Yankee Lady Chords by Jesse Winchester
Tempo:
81.3 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
B
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
[A]
I [E]
lived with the decent folks [A] in the hills of old Vermont.
[E] Well, what you do all [F#] day, well, that [B] depends on [E] what you want.
And I took up with a woman there, although [A] I was still a kid.
[E] And I smile at the sun to think of the [B] loving that [A] we did.
[E] [A] She rose each morning and went off to work [Dm] and kept me [A] with her pay.
I was making sweet love all night [E] and playing this old guitar all day.
[D] [A] I had apple cider and homemade bread, [Bm] boy, that would make a man kneel down when he would say [A] grace.
And clean [E] linens on our bed and warm feet [A] fireplace.
[E] [D]
Yaki lady, [A] so good to me.
[B]
[E] Yaki lady, [A] just a memory.
[D] Yaki lady, you were [A] so good to me, [E] but your memory's gonna have [A] to do for me.
I was walking on autumn walk on an old country road [D] with a million [A] flaming trees.
And I was feeling a little uneasy because [E] there was winter, such a chilling breeze.
[F#m] And she said, [A] oh, well, look, Jesse, look over there.
[D] I see birds and they're all [A] south of us.
[E] And oh, Jesse, man, I am so afraid that we're going to lose all this love [A] that we found.
[D]
Yaki lady, [A] so good to me.
[B]
[E] Yaki lady, [A] just a memory.
[D] Yaki lady, you were [A] so good to me, [F#]
[E] but your memory's gonna have [A] to do for me.
[E] [A]
[D]
[A]
[E] [A]
Well, I don't know just what [G] called to me, but boy, I know that our plane had [A] to [E] go.
[A]
And I left that little Vermont [E] town with the lift down to sunny Mexico.
[A]
And now when I can see my own self [D] as a stranger by [A] my [E] birth with the Yaki lady's [A] old memory,
can [E] remind me of [A] my worth.
[D] Yaki lady, so [A] good to me.
[E] Yaki lady, just [A] a [D] memory.
Yaki lady, you were [A] so good to me, but [E] your memory's gonna have [A] to do for me.
[N]
[A]
I [E]
lived with the decent folks [A] in the hills of old Vermont.
[E] Well, what you do all [F#] day, well, that [B] depends on [E] what you want.
And I took up with a woman there, although [A] I was still a kid.
[E] And I smile at the sun to think of the [B] loving that [A] we did.
[E] [A] She rose each morning and went off to work [Dm] and kept me [A] with her pay.
I was making sweet love all night [E] and playing this old guitar all day.
[D] [A] I had apple cider and homemade bread, [Bm] boy, that would make a man kneel down when he would say [A] grace.
And clean [E] linens on our bed and warm feet [A] fireplace.
[E] [D]
Yaki lady, [A] so good to me.
[B]
[E] Yaki lady, [A] just a memory.
[D] Yaki lady, you were [A] so good to me, [E] but your memory's gonna have [A] to do for me.
I was walking on autumn walk on an old country road [D] with a million [A] flaming trees.
And I was feeling a little uneasy because [E] there was winter, such a chilling breeze.
[F#m] And she said, [A] oh, well, look, Jesse, look over there.
[D] I see birds and they're all [A] south of us.
[E] And oh, Jesse, man, I am so afraid that we're going to lose all this love [A] that we found.
[D]
Yaki lady, [A] so good to me.
[B]
[E] Yaki lady, [A] just a memory.
[D] Yaki lady, you were [A] so good to me, [F#]
[E] but your memory's gonna have [A] to do for me.
[E] [A]
[D]
[A]
[E] [A]
Well, I don't know just what [G] called to me, but boy, I know that our plane had [A] to [E] go.
[A]
And I left that little Vermont [E] town with the lift down to sunny Mexico.
[A]
And now when I can see my own self [D] as a stranger by [A] my [E] birth with the Yaki lady's [A] old memory,
can [E] remind me of [A] my worth.
[D] Yaki lady, so [A] good to me.
[E] Yaki lady, just [A] a [D] memory.
Yaki lady, you were [A] so good to me, but [E] your memory's gonna have [A] to do for me.
[N]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
I _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
lived with the decent folks [A] in the hills of old Vermont.
