Pearls Chords by Sade

Tempo:
112.25 bpm
Chords used:

F

Gm

Eb

D

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Sade - Pearls (Live) chords
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[Gm]
[F]
[Eb]
[Dm] [D]
There [Gm] is a woman in Somalia [F] Scraping for pearls on the roadside
There's [Eb] a force stronger than nature [C] Keeps her [D] with a line
[Dm] This is how she's dying [Gm] She's dying to [F]
survive
I [Bb] don't know what she's made of [Dm] I would like [D] to be her grave
She points to [Eb] the head
[F]
There [Eb] is a stone in my heart
[Dm]
She left [Eb] a life she didn't
[F] choose Has [Eb] life been more lucid?
[F] [Am]
[Gm]
[C] [F]
[G] [Eb]
[G] [D]
There [Gm] is a woman in Somalia The sun [F] gives her no mercy
[Bb] The same sky we land on [D] Waves up to the pond
All [Gm] those afternoon shadows Is gonna [F] take her to her gate home
[Bb] Each grain carefully wrapped in
[G] pearls for [D] the other
[Gm]
[F]
[Eb]
[D]
She points to [Eb] the [Cm] head
[F]
There is [Cm] a stone in my
[Dm] [F]
heart
She left a [Cm] life she didn't choose [Dm] Has life [Gm] been more [Eb] lucid?
[Dm] [D] Has life been [Gm] more lucid?
[F]
[Bb]
[D]
[Gm]
[F]
[Bb]
[D]
[Gm]
[F]
[Gm]
[N]
Key:  
F
134211111
Gm
123111113
Eb
12341116
D
1321
Dm
2311
F
134211111
Gm
123111113
Eb
12341116
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To learn Sade - (Remastered) Pearls chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Bb, D, Gm, F, Dm, D, F and Eb of chords. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 56 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 112. Considering the song's key of Bb Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ There [Gm] is a woman in Somalia _ _ _ _ [F] Scraping for pearls on the _ roadside
There's [Eb] a force stronger than nature _ _ [C] Keeps her [D] with a line
_ _ [Dm] This is how she's dying [Gm] _ _ She's _ dying to _ [F] _
survive
I [Bb] don't know what she's made of [Dm] I would like [D] to be her grave
She points to [Eb] the head _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ There [Eb] is a stone in my heart
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
She left [Eb] a life _ she didn't _ _ _
[F] choose _ _ _ _ Has [Eb] life been more lucid? _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ There [Gm] is a woman in Somalia _ _ The sun [F] gives her no mercy
_ [Bb] The same sky we land _ on [D] _ Waves up to the _ pond
All [Gm] those afternoon _ shadows _ Is gonna [F] take her to her gate _ home
_ [Bb] Each grain carefully wrapped in _ _
[G] _ pearls for [D] the other
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
She points to [Eb] the _ [Cm] head _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
There is [Cm] a _ stone in my _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F]
heart
She left a [Cm] life _ she didn't _ choose [Dm] _ Has _ _ _ _ life [Gm] been more [Eb] lucid? _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] Has life been [Gm] more lucid? _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _

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