiddled till the [Em] answers dropped, she did, [D] she did, she did
[Bm] Stomping upon the coppertop, she did, did the widow of Braid
[D] [G]
And she was fond of fishing boats [A] and all the beardy [D] crew
And partial to a salt-icky soul
[G]
And some of them would [A] gruffly whisper, marry [D] me and stay
[G] But blackbirds do their [Em] singing from [A] a different bush each [Gm] day
[B] She had a massive motorbike, she heard [D] her do it
[G] And so she could, when so she wished, [E] ride back home early [F#] morning
She was singing, ish, with her hair in the air and smelling of [Em] fish
She did, [D] she did, she did
And [F#] every time of a different [Am] fish
She did, did the [D] widow of Braid
[G]
And though she did no harm, the neighbours [D] sniffed as neighbours do
[Gm]
And day by day [D] her cankerous rank grew
[G] Many a pair of front-room curtains [D] twitched and shook with rage
For [G] she was wild as blackbirds [Em] are
[A]
And they were in a [B] cage
They came and broke her window-panes
They did, [D] did the widow of Braid
[F#] Spat upon her cycle-shed
[E]
Dragged her out of a [F#] sun-dipped bed
And cropped her hair and shaved her head
[A] They did, did, did, did, did
They chopped her hair and shaved her head
They did, did the widow [D] of Braid
[G] And when her sobs and hiccups stopped, she tidied every word
She cleaned the shed, she swept up all the hair
[G] Some few of them came back in shame [A] to ask her, would [D] she stay
[G] But if you ever startle [E] blackbirds
[A]
Blackbirds [G] go away
[B] She sold a pounce and bought a wig, a wig
[G] And unrepenting [Em] undeterred, she thundered [D] off
To [F#] cause a stirring pull of bloody Scarborough
She did, [D] she did, she did
[G] Forget the spit and the window-pane
[Bm] Bugger-bid, I'm still the [E] same
My [G] hair will always grow [Em] again
[D] It did, it did, it did
My [F#] hair will always grow [Gm] again
It did, it [E] did, it did, did
On the widow [D] of Braid
[A] [N]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ She was a widow in [E] Gridlington, she was, was the [D] widow of [G] Braid
Small and bonny at forty-two, with eyes of very unsettling blue
And what she thought she ought to do, she [A] did, she did, she did
[G] Whatever she thought she ought to do, [D] she did, did the widow of Braid
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
My [B] only darling's dead, [D] he is, and all my children grow _
The house has emptied, all the lovebirds flow
_ [G] In place of widow's weaves I'll let [A] my cool black hair [D] grow low _
[G] As glossy as a blackbird's wing, [E] _ _
as [A] [A] cocky as his [F#] song
[B] She found that she could please [A] herself, she could, could [D] the widow of Braid
[G] Swim in the sea when she felt [E] hot, stay in bed [G] when she did not
And she began to laugh a lot, she did, she did, she did
To sing [B] and dance and laugh a [A] lot, she did, did the widow [D] of Braid _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ And sometimes she would drop the shopping, [D] leave the bed unmade
_ [Gm] And sit till evening [D] on the esplanade _
[G] She'd sometimes go to church and call on [D] Jesus by his name
[G] She fared as any blackbird [Em] needed _ _
[B] Whenever [Gm] hunger came, [F#] she learned to [B] play the [Em] violin
She [D] did, did the widow of Braid
[G] Sat [F#] the night in a drinking shop, she [A] jumped upon [G] the countertop
And fiddled till the [Em] answers dropped, she did, [D] she did, she did
[Bm] Stomping upon the coppertop, she did, did the widow of Braid
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
And she was fond of fishing boats [A] and all the beardy [D] crew
_ And partial to a salt-icky soul
_ [G]
And some of them would [A] gruffly whisper, marry [D] me and stay _
_ [G] But blackbirds do their [Em] singing from _ [A] a different bush each [Gm] day
[B] She had a massive motorbike, she heard [D] her do it
[G] And so she could, when so she wished, [E] ride back home early [F#] morning
She was singing, ish, with her hair in the air and smelling of [Em] fish
She did, [D] she did, she did
And [F#] every time of a different [Am] fish
She did, did the [D] widow of Braid
_ _ _ _ [G]
And though she did no harm, the neighbours [D] sniffed as neighbours do
_ [Gm]
And day by day [D] her cankerous rank grew
[G] _ Many a pair of front-room curtains [D] twitched and shook with rage
For [G] she was wild as blackbirds [Em] are
_ _ [A]
And they were in a [B] cage
They came and broke her window-panes
