Fair And Tender Ladies chords by Caroline Herring

Chords with lyrics

Caroline Herring - Fair And Tender Ladies


CAPO: 2nd Fret


INTRO: G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD F-C-G

         C majorC    G+G    D MajorD        G+G
You write about a place so dear, in all its good and evil
         C majorC   G+G     D MajorD         G+G
A augmentedA loving cup, an aching scar, you need no thread and needle
  C majorC        G+G         A minorAm      D MajorD
To sew your name into your clothes or hem a ragged line
  G+G      C majorC  G+G     D MajorD  C majorC   G+G
All muscular and luminous, oh, heroine of mine

CHORUS:
C majorC G+G
Ladies
  D MajorD G+G
Oh, ladies
  C majorC G+G
My ladies
  D MajorD        C majorC G+G
My fair and tender ladies
  D MajorD        F-C-G
My fair and tender ladies


             C majorC    G+G    D MajorD       G+G
You raised yourself from mud and spit and opened up your eyes
          C majorC    G+G      D MajorD         G+G
Stretching out your graceful limbs, from heart and soul on fire
   C majorC       G+G      A minorAm       D MajorD
From sidewalks and handlebars, summer sun and evening stars
  G+G    C majorC   G+G      D MajorD     C majorC    G+G
And unincorporated streets, oh, heroine I long to meet


CHORUS:
C majorC G+G
Ladies
  D MajorD G+G
Oh, ladies
  C majorC G+G
My ladies
  D MajorD        C majorC G+G
My fair and tender ladies
  D MajorD        F-C-G
My fair and tender ladies
E minorEm C majorC   E minorEm C majorC   A minorAm C majorC   A augmentedA D MajorD G+G   C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G  C majorC G+G D MajorD F-C-G
La-dies, la-dies, la-dies, la-a-dies

          C majorC     G+G    D MajorD        G+G
You set aside your trays and flowers, like a ball and chain
         C majorC    G+G   D MajorD        G+G
You understood a time and place upon which you proclaimed
   C majorC        G+G         A minorAm      D MajorD
Your skirt was not to hide behind, your womanhood, no alibi
  G+G         C majorC     G+G    D MajorD        C majorC   G+G
You would not live so man could die, oh, white-gloved heroine of mine


CHORUS:
C majorC G+G
Ladies
  D MajorD G+G
Oh, ladies
  C majorC G+G
My ladies
  D MajorD        C majorC G+G
My fair and tender ladies
  D MajorD        F-C-G
My fair and tender ladies
  D MajorD        C majorC G+G
My fair and tender ladies
  D MajorD        F-C-G
My fair and tender ladies