Chords for Owlflight: Lilly - Mercedes Lackey
Tempo:
89.8 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
A
E
Am
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B] [Am] [E] [Am]
[E] [Am]
[E] I'm [Am] no better [E] than I should [Am] be, so say the village [E] wives.
[Am] My [E] mother was just like [Am] me when she [E] was still alive.
[Dm] I'll grant [A] a man my [Dm] favors for a token [A] or a prize, [Dm] but it's the men [A] who tell their [Dm] women [A] lies.
[Dm] It's the men, [A] not me, who should [Dm] apologize.
[A]
[Dm] [A] [Dm] [Em] [Dm]
[A] The [Dm] man [A] my mother married [Dm] taught me all [A] there was to know.
[G] I was [Dm] only five or six [C] when we first [E] played hide-or-show.
[Dm] When I was twelve, [A] what mother knew, [Dm] she no longer [A] could ignore.
[G] But she loved the man she married, [C] so it was I was [C] out the door.
[Am] It's the [E] dirty family secret [Am] that [E] everybody knows.
[Am] It was shouted [E] from the porch [Am] when mom and I [E] came near to blows.
[Dm] So I work [A] as cook and [Dm] barmaid down at the [A] village inn, [Dm] where my [A] reputation marked [Dm] me
as easy [A] to win [Dm] if a man [A] should have a [Dm] liking for [A] sin.
[Dm] [A] [Dm] [A]
[Dm] The army [A] that's invaded [Dm] might be called [A]
barbarian, [G] but no matter where it comes from, [C] it's an
army [E] full of men.
[Dm] And it's better [A] I should catch their [Dm] eyes than let those [A] cold eyes rove.
[G] To the pretty little daughters [Am] of the [G] folk of [C] Harold's Grove, [Am] I'm no better [E] than I should
[Am] be, or so [E] I've heard them say.
[Am] But I've earned the [E] gold I'm wearing, [Am] and I'm leaving here [E]
today [Dm] in a place where [A] I
can start out [Dm] fresh.
My new life will begin where I'll be known for [A] the delicious food [Dm] served at [A] Lily's Inn.
[Dm] And I'll never [A] be the [Em] prize a [Dm] man can win, not [A]
again.
[Dm] No, I'll never [A] be the prize a [Dm] man can win.
[E] [Am]
[E] I'm [Am] no better [E] than I should [Am] be, so say the village [E] wives.
[Am] My [E] mother was just like [Am] me when she [E] was still alive.
[Dm] I'll grant [A] a man my [Dm] favors for a token [A] or a prize, [Dm] but it's the men [A] who tell their [Dm] women [A] lies.
[Dm] It's the men, [A] not me, who should [Dm] apologize.
[A]
[Dm] [A] [Dm] [Em] [Dm]
[A] The [Dm] man [A] my mother married [Dm] taught me all [A] there was to know.
[G] I was [Dm] only five or six [C] when we first [E] played hide-or-show.
[Dm] When I was twelve, [A] what mother knew, [Dm] she no longer [A] could ignore.
[G] But she loved the man she married, [C] so it was I was [C] out the door.
[Am] It's the [E] dirty family secret [Am] that [E] everybody knows.
[Am] It was shouted [E] from the porch [Am] when mom and I [E] came near to blows.
[Dm] So I work [A] as cook and [Dm] barmaid down at the [A] village inn, [Dm] where my [A] reputation marked [Dm] me
as easy [A] to win [Dm] if a man [A] should have a [Dm] liking for [A] sin.
[Dm] [A] [Dm] [A]
[Dm] The army [A] that's invaded [Dm] might be called [A]
barbarian, [G] but no matter where it comes from, [C] it's an
army [E] full of men.
[Dm] And it's better [A] I should catch their [Dm] eyes than let those [A] cold eyes rove.
[G] To the pretty little daughters [Am] of the [G] folk of [C] Harold's Grove, [Am] I'm no better [E] than I should
[Am] be, or so [E] I've heard them say.
[Am] But I've earned the [E] gold I'm wearing, [Am] and I'm leaving here [E]
today [Dm] in a place where [A] I
can start out [Dm] fresh.
My new life will begin where I'll be known for [A] the delicious food [Dm] served at [A] Lily's Inn.
[Dm] And I'll never [A] be the [Em] prize a [Dm] man can win, not [A]
again.
