Chords for Joanna Newsom - No Provenance (with lyrics)
Tempo:
111.7 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
G
Bb
Cm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
Ab
G
Bb
Cm
C
Ab
G
Bb
[Cm] [G] .
[Bb] [Ab] .
Allelu Allelu.
I have [Cm] died, happy [G] and [Gm] .
lived.
To [Ab] tell the tale to you.
I have [Cm] slept for forty [G].
years and.
To [Bb] .
[Ab] find me gone.
I [Cm] woke safe [C] and [Ab] warm in your arms.
In [Eb] your arms.
[Ab] Your .
[Fm] arms.
In [Bb] your [Eb] [Bb] arms.
[Cm] Nor been [G] formed for [Bb] .
the [Ab] natural law.
Squatting, [C] yording on [Cm] my [G] stool and I stall.
[Gm] [Bb] We spun [Ab] gold clear out of stall.
And when [Cm] our bales of [G] bullion [Bb] were stored.
You [Ab] burned [Eb] me like [Ab] a bond.
A [Cm] burnt saint [C] and [Ab] warm in your arms.
In [Eb] your [Ab] [Cm] [Ab] arms.
Your [Eb] [Ab] arms.
[Fm] [Eb] [Fm].
I am afraid [G] [F] of the big return.
There's a certain [Dm] conversation [Bb] lost [Dm] and.
[A] That loss [D] incurred.
[F] Would nobody remaining [G] to register who [Fm] .
had [Db] passed.
[Eb] [C] This way in the [F] night, in the middle of the [Dm] night .
[Bb] [G] Ignorating their [A] [D] grace and their sight.
[F] That only I [G] remember on earth how [Cm] we had our [G] talk.
[Bb] We [Ab] took our [Gm] ride.
So that there was [C] no [Eb] one [G] home.
And the lights are [Gm] all [Eb] [Ab] flickered and [Ab] died.
[Bb] And [Cm] once more I believe [Gb] that [G] you knew it too.
[Bb] .
I [Ab] think you saw their flares.
And [Eb] kept [C] me safely in [Ab] the wares.
In [Eb].
your arms.
[Ab] .
Your [Fm] arms.
In [Bb] your [Eb] arms.
[Bb] The [C] grass [Cm] was [G] tall.
[Bb] And [Ab] strong [D] with birds.
I [Cm] assayed that high sashay [G] which in my mind was my [Bb] way.
You [Ab] hung behind in yours.
[Eb] Anyhow she [C] did not lay.
[Cm] [G] I do not [Bb] know [Gm] what [Ab] drew our eyes to hers.
That little [C] black mare [Ab] did not stir.
Till I [Eb] lay down [Ab] in your arms.
[B] [Fm] .
Poor old [Db] [Ab] dirty [C] little dog, [F] sighs horse.
[Dm] Swaying and [Bb] wheezing [B] as [A] a matter of [D].
course.
[F] [G] Swaying and wheezing [C] as [Fm] a [Cm] matter of [Db].
pride.
[C] That [Am] poor [F] old nag, not [C] four [Dm] pounds wide, [Bb] had waited [G] [A] a long [G] [D] time.
[F] Coated [G] in salt, but could [Fm] light and shed .
[C] Run foul of the [F] fence and in the middle of the [Dm] night.
She'd [Bb] sprung up, [B].
no [A] [D] provenance .
[F] Bearing [G] the whites of [Fm] her [Eb] eyes.
And [Db] you, in [Eb] your [C].
arrangement with [F] fate.
Nodded sadly at [Dm] her lame [Bb] assortment.
[A] That steady [D] [A] old [D] gate.
[G] [F] Her faultlessly [Bb] [G] elated [Cm] wish -belly [G] face.
[Gm] [Bb].
One [Ab] mile the lover [Bb].
goes.
And pretty [C] tiny apple [G] seed beside like [Gm] feed.
Tell us who was [Ab] it that you loved the most.
[Gm] Pretty [Cm] tiny apple [Fm] seed, [G] leave a trail that [Gm] leads .
Straight [Ab] back down to the farm.
Lay me down safe and warm in your arms.
