Fair And Tender Ladies chords by Caroline Herring

Caroline Herring - Fair And Tender Ladies


CAPO: 2nd Fret



INTRO: G  C  G  D  F-C-G

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

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


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


CHORUS:
C G
Ladies
    D G
Oh, ladies
   C G
My ladies
   D               C G
My fair and tender ladies
   D               F-C-G
My fair and tender ladies
Em C     Em C     Am C     A  D G     C  G  D  G   C  G  D  F-C-G
La-dies, la-dies, la-dies, la-a-dies


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


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