Chords for Richard Thompson, She Cut Off Her Long Silken Hair (Andy Kershaw BBC1 1996 09)
Tempo:
85.6 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
C#m
F#m
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Made his annual visit to the Kershaw program back in May and he did, let me check here, seven live numbers throughout the program.
Among them, this.
[G#] She cut off her long silken [E] hair.
Okay, this is, uh, this is for, uh, the staff.
Midnight in the room
There was music [A] and [E] incense
[A] And mirrors [E] all around
By [C#m] the light of the moon
[E]
A [F#m] silver [A] dress slipped to [B] the ground
And [E] she knelt like Saint John
And invisible armies
[A] Attended her [E] there
And [C#m] a knife brightly shone
[E] As she [F#m] cut off her [B] long
[E]
[A] silken hair
[E]
[G#m]
Trapped I [C#m] suppose
[E] [G#m]
Lied for [D#] my sake
[E] [F#m]
Crushed [E] like the [G#]
rose
[C#m] That somebody [F#m] picked
[A] By mistake
[B] Oh [E] I knew it would come
Oh I knew she would leave me
For [A] some better [E] start
[C#m] Oh I knew it would come
She [F#m] was too well [A] rehearsed
In [B] her part
[E] And I measured my life
And my heart fairly broke
With [A] the sorrow [E] and care
[C#m] When she took down the knife
[E] And she [F#m] cut off her [B] long [E] silken hair
[A] [E]
Oh [G#m]
[C#m]
[G#m]
[D#]
[E] [F#m]
[G#]
[C#m]
[F#m] [A]
[B] [E] the song who believes
Oh the song who believes
There are [A] reasons to [E] lie
[C#m] And the song who deceives
[E]
And [F#m] the truth is right [A] there in their [B] eyes
[G#m] [E] But I don't see you or why
In all [E] of my life
I've [A] seen nothing so [E] fair
[C#m] And I don't see why
[E] She [F#m] cut off [B] her long [E] silken
[A] hair
[E] I
[C]
don't see [E] why
[Am]
[G#] [C]
[F#] Don't [E] see why
Among them, this.
[G#] She cut off her long silken [E] hair.
Okay, this is, uh, this is for, uh, the staff.
Midnight in the room
There was music [A] and [E] incense
[A] And mirrors [E] all around
By [C#m] the light of the moon
[E]
A [F#m] silver [A] dress slipped to [B] the ground
And [E] she knelt like Saint John
And invisible armies
[A] Attended her [E] there
And [C#m] a knife brightly shone
[E] As she [F#m] cut off her [B] long
[E]
[A] silken hair
[E]
[G#m]
Trapped I [C#m] suppose
[E] [G#m]
Lied for [D#] my sake
[E] [F#m]
Crushed [E] like the [G#]
rose
[C#m] That somebody [F#m] picked
[A] By mistake
[B] Oh [E] I knew it would come
Oh I knew she would leave me
For [A] some better [E] start
[C#m] Oh I knew it would come
She [F#m] was too well [A] rehearsed
In [B] her part
[E] And I measured my life
And my heart fairly broke
With [A] the sorrow [E] and care
[C#m] When she took down the knife
[E] And she [F#m] cut off her [B] long [E] silken hair
[A] [E]
Oh [G#m]
[C#m]
[G#m]
[D#]
[E] [F#m]
[G#]
[C#m]
[F#m] [A]
[B] [E] the song who believes
Oh the song who believes
There are [A] reasons to [E] lie
[C#m] And the song who deceives
[E]
And [F#m] the truth is right [A] there in their [B] eyes
[G#m] [E] But I don't see you or why
In all [E] of my life
I've [A] seen nothing so [E] fair
[C#m] And I don't see why
[E] She [F#m] cut off [B] her long [E] silken
[A] hair
[E] I
[C]
don't see [E] why
[Am]
[G#] [C]
[F#] Don't [E] see why
Key:
E
A
C#m
F#m
B
E
A
C#m
Made his annual visit to the Kershaw program back in May and he did, let me check here, seven live numbers throughout the program.
Among them, this.