In [Gm] your [Cm] [Dm] [F].
arms.
[G] [Ab] [Fm] [C] .
.
.
[Bb] [Ab] .
Allelu Allelu.
I have [Cm] died, happy [G] and [Gm] .
lived.
To [Ab] tell the tale to you.
I have [Cm] slept for forty [G].
years and.
To [Bb] .
[Ab] find me gone.
I [Cm] woke safe [C] and [Ab] warm in your arms.
In [Eb] your arms.
[Ab] Your .
[Fm] arms.
In [Bb] your [Eb] [Bb] arms.
[Cm] Nor been [G] formed for [Bb] .
the [Ab] natural law.
Squatting, [C] yording on [Cm] my [G] stool and I stall.
[Gm] [Bb] We spun [Ab] gold clear out of stall.
And when [Cm] our bales of [G] bullion [Bb] were stored.
You [Ab] burned [Eb] me like [Ab] a bond.
A [Cm] burnt saint [C] and [Ab] warm in your arms.
In [Eb] your [Ab] [Cm] [Ab] arms.
Your [Eb] [Ab] arms.
[Fm] [Eb] [Fm].
I am afraid [G] [F] of the big return.
There's a certain [Dm] conversation [Bb] lost [Dm] and.
[A] That loss [D] incurred.
[F] Would nobody remaining [G] to register who [Fm] .
had [Db] passed.
[Eb] [C] This way in the [F] night, in the middle of the [Dm] night .
[Bb] [G] Ignorating their [A] [D] grace and their sight.
[F] That only I [G] remember on earth how [Cm] we had our [G] talk.
[Bb] We [Ab] took our [Gm] ride.
So that there was [C] no [Eb] one [G] home.
And the lights are [Gm] all [Eb] [Ab] flickered and [Ab] died.
[Bb] And [Cm] once more I believe [Gb] that [G] you knew it too.
[Bb] .
I [Ab] think you saw their flares.
And [Eb] kept [C] me safely in [Ab] the wares.
In [Eb].
your arms.
[Ab] .
Your [Fm] arms.
In [Bb] your [Eb] arms.
[Bb] The [C] grass [Cm] was [G] tall.
[Bb] And [Ab] strong [D] with birds.
I [Cm] assayed that high sashay [G] which in my mind was my [Bb] way.
You [Ab] hung behind in yours.
[Eb] Anyhow she [C] did not lay.
[Cm] [G] I do not [Bb] know [Gm] what [Ab] drew our eyes to hers.
That little [C] black mare [Ab] did not stir.
Till I [Eb] lay down [Ab] in your arms.
[B] [Fm] .
Poor old [Db] [Ab] dirty [C] little dog, [F] sighs horse.
[Dm] Swaying and [Bb] wheezing [B] as [A] a matter of [D].
course.
[F] [G] Swaying and wheezing [C] as [Fm] a [Cm] matter of [Db].
pride.
[C] That [Am] poor [F] old nag, not [C] four [Dm] pounds wide, [Bb] had waited [G] [A] a long [G] [D] time.
[F] Coated [G] in salt, but could [Fm] light and shed .
[C] Run foul of the [F] fence and in the middle of the [Dm] night.
She'd [Bb] sprung up, [B].
no [A] [D] provenance .
[F] Bearing [G] the whites of [Fm] her [Eb] eyes.
And [Db] you, in [Eb] your [C].
arrangement with [F] fate.
Nodded sadly at [Dm] her lame [Bb] assortment.
[A] That steady [D] [A] old [D] gate.
[G] [F] Her faultlessly [Bb] [G] elated [Cm] wish -belly [G] face.
[Gm] [Bb].
One [Ab] mile the lover [Bb].
goes.
And pretty [C] tiny apple [G] seed beside like [Gm] feed.
Tell us who was [Ab] it that you loved the most.
[Gm] Pretty [Cm] tiny apple [Fm] seed, [G] leave a trail that [Gm] leads .
Straight [Ab] back down to the farm.
Lay me down safe and warm in your arms.
In [Gm] your [Cm] [Dm] [F].
arms.
[G] [Ab] [Fm] [C] .
.
.
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