[Dm] No, I'll never [A] be the prize a [Dm] man can win.
Key:
Dm
A
E
Am
G
Dm
A
E
[B] _ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [Am] _ _ _
[E] I'm [Am] no better [E] than I should [Am] be, so say the village [E] wives.
[Am] My [E] mother was just like [Am] me when she [E] was still alive.
[Dm] I'll grant [A] a man my [Dm] favors for a token [A] or a prize, [Dm] but it's the men [A] who tell their [Dm] women [A] lies.
[Dm] It's the men, [A] not me, who should [Dm] apologize.
[A] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ [Em] _ [Dm] _
[A] The [Dm] man [A] my mother married [Dm] taught me all [A] there was to know.
[G] I was [Dm] only five or six [C] when we first [E] played hide-or-show.
[Dm] When I was twelve, [A] what mother knew, [Dm] she no longer [A] could ignore.
[G] But she loved the man she married, [C] so it was I was [C] out the door.
[Am] It's the [E] dirty family secret [Am] that [E] everybody knows.
[Am] It was shouted [E] from the porch [Am] when mom and I [E] came near to blows.
[Dm] So I work [A] as cook and [Dm] barmaid down at the [A] village inn, [Dm] where my [A] reputation marked [Dm] me
as easy [A] to win [Dm] if a man [A] should have a [Dm] liking for [A] sin.
_ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _
[Dm] The army [A] that's invaded [Dm] might be called [A]
barbarian, [G] but no matter where it comes from, [C] it's an
army [E] full of men.
[Dm] And it's better [A] I should catch their [Dm] eyes than let those [A] cold eyes rove.
[G] To the pretty little daughters [Am] of the [G] folk of [C] Harold's Grove, [Am] I'm no better [E] than I should
[Am] be, or so [E] I've heard them say.
[Am] But I've earned the [E] gold I'm wearing, [Am] and I'm leaving here [E]
today [Dm] in a place where [A] I
can start out [Dm] fresh.
My new life will begin where I'll be known for [A] the delicious food [Dm] served at [A] Lily's Inn.
[Dm] And I'll never [A] be the [Em] prize a [Dm] man can win, not [A]
again.
[Dm] No, I'll never [A] be the prize a [Dm] man can win. _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [Am] _ _ _
[E] I'm [Am] no better [E] than I should [Am] be, so say the village [E] wives.
[Am] My [E] mother was just like [Am] me when she [E] was still alive.
[Dm] I'll grant [A] a man my [Dm] favors for a token [A] or a prize, [Dm] but it's the men [A] who tell their [Dm] women [A] lies.
[Dm] It's the men, [A] not me, who should [Dm] apologize.
[A] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ [Em] _ [Dm] _
[A] The [Dm] man [A] my mother married [Dm] taught me all [A] there was to know.
[G] I was [Dm] only five or six [C] when we first [E] played hide-or-show.
[Dm] When I was twelve, [A] what mother knew, [Dm] she no longer [A] could ignore.
[G] But she loved the man she married, [C] so it was I was [C] out the door.
[Am] It's the [E] dirty family secret [Am] that [E] everybody knows.
[Am] It was shouted [E] from the porch [Am] when mom and I [E] came near to blows.
[Dm] So I work [A] as cook and [Dm] barmaid down at the [A] village inn, [Dm] where my [A] reputation marked [Dm] me
as easy [A] to win [Dm] if a man [A] should have a [Dm] liking for [A] sin.
_ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _
[Dm] The army [A] that's invaded [Dm] might be called [A]
barbarian, [G] but no matter where it comes from, [C] it's an
army [E] full of men.
[Dm] And it's better [A] I should catch their [Dm] eyes than let those [A] cold eyes rove.
[G] To the pretty little daughters [Am] of the [G] folk of [C] Harold's Grove, [Am] I'm no better [E] than I should
[Am] be, or so [E] I've heard them say.
[Am] But I've earned the [E] gold I'm wearing, [Am] and I'm leaving here [E]
today [Dm] in a place where [A] I
can start out [Dm] fresh.
My new life will begin where I'll be known for [A] the delicious food [Dm] served at [A] Lily's Inn.
[Dm] And I'll never [A] be the [Em] prize a [Dm] man can win, not [A]
again.
[Dm] No, I'll never [A] be the prize a [Dm] man can win. _