Chords for Lady Lamb - Dear Arkansas Daughter (Lyrics)
Tempo:
65.4 bpm
Chords used:
G
Bm
E
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
G
Bm
E
A
Em
G
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[Dm] Take a swim in the [D] water, [E] a swim .
[Bm] [D] in the water.
[Em] .
Dear [Bm] Arkansas [A] daughter, [E] [G] [Bm] .
[Em] [G] [Bm] [A] [E] [G] [Bm] [A] .
[E] [G] [Bm] [A] you with [E] the dark [G] curls, you with [Bm] the water color.
[Em] You [G] [Bm] [A] [E] who burns all [G] your teeth in every [A].
[E] smile.
[G] [Bm] [A] I can [E] always hear you [G] sing, I [Bm] wanna hear you scream.
[E] A [G] [Bm] [A] stranger [Em] brings my [G] hair back [Bm] to the street.
[E] [G] And [Bm] [A] in your [Em] dreams [G] we are [Bm] shooting stars.
[A].
[E] And [G] [A] while you [E] were [G] asleep I [Bm] was surely awake.
[Em] [G] [Bm] I was [A] talking at [E] a [G] cigarette [Bm] with [A] nothing [E] left to [G] say.
[Bm] But [A] he should have [E] been [G] there [Bm] anyway, pride [A] didn't sing [Em] a single [G] song [Bm] all day.
[E] [G] [Bm] [A] .
[Em] [G] As my [Bm] love for you dies, as my love for you dies.
As my [A] love for [E] you is [B] steadily dying, as [E] sharp and serious [Bm] as a pistol in the eye.
[E] [G] [Bm] [A] .
[Em] [G] [Bm] [A] [E] [G] [Bm] [A] .
[E] [F#m] [G] .
[E] [Em] .
[Am] [C] [G] .
My [E] heart is full [Em] of sorrows, [Am] full [C].
of [G] sorrows .
But your love [Em] it knows the Lord .
[Am] [C] [G] .
Tie my hands and [E] I lock [Em] my knees.
[A] And I kneel [Em] down, [C] I [G] kneel down in the sea.
To the [E] ocean floor I will sing.
[Am] Pride, this [C] future's full [G] of weapons .
On the spine [E] of the kite you will rise like [Am] a red [C] ripe, a red [G] ripe apple .
Take a swim [E] in the [Em] dirty water, [Am] dear [C] Arkansas [G].
daughter.
Take a swim [E] in [Em] [A] [B] [C] the dirt, [G] .
[Em] .
[B] [C] [G] .
[Em] .
[C] [E] [Am] [Em] [G] .
[Bm] [Em] [G] .
[Bm] [E] [G] child.
[Bm] As my love [E] for you [G] [Bm] dies, as my love for [E] you [G] dies.
[Bm] As my [A] love for [Em] you is [G] steadily [D] dying, darling [E] child true [G] love of mine.
[Bm] [A] Darling [G] child true [Bm] love of [Em] mine, [G] [Bm] true love of mine, [Em] [G] [Bm] true love of mine.
[E] [Bm] [G] .
[N] .
[Bm] [D] in the water.
[Em] .
Dear [Bm] Arkansas [A] daughter, [E] [G] [Bm] .
[Em] [G] [Bm] [A] [E] [G] [Bm] [A] .
[E] [G] [Bm] [A] you with [E] the dark [G] curls, you with [Bm] the water color.
[Em] You [G] [Bm] [A] [E] who burns all [G] your teeth in every [A].
[E] smile.
[G] [Bm] [A] I can [E] always hear you [G] sing, I [Bm] wanna hear you scream.
[E] A [G] [Bm] [A] stranger [Em] brings my [G] hair back [Bm] to the street.
[E] [G] And [Bm] [A] in your [Em] dreams [G] we are [Bm] shooting stars.
[A].
[E] And [G] [A] while you [E] were [G] asleep I [Bm] was surely awake.
[Em] [G] [Bm] I was [A] talking at [E] a [G] cigarette [Bm] with [A] nothing [E] left to [G] say.
[Bm] But [A] he should have [E] been [G] there [Bm] anyway, pride [A] didn't sing [Em] a single [G] song [Bm] all day.
[E] [G] [Bm] [A] .
[Em] [G] As my [Bm] love for you dies, as my love for you dies.
As my [A] love for [E] you is [B] steadily dying, as [E] sharp and serious [Bm] as a pistol in the eye.
[E] [G] [Bm] [A] .
[Em] [G] [Bm] [A] [E] [G] [Bm] [A] .
[E] [F#m] [G] .
[E] [Em] .
[Am] [C] [G] .
My [E] heart is full [Em] of sorrows, [Am] full [C].
of [G] sorrows .
But your love [Em] it knows the Lord .
[Am] [C] [G] .
Tie my hands and [E] I lock [Em] my knees.
[A] And I kneel [Em] down, [C] I [G] kneel down in the sea.
To the [E] ocean floor I will sing.
[Am] Pride, this [C] future's full [G] of weapons .
On the spine [E] of the kite you will rise like [Am] a red [C] ripe, a red [G] ripe apple .
Take a swim [E] in the [Em] dirty water, [Am] dear [C] Arkansas [G].
daughter.
Take a swim [E] in [Em] [A] [B] [C] the dirt, [G] .
[Em] .
[B] [C] [G] .
[Em] .
[C] [E] [Am] [Em] [G] .
[Bm] [Em] [G] .
[Bm] [E] [G] child.
[Bm] As my love [E] for you [G] [Bm] dies, as my love for [E] you [G] dies.
[Bm] As my [A] love for [Em] you is [G] steadily [D] dying, darling [E] child true [G] love of mine.
[Bm] [A] Darling [G] child true [Bm] love of [Em] mine, [G] [Bm] true love of mine, [Em] [G] [Bm] true love of mine.
[E] [Bm] [G] .
[N] .
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