Chords for Joanna Newsom - Soft as Chalk (with lyrics)

Tempo:
103.75 bpm
Chords used:

C

D

G

Bb

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Joanna Newsom - Soft as Chalk (with lyrics) chords
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[D] So, so [C] long ago, [G] so far [D] away
Time [C] was just a line that you [G] fade, knew when you wanted to [D] stay
We [C] talk as soft as chalk, till [G] morning came, it [D] is a pearl
No [C]
time now, I [G] have got all the time in the [D]
world
Say honey, [Bb] did you belong to me?
[Eb] Tell me honey, was [D] your heart in [F] dollars?
[C] Were howling was [Bb] the song of love?
So [Dm] God, I feel [C] [Dm] lawlessness, lawlessness
[D] Say honey, [Bb] did you belong to me?
[Eb] Tell me honey, did you [D] trust your test?
Or [F] lay as still as dead [C] till the dawn?
Were you found [Bb] arrested from your [Dm] guard?
Oh, I feel [C]
[Dm] lawlessness, lawlessness
[D] A Roman [C] on the tidy ground, on the [G] level of the [D] sanatorium
[C] The clouds are driftin' and [G] all the pines have [D] gone
In the light of the pines, [C] grassy times, [G] lays over me the [D] mesmerizing sun
[C] Time passes and [G] so my heart will come
[D] Still you're leaning [Bb] out back with quick [Eb] joy
Your heart marking [D] the soonest darkness [F] to
Still the nerves [C] will suffer [Bb]
love never [Dm] danding
[C] Lawlessness, [Dm] lawlessness
[Am] [D] Pulled over and over, be [Bb] rusted down, lay around [Eb] trying to sound [D] out [F] of sleep
Like soldiers [C] when there is [Bb] no treason, well there [Dm] is only lawlessness
In [C]
[D] [Bb] [G]
[C] [F] [C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[D] [Bb]
[G] [F] [C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Eb] the last week, the last year, [G] I was aware
[Db] Took a blind shot [G] across [Db] the creek at [Ab] the black bear
Well [Eb] he roused me in the night and left me [Db] cowering with my light calling out
Who
[Ab] is [F] there?
Who's [Cm] there?
[C] Is [Eb] there?
[Bb] [F]
[Cm] [D] [Bb] [G]
[C] [Dm] [Bb]
[G] [C] [D]
[Bb] [G] [C]
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
[C] [Eb] I watched asleep
[Gm] in my bed, [Db]
love a little shove and it [Ab] becomes terror
And now I [Eb] am calling in the sadness beyond [Db] anger and beyond fear
Who [Ab]
is [F] there?
Who's [C] there?
Is [Eb] there?
[Bb] [F] [Am] [C] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [D]
[C] [G] [D]
Well I [G] [F] like the character God bearing [G] down upon my [D] house's lawn
I knew a little bit [C] of your rhythms [G] are a melody to [D] love God
Sweetheart [C] in your clean bright star [G] back hair behind the head in [D] a dowl
Oh sleep, long night till [C] I see you, yes [G] I'll be thinking and be wishing [D] you well
I
[C] spend [G] but I wait for the [D] sound of the bell
[C] Can't find [G] my bed so I let the [D] carousel
I will [C] sleep when the [D] day is done, [C] I [G] am alone, lonely [Dm] [G] day
[D] [G]
[D] [G] [Bm] [G] Sleep, long and done
[D]
Key:  
C
3211
D
1321
G
2131
Bb
12341111
Dm
2311
C
3211
D
1321
G
2131
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To learn Joanna Newsom - Soft As Chalk chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: C, G, D, C and D. Start with a comfortable 51 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 104. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: G Major.

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[D] _ _ So, so [C] long _ ago, [G] _ so far [D] away
_ _ _ _ _ Time _ [C] _ was just a line that you [G] fade, knew when you wanted to [D] stay _ _ _ _
_ We [C] talk as soft as chalk, till [G] morning came, it [D] is a pearl
_ _ _ No _ [C] _
time now, I [G] have got all the time in the [D]
world
_ _ _ Say honey, [Bb] did you belong to me?
[Eb] Tell me honey, was [D] your heart in [F] dollars? _ _
[C] Were howling was [Bb] the song of love?
So [Dm] God, I feel [C] [Dm] lawlessness, _ lawlessness
[D] _ Say honey, [Bb] did you belong to me?
[Eb] Tell me honey, did you [D] trust your test?
Or [F] lay as still as dead [C] till the dawn?
Were you found [Bb] arrested from your [Dm] guard?
Oh, I feel [C]
[Dm] lawlessness, _ lawlessness
[D] A Roman [C] on the tidy ground, on the [G] level of the [D] sanatorium _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] The clouds are driftin' and [G] all the pines have [D] gone
In the light of the pines, [C] grassy times, [G] lays over me the [D] _ _ mesmerizing sun _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ Time passes and [G] so my heart will come
[D] _ _ _ _ Still you're leaning [Bb] out back with quick [Eb] joy
Your heart marking [D] the soonest darkness [F] to
Still the nerves [C] will suffer _ [Bb] _
love never [Dm] danding
[C] Lawlessness, [Dm] _ lawlessness
[Am] [D] Pulled over and over, be [Bb] rusted down, lay around [Eb] trying to sound [D] out _ _ [F] of sleep
Like soldiers [C] when _ there is [Bb] no treason, well there [Dm] is only lawlessness
_ _ _ _ In [C] _
[D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[G] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] the last week, the last year, [G] I was aware
[Db] Took a blind shot [G] across [Db] the creek at [Ab] the black bear
Well [Eb] he roused me in the night and left me [Db] cowering with my light calling out
Who _
[Ab] _ _ _ is [F] there? _ _
Who's [Cm] there?
_ [C] _ Is [Eb] there?
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _
[Cm] _ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Eb] I watched asleep _
_ _ [Gm] _ in my bed, [Db]
love a little shove and it [Ab] becomes terror
And now I [Eb] am calling in the sadness beyond [Db] anger and beyond fear
Who _ [Ab] _ _ _
is [F] there?
_ _ Who's [C] there? _
_ Is [Eb] there? _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
Well I [G] [F] like the character God bearing [G] down upon my [D] house's lawn
_ I knew a little bit [C] of your rhythms [G] are a melody to [D] love God _ _ _
Sweetheart [C] in your clean bright star [G] back hair behind the head in [D] a dowl
Oh sleep, long night till [C] I see you, yes [G] I'll be thinking and be wishing [D] you well
I _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ spend [G] but I wait for the _ [D] sound of the bell _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ Can't find [G] my bed so I let the [D] carousel
I _ _ _ _ will [C] sleep when the [D] day is done, [C] I [G] am alone, lonely [Dm] _ [G] day
[D] _ [G] _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ [G] Sleep, _ long and done _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song, written by Joanna Newsom, finds its place within the Have One On Me album.

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