What He Wrote Chords by Laura Marling

[Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ .
_ [E] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ .
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_ Forgive [C] me, _ hearer, [G] I cannot [C] stay He [F] cut out [C] my tongue, _ [Em] there is nothing to [A] save.
_ _ _ [Em] _ [Am] Love [C] me, O Lord, he [Dm] threw [C] me away He [F] laughed at [C] my sins, [E] in his arms I [A] must.
stay _ .
_ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] He wrote, _ _ [F] _ _ I'm broke, _ .
[Am] _ _ [Em] please send [Am] for me.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ But I'm broken [F] too, _ and spoken [Am] for _ Do [Em] not tempt [Am] me, _ _ _ _ her [C] skin is white.
[Dm] And I'm light [C] as the sun, [Dm] so holy light [C] shines [E] On the things you [Am] have done _ .
So [Em] _ I asked him how [E] he became this man _ How did he [Em] learn to [E] hold fruit in his [Am].
hands.
[C] And where is the lamb [Dm] that gave you your [G] [Dm] name [C] He had to leave, so [E] I begged him to [A] stay.
_ _ [Em] Left _ me alone [E] when I needed the [Am] light _ _ .
[E] Fell to [Em] my knees [E] and I wept for my life.
[C] A feet out of stage, [Dm] you might _ [Gm] understand [C] A feet out of stage, [E] you never would have.
taken my [A] hand _ He [Am] _ _ .
_ _ [Em] wrote, _ [F] _ _ .
I'm low, [E] _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] please send [Am] for me.
_ But _ .
_ [E] _ I'm broken [F] too, _ and [E] spoken [Am] for _ Do [Em] not [Am] tempt me, _ _ _ _ .
[C] and where is the lamb [G] that.
gave you your name [Dm] _ [C] He had to leave, so [E] I begged him to [A] stay _ .
_ [Em] _ _ [F] Begged him to [E] stay in my cold [Am] wooden grip _ Begged him to [Em] stay [E] by the light of this ship.
_ [C] Me fighting him, [G] fighting life, fighting dawn [C] And the waves came and stole him, [E] and took him [Am] to war _ .
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] He wrote, _ [F] _ _ _ I'm broke, [Am] _ .
_ _ [Em] please send for [Am] me _ But _ _ _ [Em] I'm broken [F] too, [E] and spoken [Am] for.
Do [Em] not tempt [Am] me, _ _ _ _ forgive _ [C] me Here [Dm] I _ [C] cannot stay.
[Dm] Cut out [C] my tongue, [E] there is nothing to [Am] save _ _ [Em] _ [Am].
Love [C] me, oh Lord, [Dm] he threw me [C] away.
[Dm] He laughed at my [C] sins, [E] in his arms I [Am] must stay _ _ We _ _ [Em] write, _ _ .
[F] _ _ that's alright, [Am] _ _ .
_ [Em] I miss his [Am] smell _ .
We _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ .
speak, [F] _ _ when spoken _ .
[Am] to, and [E] that suits [Am] us well.
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[Em] That suits us [Am] well, _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] that suits me [Am] well _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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