Chords for Richie Havens - Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] With your _ [Em] mercury mouth [F] in the missionary [D] _ _ [G]
times
[C] In your eyes [Em] like smoke [F] and your _ [Dm] prayers like _ [G]
rhymes
[F] In the silver _ [Em] _ cross [Dm] and the voice [C] like chimes
[Em] Who among them [F] could they really think [G] could bury you? _ _ _
[C] With your _ [Em] pockets well _ [F] _ protected [Dm] at [G] last
[C] In your [Em] street car visions which [F] you place [Dm] on the [G] grass
[F] In your flesh [Em] like silk and [Dm] your face [C] like glass
[Em] Who among them [F] would try _ to [G] carry you? _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ Sad-eyed lady of [C] the lonely [G] lands _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ Where sad-eyed prophets [C] say that no man [G] can _
With _ _ _ [C] your sheets [Em] like leather and [F] your belt [Dm] like [G] lace
[C] And your deck [Em] of cards [F] missing the jack and the [G] ace
[F] And your _ basement [Em] _ _ clothes and [Dm] your _ [C] hollow _ face
[Em] Who among them _ [F] _ really tried [G] to [Am] aghast you?
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] With your _
[Em] silhouette _ _ [F] when the sunlight _ [C] _ _ [G] dims
[C] Into _ [Em] your eyes [F] where the _ _ [Am] moonlight [G] swears
[F] And your _ [Em] matchbook _ songs [Dm] and your _ [C] gypsy hands
[Em] Who among them [F] would try _ to impress [G] you?
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Sad-eyed lady of the [C] _ _
[G] lonely _ lands
[Dm] _ _ _
Sad-eyed prophets say [C] that no [G] man can
_ My _ _
_ _ [F] wares [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _
and my [F] _ [G] _ radiant drums
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Shall I bring them to [G] your gates?
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
Or sad-eyed lady should [C] I wait?
_ _ _ _ With your [Em] kings of tyrants and [F] their _ convict [G] _ bliss
[C] They're _ [Em] waiting in line for [F] their [Dm] _
geranium _ [G] kiss
[F] And you would [Em] not think it [Dm] would _ happen [C] like this
[Em] Who among them _ [C] _ [F] really wants just [Dm] to kiss you?
_ [G] Kiss you _ [C] with your [Em] childhood flames and [F] your _ [D] midnight _ [G] rub
[C] And your [G] Spanish manners [F] and your _ _ mother's [G] drugs
[F] And your cunt [Em] _ _ mouth [Dm] and _ _ [C] curfew clubs
[Em] Who among them [F] do you think [C] could resist [G] you?
_ Resist _ you?
_ [Dm] _
Sad-eyed lady _ [C] from the _ [G] lonely lands
_ [Dm] _
Where sad-eyed prophets say [C] that no [G] man can
_ _ Well _ _ [C] the farmers [Em] and the _ businessmen, [F] they [Dm] all _ _ [G] decide
To [C] show you [Em] the dead angels [F] which they all [G] used to [F] [G] hide
[F] But why [Em] did they pick you [Dm] to _ sympathize [C] with their side?
How [Em] could they _ [Dm] ever, ever, ever [Am] mistake you?
[F] _ [G] Mistake you?
[C] Oh they wished you [Em] accepted _ [F] the blame for [C] the fall
The sting [Em] at your feet and [F] the bony faults [G] of love
And [F] the childhood _ [Em] _ love [Dm] wrapped up [C] in your arms
How [Em] could _ [F] they ever, [Dm] ever persuade you?
_ [C] Persuade you?
[F] _ _ [Dm] Sad-eyed lady from [C] the lonely _ [G] lands _
_ [Dm] _ Where sad-eyed prophets say [C] that no [G] man can _
My _ _ _ [F] _ West, [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] my _ [G] Arabian drums _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ Shall I lead them [C] at your gate?
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ Or sad-eyed lady, should [C] I wait? _ _ _ _ _
[F] My West, [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
my _ [F] Arabian [G] drums _
_ _ Shall _ [Dm] _ _ _
I bring them to [G] your gate?
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
Sad-eyed lady, should I [C] _ _
wait?
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ My [Dm] _ [G] West, my Arabian _ drums _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ Shall I bring them to your [C] [G] gate? _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] Or _ _ _ sad-eyed lady, should [C] I wait? _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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