When You Shook Your Long Hair Down chords by Tom Paxton

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
G+G Cmaj9/E (Pick open 'A') D MajorD G+G

Verse:
G+G    C majorC     C*  A augmentedA  G+G   D MajorD          G+G
When you shook your long hair down, when you sat beside me,
G+G   C majorC    C*   A augmentedA   D MajorD       G+G
All my terrors came to town, they began to ride me,
E minorEm     B minorBm        E minorEm     D MajorD
I was left without a word, I lost the situation,
G+G      C majorC     C*  A augmentedA  G+G   D MajorD         G+G
Oh, when you shook your long hair down, you shook my whole foundation.

Chorus:
G+G    C majorC     C*  A augmentedA  G+G   D MajorD      G+G
When you shook your long hair down, my defences crumbled,
G+G    C majorC  C*  A augmentedA G+G   D MajorD        G+G
Feeling I became to grown, all my words got jumbled,
E minorEm        B minorBm       E minorEm       D MajorD
Not a word would come to mind, I felt a child of seven,
G+G    C majorC     C*  A augmentedA  G+G    D MajorD        G+G
When you shook your long hair down, I saw one hope of heaven.
E minorEm     B minorBm          E minorEm    D MajorD
I was left without a chance, no hope of a returning,
  G+G    C majorC   C* A augmentedA G+G   D MajorD         G+G
Oh, in your eyes I saw a light of all my bridges burning.

Verse:
G+G    C majorC     C*  A augmentedA G+G   D MajorD       G+G
Now you know your hardly there, you?d already warned me,
G+G    C majorC    C*  A augmentedA G+G   D MajorD         G+G
With my heart already there, you had to go and stun me.
E minorEm       B minorBm        E minorEm       D MajorD
Took the ribbon in your hand and pulled it to it parted,
  G+G    C majorC     C*  A augmentedA  G+G   D MajorD         G+G
Oh, when you shook your long hair down, you know what you started.

Chorus:
G+G    C majorC     C*  A augmentedA  G+G   D MajorD          G+G
When you shook your long hair down, when you sat beside me,
G+G    C majorC   C*  A augmentedA G+G  D MajorD       G+G
All my terrors came to town they began to ride me,
E minorEm     B minorBm       E minorEm      D MajorD
I was left without a word, I lost the situation,
  G+G    C majorC     C*  A augmentedA  G+G   D MajorD         G+G
Oh, when you shook your long hair down, you shook my whole foundation,
  G+G    C majorC     C*  A augmentedA  G+G   D MajorD         G+G
Oh, when you shook your long hair down, you shook my whole foundation.