[E] _ _ _ _ Well, what you do all [F#] day, well, that [B] depends on [E] what you want.
And I took up with a woman there, although [A] I was still a kid.
[E] _ _ _ And I smile at the sun to think of the [B] loving that [A] we did. _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] She rose each morning and went off to work [Dm] and kept me [A] with her pay.
_ _ _ I was making sweet love all night [E] and playing this old guitar all day.
_ [D] _ [A] I had apple cider and homemade bread, [Bm] boy, that would make a man kneel down when he would say [A] grace.
And _ clean [E] linens on our bed and warm feet [A] fireplace.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Yaki lady, [A] so good to me.
[B] _ _
[E] Yaki lady, [A] just a memory. _ _ _
[D] Yaki lady, you were [A] so good to me, _ [E] but your memory's gonna have [A] to do for me.
I _ _ _ _ _ was walking on autumn walk on an old country road _ [D] with a million [A] flaming trees.
_ _ _ And I was feeling a little uneasy because [E] there was winter, such a chilling breeze.
[F#m] And she said, [A] oh, well, look, Jesse, _ look over there.
[D] I see birds and they're all [A] south of us.
[E] _ _ And oh, Jesse, man, I am so afraid that we're going to lose all this love [A] that we found.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Yaki lady, [A] so good to me.
[B] _ _
[E] Yaki lady, [A] just a memory. _ _
[D] Yaki lady, you were [A] so good to me, [F#] _
[E] but your memory's gonna have [A] to do for me. _
_ _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, I don't know just what [G] called to me, but boy, I know that our plane had [A] to [E] go.
_ _ [A]
And I left that little Vermont [E] town with the lift down to sunny Mexico.
_ _ _ [A] _
And now when I can see my own self [D] as a stranger by [A] my [E] birth with _ the Yaki lady's [A] old memory,
can [E] remind me of [A] my worth. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] Yaki lady, so [A] good to me.
_ _ [E] Yaki lady, just [A] a [D] memory.
_ _ _ Yaki lady, you were [A] so good to me, but [E] your _ memory's gonna have [A] to do for me. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
I _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
lived with the decent folks [A] in the hills of old Vermont.
[E] _ _ _ _ Well, what you do all [F#] day, well, that [B] depends on [E] what you want.
And I took up with a woman there, although [A] I was still a kid.
[E] _ _ _ And I smile at the sun to think of the [B] loving that [A] we did. _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] She rose each morning and went off to work [Dm] and kept me [A] with her pay.
_ _ _ I was making sweet love all night [E] and playing this old guitar all day.
_ [D] _ [A] I had apple cider and homemade bread, [Bm] boy, that would make a man kneel down when he would say [A] grace.
And _ clean [E] linens on our bed and warm feet [A] fireplace.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Yaki lady, [A] so good to me.
[B] _ _
[E] Yaki lady, [A] just a memory. _ _ _
[D] Yaki lady, you were [A] so good to me, _ [E] but your memory's gonna have [A] to do for me.
I _ _ _ _ _ was walking on autumn walk on an old country road _ [D] with a million [A] flaming trees.
_ _ _ And I was feeling a little uneasy because [E] there was winter, such a chilling breeze.
[F#m] And she said, [A] oh, well, look, Jesse, _ look over there.
[D] I see birds and they're all [A] south of us.
[E] _ _ And oh, Jesse, man, I am so afraid that we're going to lose all this love [A] that we found.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Yaki lady, [A] so good to me.
[B] _ _
[E] Yaki lady, [A] just a memory. _ _
[D] Yaki lady, you were [A] so good to me, [F#] _
[E] but your memory's gonna have [A] to do for me. _
_ _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, I don't know just what [G] called to me, but boy, I know that our plane had [A] to [E] go.
_ _ [A]
And I left that little Vermont [E] town with the lift down to sunny Mexico.
_ _ _ [A] _
And now when I can see my own self [D] as a stranger by [A] my [E] birth with _ the Yaki lady's [A] old memory,
can [E] remind me of [A] my worth. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] Yaki lady, so [A] good to me.
_ _ [E] Yaki lady, just [A] a [D] memory.
_ _ _ Yaki lady, you were [A] so good to me, but [E] your _ memory's gonna have [A] to do for me. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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