Chords for "Lordly Nightshade" the Incredible String Band

Tempo:
85.8 bpm
Chords used:

C

F

Dm

G

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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"Lordly Nightshade" the Incredible String Band chords
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[C]
[F]
[C]
[Dm] [F]
[C]
[G] [C]
[F] Captured by Hitler with Oliver, twist in the tower.
[C] Guards say here's pens and paper, just sit down and work for [F] an hour.
Oh [C] goodness, can we escape?
But it's not [Dm] worthwhile.
[F] Oh, [C] like a deuce.
[Bm] Down gallons of glandular corridors of the [D] dark castle,
a pompous old bellman is tolling [G] one bell.
[Dm]
At [F] bath times, [C] hippies in chains, they [F] are crossing the hall.
[C] Where Hitler is making his new [D] film about [F] it all.
[C] We slip through a pew and escape, but I just [Dm] don't know.
[F]
All [C] I can do is to roam.
[D] Tell [G] me more [C] about Hitler.
[F] Down Dean Street I go on a duffle coat hoping instead
for [C] a little room.
Yawn, I'm so tired with this big bag of coal on [F] my head.
It's [C] a top hat I'm trying to sell for a lesson to [Dm] learn.
[F] Vaguely seeking [C] some fire to burn.
[D]
[C]
While [Em] a whole group of middle-aged persons with dwarfish [D] expressions
and tinned conversations in Sunday [G] blades glow.
[Dm]
[F] Standing around for a photograph, watch the cuckoo.
[C]
Do you need any coal?
But it doesn't appear that [F] they do.
[C] Then I offered my throat to the wolf, but I just [D] can't [Dm] die.
All [C] I can do is love.
[F]
[C]
[F]
[C]
[Dm] [F]
[C]
[G]
[D] Tell me [G]
more, [C] Walter.
[F] Safe and secure in the skirts of the midsummer wool.
[C] Cooking soup with stale words and fresh meanings, it tastes [F] so good.
The green [C] wolf with his bunch of red roses is slinking [Dm] away.
[F] All [C] on a summer's day.
[G]
[Ab]
[C]
[G]
[N]
Key:  
C
3211
F
134211111
Dm
2311
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
F
134211111
Dm
2311
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_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] Captured by Hitler with Oliver, twist in the tower. _ _ _
[C] Guards say here's pens and paper, just sit down and work for [F] an hour. _ _
Oh [C] goodness, can we escape?
But it's not [Dm] worthwhile.
_ _ [F] Oh, [C] like a deuce. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] Down gallons of glandular corridors of the [D] dark castle,
a pompous old bellman is tolling [G] one bell. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ At [F] bath times, [C] hippies in chains, they [F] are crossing the hall. _ _
_ [C] Where Hitler is making his new [D] film about [F] it all. _ _
_ [C] We slip through a pew and escape, but I just [Dm] don't know.
_ [F]
All [C] I can do is to roam. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ Tell [G] me more [C] about Hitler.
[F] Down Dean Street I go on a duffle coat hoping instead
for _ _ [C] a little room.
Yawn, I'm so tired with this big bag of coal on [F] my _ head.
It's [C] a top hat I'm trying to sell for a lesson to [Dm] learn.
_ [F] Vaguely seeking [C] some fire to burn.
_ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _
While [Em] a whole group of middle-aged persons with dwarfish [D] expressions
and tinned conversations in Sunday [G] blades glow. _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[F] Standing around for a photograph, watch the cuckoo.
_ _ [C] _
Do you need any coal?
But it doesn't appear that [F] they do. _ _ _
[C] Then I offered my throat to the wolf, but I just [D] can't [Dm] die. _
All [C] I can do is love. _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Tell me [G]
more, [C] Walter.
_ [F] Safe and secure in the skirts of the midsummer wool.
_ _ _ [C] Cooking soup with stale words and fresh meanings, it tastes [F] so good.
_ The green [C] wolf with his bunch of red roses is slinking [Dm] away.
_ _ [F] All [C] on a summer's day. _ _
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_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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