[G#] She cut off her long silken [E] hair.
Okay, this is, uh, this is for, uh, the staff.
_ _ Midnight in the room _ _
There was music [A] and [E] incense
[A] And mirrors [E] all around _
_ _ By [C#m] the light of the moon
_ [E] _ _
A [F#m] silver [A] dress slipped to [B] the ground
And _ [E] she knelt like Saint John
_ _ And invisible _ armies
[A] Attended her [E] _ there _ _
And [C#m] a knife brightly shone
_ [E] _ As she [F#m] cut off her [B] long
_ _ [E] _ _
[A] silken hair
[E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ Trapped I [C#m] suppose
_ _ _ [E] _ [G#m] _ _
_ Lied for [D#] my _ sake
_ [E] _ [F#m] _ _
_ Crushed [E] like the [G#] _ _
rose
_ [C#m] That somebody [F#m] picked
[A] By mistake
_ [B] _ Oh [E] I knew it would come _ _ _
Oh I knew she would leave me
For [A] some better _ [E] start
_ _ _ [C#m] Oh I knew it would come _ _
She [F#m] was too well [A] rehearsed
In [B] her part _ _ _
[E] And I measured my life
_ _ And my heart fairly broke
With [A] the sorrow [E] and care _ _ _
[C#m] When she took down the knife
[E] _ And she [F#m] cut off her [B] long [E] silken hair
[A] _ _ _ [E]
Oh _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] the song who believes _ _
Oh the song who believes
There are [A] reasons to [E] lie _
_ _ [C#m] And the song who _ deceives
[E] _
And [F#m] the truth is right [A] there in their [B] _ eyes _ _
[G#m] [E] But I don't see you or why
_ _ In all [E] of my life
I've [A] seen nothing so [E] fair _ _ _
[C#m] And I don't see why _
[E] She [F#m] cut off [B] her long [E] silken _ _
[A] hair
_ [E] I _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ don't _ _ _ _ _ see [E] why
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ [C] _ _
_ [F#] _ Don't [E] see why
_ _ _ _ _ _
Among them, this.
[G#] She cut off her long silken [E] hair.
Okay, this is, uh, this is for, uh, the staff.
_ _ Midnight in the room _ _
There was music [A] and [E] incense
[A] And mirrors [E] all around _
_ _ By [C#m] the light of the moon
_ [E] _ _
A [F#m] silver [A] dress slipped to [B] the ground
And _ [E] she knelt like Saint John
_ _ And invisible _ armies
[A] Attended her [E] _ there _ _
And [C#m] a knife brightly shone
_ [E] _ As she [F#m] cut off her [B] long
_ _ [E] _ _
[A] silken hair
[E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ Trapped I [C#m] suppose
_ _ _ [E] _ [G#m] _ _
_ Lied for [D#] my _ sake
_ [E] _ [F#m] _ _
_ Crushed [E] like the [G#] _ _
rose
_ [C#m] That somebody [F#m] picked
[A] By mistake
_ [B] _ Oh [E] I knew it would come _ _ _
Oh I knew she would leave me
For [A] some better _ [E] start
_ _ _ [C#m] Oh I knew it would come _ _
She [F#m] was too well [A] rehearsed
In [B] her part _ _ _
[E] And I measured my life
_ _ And my heart fairly broke
With [A] the sorrow [E] and care _ _ _
[C#m] When she took down the knife
[E] _ And she [F#m] cut off her [B] long [E] silken hair
[A] _ _ _ [E]
Oh _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] the song who believes _ _
Oh the song who believes
There are [A] reasons to [E] lie _
_ _ [C#m] And the song who _ deceives
[E] _
And [F#m] the truth is right [A] there in their [B] _ eyes _ _
[G#m] [E] But I don't see you or why
_ _ In all [E] of my life
I've [A] seen nothing so [E] fair _ _ _
[C#m] And I don't see why _
[E] She [F#m] cut off [B] her long [E] silken _ _
[A] hair
_ [E] I _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ don't _ _ _ _ _ see [E] why
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ [C] _ _
_ [F#] _ Don't [E] see why
_ _ _ _ _ _