Sad Cinderella chords by Townes Van Zandt

Chords with lyrics

The Late Great Townes Van Zandt'
-1972

intro:
G+G FF C majorC

verse:
C majorC           G+G      FF       C majorC
when the bandits have stolen your jewellery and gone
     FF                    C majorC
and your crippled young gypsy has grown tall and strong
     FF     G+G       FF     C majorC
and your dead misconceptions have proven you wrong
      C majorC          FF        G+G
well then, Princess, where you planning to turn to?

verse 2:
     C majorC     G+G     FF    C majorC
when your magazine memory has spun you around
     FF                  C majorC
and you realise your lovers were just painted clowns
  FF      G+G     FF       C majorC
and outside your window you start hearing sounds
   C majorC         FF         G+G
where they're building a cross for to burn you

chorus:
   FF        G+G       C majorC     FF
when all your bright scarlet turns slowly to blue
     G+G             FF   C majorC
will you stop and decide that it's over?

verse 3:
     C majorC       G+G    FF     C majorC
when your tear drops go sour and no longer fall
  FF                      C majorC
to splash cross the virgin that lives down the hall
  FF       G+G       FF      C majorC
and spends all her nights with an ear to your wall
   C majorC          FF      G+G
well then, what will you have you can offer?

verse 4:
C majorC           G+G     FF     C majorC
when the fire dancers finish and leave you alone
   FF                  C majorC
with nothing but embers and sacks full of stone
   FF        G+G      FF       C majorC
that hang 'round your neck slicing through to the bone
   C majorC     FF       G+G
will there be a place for your laughter?

chorus:
   FF        G+G       C majorC     FF
when all your bright scarlet turns slowly to blue
     G+G             FF   C majorC
will you stop and decide that it's over?

verse 5:
C majorC          G+G        FF    C majorC
when your shattered illusions come a-tumbling home
  FF                     C majorC
and all of your butchers you've nourished have grown
  FF        G+G    FF     C majorC
and they're suddenly able to leave you alone
     C majorC    FF          G+G
and they run like slaves that are set free

verse 6:
C majorC            G+G        FF      C majorC
when your questions are answered and your pleading is done
     FF                     C majorC
and your mind starts a-screaming that you ain't the one
   FF          G+G       FF       C majorC
that once dwelled within you, will you turn? will you run?
   C majorC            FF      G+G
But, Princess, will you come home and get me?

chorus:
   FF        G+G       C majorC     FF
when all your bright scarlet turns slowly to blue
     G+G             FF   C majorC