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Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands Chords

Capo II (Key: D)
 
C  G  F G7 2x
 
          C       G     
With your mercury mouth 
      F          G7
in the missionary times,
         C         G     
And your eyes like smoke 
         F            G
and your prayers like rhymes,
         F      C      
And your silver cross, 
         Dm    G7   C
and your voice like chimes,
    C           Dm          G7   G
Oh, who do they think could bury you?
 
          C               G      F   G7
With your pockets well protected at last,
         C         G       
And your streetcar visions 
          F            G
which you place on the grass,
         F          C     
And your flesh like silk, 
         Dm   G7   C
and your face like glass,
C              Dm     G7    G
who could they get to carry you?
 
Dm                   C  G
Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands,
Dm                              
Where the sad-eyed prophet says 
     C  G7  G
that no man comes,
   C   G     F     C  F    C  G
My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums,
Dm                        G7   G
Should I put them by your gate,
Dm                          C    G
Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
 
          C           G     
With your sheets like metal 
         F         G7
and your belt like lace, 
         C             
And your deck of cards 
G           F            G
missing the jack and the ace,
         F        C       
And your basement clothes 
         Dm  G7 C
and your hollow face,
C                  Dm    
Who among them can think 
            G7    G
he could outguess you?
 
          C          G        F        G7
With your silhouette when the sunlight dims
          C    G         F         G
Into your eyes where the moonlight swims,
         F          C     
And your match-book songs 
         Dm G7 C
and your gypsy hymns,
C                    Dm       G7    G
Who among them would try to impress you?
 
Dm                   C  G
Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands,
Dm                              
Where the sad-eyed prophet says 
     C  G7  G
that no man comes,
   C   G     F     C  F    C  G7
My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums,
Dm                        G7   G
Should I put them by your gate,
Dm                          C    G
Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
 
    C        G                F       G7
The kings of Tyrus with their convict list
               C    G            F     G
Are waiting in line for their geranium kiss,
        F        C    
And you wouldn't know 
         Dm     G7   C
it would happen like this,
C                         Dm    
But who among them really wants 
        G7   G
just to kiss you?
 
          C         G      
With your childhood flames 
        F        G7
on your midnight rug,
         C       G       
And your Spanish manners 
         F        G
and your mother's drugs,
         F      C     
And your cowboy mouth 
         Dm G7  C
and your curfew plugs,
C                     Dm    
Who among them do you think 
        G7   G
could resist you?
 
Dm                   C  G
Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands,
Dm                              
Where the sad-eyed prophet says 
     C  G7  G
that no man comes,
   C   G     F     C  F    C  G7
My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums,
Dm                         G7   G
Should I put them by your gate,
Dm                          C    G
Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
 
        C               G            
Oh, the farmers and the businessmen, 
     F         G7
they all did decide
   C                 G      
To show you the dead angels 
          F       G
that they used to hide.
    F            C        
But why did they pick you 
   Dm         G7         G
to sympathize with their side?
C                  Dm      G7   G
Oh, how could they ever mistake you?
 
     C             G       
They wished you'd accepted 
    F             G7
the blame for the farm,
    C                    G    
But with the sea at your feet 
        F            G
and the phony false alarm,
    F                   C       
And with the child of a hoodlum 
        Dm G7      G
wrapped up in your arms,
C              Dm            G7    G
How could they ever, ever persuade you?
 
Dm                   C  G
Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands,
Dm                              
Where the sad-eyed prophet says 
     C  G7  G
that no man comes,
   C   G     F     C  F    C  G7
My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums,
Dm                         G7   G
Should I put them by your gate,
Dm                          C    G
Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
 
     C                G      F          G7
With your sheet-metal memory of Cannery Row,
C                 G       
And your magazine-husband 
        F               G
who one day just had to go,
         F          C    
And your gentleness now, 
               Dm    G7       G
which you just can't help but show,
C                     Dm    
Who among them do you think 
        G7   G
would employ you?
 
        C               G      
Now you stand with your thief, 
       F        G7
you're on his parole
          C      G        
With your holy medallion 
          F          G
which your fingertips fold,
         F          C    
And your saint like face 
         Dm   G7   G
and your ghostlike soul,
    C                     Dm    
Oh, who among them do you think 
        G7    G
could destroy you?
 
Dm                   C  G
Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands,
Dm                              
Where the sad-eyed prophet says 
     C  G7  G
that no man comes,
   C   G     F     C  F    C  G7
My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums,
Dm                         G7   G
Should I put them by your gate,
Dm                          C    G
Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
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