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Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands

Richie Havens

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C6   C  Em  F  G      [Verse]            C       Em           F          Dm   G With your mercury mouth in the missionary times,          C         Em             F            Dm     G And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes,          F      Em              Dm  Dm/G  C And your silver cross, and your voice like chimes,          Em                   F                  Dm      G and who among them could they really think could bury you?           C       Em       F        Dm   G With your pockets well protected at last,          C         Em                F            Dm     G And your streetcar visions which you place on the grass,          F          Em             Dm Dm/G  C And your flesh like silk, and your face like glass,         Em               F      Dm         G and who among them would try to carry you?  Dm                   C        G Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Dm                               C      G Where sad-eyed prophets say that no man comes,   [Verse]            C           Em               F         Dm   G With your sheets like leather and your belt like lace,          C       Em                F            Dm   G And your deck of cards missing the jack and the ace,          F        Em              Dm  Dm/G  C And your basement clothes and your hollow face,      Em              F                Dm        G Who among them would really try to outguess you?           C      Em            F       Dm  G With your silhouette when the sunlight dims   C        Em            F         Dm   G Into your eyes where the moonlight swims,          F          Em             Dm  Dm/G  C And your match-book songs and your gypsy hymns,      Em              F        Dm        G Who among them would try to impress you?   Dm                   C    G Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands, Dm                               C      G Where sad-eyed prophets say that no man comes,   [Chorus]     F    Em   Dm  C       Dm      G My warehouse eyes and my Arabian drums, Dm                         G Shall I bring them to your gate, Dm                           C Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?   [Verse]            C        Em              F       Dm  G With your Kings of Tyrus and their convict lists         C          Em             F        Dm   G They're waiting in line for their geranium kiss,          F        Em              Dm  Dm/G  C And you would not think it would happen like this,         Em         F                    Dm        G And who among them really wants just to kiss you? Kiss you! C                   Em              F        Dm  G With your childhood flames and your midnight rug,          C       Em               F        Dm   G And your Spanish manners and your mother's drugs,          F      Em             Dm  Dm/G  C And your cowboy mouth and your curfew plugs,         Em                F              Dm         G And who among them do you think could resist you? Resist you!  Dm                     C    G Sad-eyed lady from the lowlands, Dm                               C      G Where sad-eyed prophets say that no man comes,  [Verse]          C               Em                F         Dm  G Oh, the farmers and the businessmen, they all did decide      C               Em                F           Dm   G To show you the dead angels which they all used to hide.        F        Em           Dm     Dm/G           C But why did they pick you to sympathize with their side?         Em         F                   Dm           G And how could they ever, ever, ever mistake you? Mistake you!          C           Em          F             Dm     G For they wished you accepted the blame for the farmer,          C           Em           F           Dm   G With the sea at your feet and the phony false alarm,          F         Em              Dm  Dm/G  C And the child of a hoodlum wrapped up in your arms,         Em        F                   Dm            G Oh how could they ever, ever, ever persuade you? Persuade you!  Dm                   C      G Sad-eyed lady of the lowland, Dm                               C        G Where sad-eyed prophets say that no man comes,   [Chorus Repeat x3.1 to fade out]     F   Em    Dm  C    Dm       G My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums, Dm                         G Shall I leave them at your gate, Dm                          C Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?     F    Em   Dm  C     Dm     G My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums, Dm                         G Shall I bring them to your gate, Dm                          C Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?        F  Em  Dm     C           Dm      G Oh my sad warehouse eyes and my Arabian drums Dm                         G Shall I bring them to your gate, Dm                          C Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?             F  Em   Dm        C        Dm      G Hey hey my ware my warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums (fade)

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