St Clare chords by Suzanne Vega

• Capo on 2nd

Key: F#m

🎸 Intro:

Em  D    C



🎸 Verse 1:

             Em
Call on that saint
                    Bm
and the candle that burns
            C       D
keeping her safe
          C
until her return.
           G        D
Paster and paint
            Em      D
holding the fire.
               C    D
A poor woman's saint
                  Em
holding all man's desire.

🎸 Verse 2:

            Em
Bold little bird
         Bm
fly away home.
                 C       D
Could I but ride herd
                    C
on the wind and the foam.
           G             D
All of the souls
                 Em      D
that curl by the fire
C             D
they never know
           Em
all man's desire.


🎸 Verse 3:

           Em
Watercress clings
                    Bm
to the banks of the stream
                     C        D
in the first grip of spring
                       C
when the snow melts to green.
             G             D
Barefoot and cold
Em           D
and holding a lyre
                   C       D
by the side of the road
                  Em
holding all man's desire.


🎸 Verse 4:

            Em
Call on the saint
                      Bm
when the white candle burns.
            C         D
Keeping her safe
          C
until her return.