Says Elliott chords by Sibylle Baier

Chords with lyrics

These are the chord shapes for the original C majorC tuning. The chords for normal tuning would start
with AbAb C minorCm Eb MajorEb (two whole steps down)


C majorC

C majorC                    E minorEm          G+G
I grow old I shall wear the bottom of my trousers rolled says Elliot
C majorC                    E minorEm          G+G
I grow old I shall wear the bottom of my trousers rolled says Elliot

FF  C majorC       DmDm        FF
days keep growing short, nights too
        C majorC
let us go then, you and I
       E minorEm     G+G
and try to unlearn, says Elliot
FF  C majorC    DmDm        FF      C majorC
he seeks for return and burns ancient love letters

C majorC                  E minorEm        G+G
let us go then you and I and lie by marble stone says Elliot
  FF   C majorC       DmDm
and put a record on the gramophone
  A minorAm
Lie down dear
D MajorD
on the weed
   G+G
Don't weep dear
E MajorE   D MajorD
gayly clad

C majorC          E minorEm      G+G
sadness is a radical quantity says Elliot
C majorC            E minorEm      G+G
sadness is a long round ribbon, says he
FF C majorC    DmDm
sadness is beautiful

C majorC                    E minorEm          G+G
I grow old I shall wear the bottom of my trousers rolled says Elliot
C majorC             E minorEm          G+G C majorC