Many A Fine Lady chords by Townes Van Zandt

Chords with lyrics

Intro: C majorC

verse 1
     G7G7          FF       C majorC
Well it's many a fine lady has walked along beside me
      E minorEm      FF               G7G7
With their flesh made of velvet and their eyes made of rain
   C majorC       G7G7     FF      C majorC
Well some tried to hold me, to hurt me, to hide me
  E minorEm      FF      G7G7     C majorC
And some turned away, not to look back again


verse 2
G7G7            FF      C majorC
One stood among them, I remember most clearly
     E minorEm      FF              G7G7
Well her sorrows were heavy, and her laughter was slow
    C majorC      G7G7      FF       C majorC
Well I courted her gently, and I loved her most dearly
   E minorEm     FF    G7G7     C majorC
And I came her majestic reflections to know

verse 3
    G7G7              FF     C majorC
oh her words, like a mountain, stood lonely and lofty
     E minorEm       FF              G7G7
With her face like a daydream and her hair like the shawl
C majorC     G7G7       FF      C majorC
Worn by a mourner, as he steals away softly
   E minorEm        FF       G7G7     C majorC
From those that would have him mourn nothing at all


verse 4
  G7G7          FF      C majorC
Oh, endlessly sorrow rode high on the north wind
E minorEm      FF            G7G7
Slashing and slicing to take him his toll
  C majorC     G7G7      FF       C majorC
And endlessly creatures of darkness were cutting
   E minorEm         FF     G7G7     C majorC
Their paths through the walls that shelter the soul


Bridge
C majorC G7G7 FF  C majorC


Verse 5
    G7G7          FF     C majorC
Ah but no longer gypsy-like sadness unending
     E minorEm       FF            G7G7
Well her eyes - they lay hollow and her face petrified
   C majorC      G7G7      FF     C majorC
Well some will go laughing and others condemning
    E minorEm     FF          G7G7      C majorC
Oh but who there among you could have told her goodbye?


Outro
C majorC  G7G7   FF   C majorC