Many A Fine Lady chords by Townes Van Zandt

Intro: C

verse 1
          G7                   F              C
Well it's many a fine lady has walked along beside me
            Em           F                             G7
With their flesh made of velvet and their eyes made of rain
     C             G7          F           C
Well some tried to hold me, to hurt me, to hide me
    Em           F           G7          C
And some turned away, not to look back again


verse 2
G7                        F           C
One stood among them, I remember most clearly
         Em           F                           G7
Well her sorrows were heavy, and her laughter was slow
       C           G7            F              C
Well I courted her gently, and I loved her most dearly
      Em          F        G7          C
And I came her majestic reflections to know

verse 3
       G7                            F          C
oh her words, like a mountain, stood lonely and lofty
         Em             F                            G7
With her face like a daydream and her hair like the shawl
C         G7             F           C
Worn by a mourner, as he steals away softly
     Em               F              G7         C
From those that would have him mourn nothing at all


verse 4
    G7                    F           C
Oh, endlessly sorrow rode high on the north wind
Em           F                       G7
Slashing and slicing to take him his toll
    C         G7           F             C
And endlessly creatures of darkness were cutting
      Em                 F          G7          C
Their paths through the walls that shelter the soul


Bridge
C  G7  F   C


Verse 5
       G7                   F         C
Ah but no longer gypsy-like sadness unending
         Em              F                        G7
Well her eyes - they lay hollow and her face petrified
     C            G7           F         C
Well some will go laughing and others condemning
       Em         F                   G7           C
Oh but who there among you could have told her goodbye?


Outro
C   G7     F      C