Chords for Gordon Lightfoot - Sweet Guinevere
Tempo:
110.25 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [A]
[E] [B]
[A] [B]
[E]
We're gonna be [A] off to [E] the cold town [B] tonight [A] and your young [E] brother is up in Pittsburgh [B] today
[E] You know mother [A] loves you [E] and that's [B] in the mind
[A] So don't go to [B] the cold town, Guinevere, [E] if you can't
She loves a [A] young man and [E] he lives [B] in the town
[A] And he leaves the [E] house early while he works [B] underground
[E] He makes a [A] good wage [E] for a coal [B] miner's son
[A] And she's a [B] bit pretty, just her [E] twenty-one
Sweet Guinevere, [A] you're off to [E] the cold [B] town tonight
[A] And your young [E] brother is up in Pittsburgh [B] today
[E] You know mother [A] loves you [E] and that's [B] in the mind
[A] So don't go [B] to the cold town, Guinevere, shut [E] the blind
She
[A] [E]
[B] [A]
[B]
[E]
knows her [A] good mother's [E] not feeling [B] no pain
[A] She remembers [E] an explosion and the black [B] fallen rain
She [E]
paints her [A] thin lips [E] and her dewy [B] eye red
And [A] she says to [B] the daughter, dear daughter, I [E] pray
[C#m]
[E] Sweet Guinevere, [A] you're off to [E] the cold town [B] tonight
[A] And your young [E] brother is up in Pittsburgh [B]
today
[E] You know mother [A] loves you [E] and that's [B] in the mind
[A] So don't go [B] to the cold town, Guinevere, [E] if you can't
[A]
[E] [B]
[A] [B]
[E] [B]
[A] [B]
[E]
We're gonna be [A] off to [E] the cold town [B] tonight [A] and your young [E] brother is up in Pittsburgh [B] today
[E] You know mother [A] loves you [E] and that's [B] in the mind
[A] So don't go to [B] the cold town, Guinevere, [E] if you can't
She loves a [A] young man and [E] he lives [B] in the town
[A] And he leaves the [E] house early while he works [B] underground
[E] He makes a [A] good wage [E] for a coal [B] miner's son
[A] And she's a [B] bit pretty, just her [E] twenty-one
Sweet Guinevere, [A] you're off to [E] the cold [B] town tonight
[A] And your young [E] brother is up in Pittsburgh [B] today
[E] You know mother [A] loves you [E] and that's [B] in the mind
[A] So don't go [B] to the cold town, Guinevere, shut [E] the blind
She
[A] [E]
[B] [A]
[B]
[E]
knows her [A] good mother's [E] not feeling [B] no pain
[A] She remembers [E] an explosion and the black [B] fallen rain
She [E]
paints her [A] thin lips [E] and her dewy [B] eye red
And [A] she says to [B] the daughter, dear daughter, I [E] pray
[C#m]
[E] Sweet Guinevere, [A] you're off to [E] the cold town [B] tonight
[A] And your young [E] brother is up in Pittsburgh [B]
today
[E] You know mother [A] loves you [E] and that's [B] in the mind
[A] So don't go [B] to the cold town, Guinevere, [E] if you can't
[A]
[E] [B]
[A] [B]
Key:
E
A
B
C#m
E
A
B
C#m
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ We're gonna be [A] off to [E] the cold town [B] tonight [A] and your young [E] brother is up in Pittsburgh _ [B] today _ _ _
[E] You know mother [A] loves you [E] and that's [B] in the mind
[A] So don't go to [B] the cold town, Guinevere, [E] if you _ can't
_ She loves a [A] young man and [E] he lives [B] in the town
[A] And he leaves the [E] house early while he works _ [B] underground _ _ _
[E] He makes a [A] good wage [E] for a coal [B] miner's son
[A] And she's a [B] bit pretty, just her [E] twenty-one
_ _ _ Sweet Guinevere, [A] you're off to [E] the cold [B] town tonight
[A] And your young [E] brother is up in Pittsburgh _ [B] _ today _ _
[E] You know mother [A] loves you [E] and that's [B] in the mind
[A] So don't go [B] to the cold town, Guinevere, shut [E] the blind
She _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ knows her [A] good mother's [E] not feeling [B] no pain
[A] She remembers [E] an explosion and the black [B] fallen rain
_ She _ [E] _
paints her [A] thin lips [E] and her dewy [B] eye red
And [A] she says to [B] the daughter, dear daughter, I [E] pray
_ _ [C#m] _
[E] Sweet Guinevere, [A] you're off to [E] the cold town [B] tonight
[A] And your young [E] brother is up in Pittsburgh _ [B] _ _
today
_ [E] You know mother [A] loves you [E] and that's [B] in the mind
[A] So don't go [B] to the cold town, Guinevere, [E] if you can't _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ We're gonna be [A] off to [E] the cold town [B] tonight [A] and your young [E] brother is up in Pittsburgh _ [B] today _ _ _
[E] You know mother [A] loves you [E] and that's [B] in the mind
[A] So don't go to [B] the cold town, Guinevere, [E] if you _ can't
_ She loves a [A] young man and [E] he lives [B] in the town
[A] And he leaves the [E] house early while he works _ [B] underground _ _ _
[E] He makes a [A] good wage [E] for a coal [B] miner's son
[A] And she's a [B] bit pretty, just her [E] twenty-one
_ _ _ Sweet Guinevere, [A] you're off to [E] the cold [B] town tonight
[A] And your young [E] brother is up in Pittsburgh _ [B] _ today _ _
[E] You know mother [A] loves you [E] and that's [B] in the mind
[A] So don't go [B] to the cold town, Guinevere, shut [E] the blind
She _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ knows her [A] good mother's [E] not feeling [B] no pain
[A] She remembers [E] an explosion and the black [B] fallen rain
_ She _ [E] _
paints her [A] thin lips [E] and her dewy [B] eye red
And [A] she says to [B] the daughter, dear daughter, I [E] pray
_ _ [C#m] _
[E] Sweet Guinevere, [A] you're off to [E] the cold town [B] tonight
[A] And your young [E] brother is up in Pittsburgh _ [B] _ _
today
_ [E] You know mother [A] loves you [E] and that's [B] in the mind
[A] So don't go [B] to the cold town, Guinevere, [E] if you can't _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _
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