They did, [D] did the widow of Braid
[F#] Spat upon her cycle-shed
[E]
Dragged her out of a [F#] sun-dipped bed
And cropped her hair and shaved her head
[A] They did, did, did, did, did
They chopped her hair and shaved her head
They did, did the widow [D] of Braid
_ _ _ _ [G] And when her sobs and hiccups stopped, she tidied every word
She cleaned the shed, she swept up all the hair
_ [G] Some few of them came back in shame [A] to ask her, would [D] she stay
_ _ [G] But if you ever startle [E] blackbirds
_ _ _ [A]
Blackbirds [G] go away
[B] She sold a pounce and bought a wig, a wig
_ [G] And unrepenting [Em] undeterred, she thundered [D] off
To [F#] cause a stirring pull of bloody Scarborough
She did, [D] she did, she did
[G] Forget the spit and the window-pane
[Bm] Bugger-bid, I'm still the [E] same
My [G] hair will always grow [Em] again
[D] It did, it did, it did
My [F#] hair will always grow [Gm] again
It did, it [E] did, it did, did
On the widow [D] of Braid
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ She was a widow in [E] Gridlington, she was, was the [D] widow of [G] Braid
Small and bonny at forty-two, with eyes of very unsettling blue
And what she thought she ought to do, she [A] did, she did, she did
[G] Whatever she thought she ought to do, [D] she did, did the widow of Braid
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
My [B] only darling's dead, [D] he is, and all my children grow _
The house has emptied, all the lovebirds flow
_ [G] In place of widow's weaves I'll let [A] my cool black hair [D] grow low _
[G] As glossy as a blackbird's wing, [E] _ _
as [A] [A] cocky as his [F#] song
[B] She found that she could please [A] herself, she could, could [D] the widow of Braid
[G] Swim in the sea when she felt [E] hot, stay in bed [G] when she did not
And she began to laugh a lot, she did, she did, she did
To sing [B] and dance and laugh a [A] lot, she did, did the widow [D] of Braid _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ And sometimes she would drop the shopping, [D] leave the bed unmade
_ [Gm] And sit till evening [D] on the esplanade _
[G] She'd sometimes go to church and call on [D] Jesus by his name
[G] She fared as any blackbird [Em] needed _ _
[B] Whenever [Gm] hunger came, [F#] she learned to [B] play the [Em] violin
She [D] did, did the widow of Braid
[G] Sat [F#] the night in a drinking shop, she [A] jumped upon [G] the countertop
And fiddled till the [Em] answers dropped, she did, [D] she did, she did
[Bm] Stomping upon the coppertop, she did, did the widow of Braid
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
And she was fond of fishing boats [A] and all the beardy [D] crew
_ And partial to a salt-icky soul
_ [G]
And some of them would [A] gruffly whisper, marry [D] me and stay _
_ [G] But blackbirds do their [Em] singing from _ [A] a different bush each [Gm] day
[B] She had a massive motorbike, she heard [D] her do it
[G] And so she could, when so she wished, [E] ride back home early [F#] morning
She was singing, ish, with her hair in the air and smelling of [Em] fish
She did, [D] she did, she did
And [F#] every time of a different [Am] fish
She did, did the [D] widow of Braid
_ _ _ _ [G]
And though she did no harm, the neighbours [D] sniffed as neighbours do
_ [Gm]
And day by day [D] her cankerous rank grew
[G] _ Many a pair of front-room curtains [D] twitched and shook with rage
For [G] she was wild as blackbirds [Em] are
_ _ [A]
And they were in a [B] cage
They came and broke her window-panes
They did, [D] did the widow of Braid
[F#] Spat upon her cycle-shed
[E]
Dragged her out of a [F#] sun-dipped bed
And cropped her hair and shaved her head
[A] They did, did, did, did, did
They chopped her hair and shaved her head
They did, did the widow [D] of Braid
_ _ _ _ [G] And when her sobs and hiccups stopped, she tidied every word
She cleaned the shed, she swept up all the hair
_ [G] Some few of them came back in shame [A] to ask her, would [D] she stay
_ _ [G] But if you ever startle [E] blackbirds
_ _ _ [A]
Blackbirds [G] go away
[B] She sold a pounce and bought a wig, a wig
_ [G] And unrepenting [Em] undeterred, she thundered [D] off
To [F#] cause a stirring pull of bloody Scarborough
She did, [D] she did, she did
[G] Forget the spit and the window-pane
[Bm] Bugger-bid, I'm still the [E] same
My [G] hair will always grow [Em] again
[D] It did, it did, it did
My [F#] hair will always grow [Gm] again
It did, it [E] did, it did, did
On the widow [D] of Braid
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _