Chords for Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (cover)

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ With _ _ _ _ _ your _ _ _ [Em] mercury _ mouth [F] in the missionary _ _ [G] _ _ _ times, _ [C] and your _ eyes _
[Em] like smoke, [F] and your [Am]
prayers
[G] _ like rhymes, [F] and your _ [Em] silver _ _ cross, and [F] your voice [Am] _ [C] like _ chimes, [Em] who among them do [Am] they
_ think [G] _ could _ bury _ you if [C] your _ _ [Em] pockets were _ _
_ [Am] protected _ _ [G] at last?
And [C] your _ _ [Em] streetcar visions _ [Am] which you place [G] on the _ wall, and your [F] _
flesh [Em] like silk, and [F] your [Am] face [G] like _ glass,
[Em]
who among them do [Am] they _ think [G] could _ _ carry you?
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ Sad [F]-eyed lady _ [C] of _ Lowe, _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
where the sad [F]-eyed prophet _ [C] says that no [G] man _ _ goes.
_ [C] My [Em] where are [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ Arabian [G] _
drums, _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
should I leave them [Dm] by the _ gate?
_ _ _ [F] Poor sad-eyed lady, _ [C] should I _ wait?
_ _ [Em] _
With _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] your sheets [Em] like metal, [Am] and your belt [G] like _ lace, [C] and your _ [Em] jackal _ _ _ _ [F] missing the [G] jambies, _ _ [F] and your _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] whole _ [C] _ _ face,
[Em] who among them could [Am] _ think he could [G] out _ -guess you _ [C] with your _ _ [Em] silhouette?
_ [F] When the sunlight [G] _ _ dips into [C] your _ eyes, [Em] _ where [Am] the _ [F] _ _ [G] moonlight's with,
_ and [F] your _ _ [Em] matchbook songs, [F] and your gypsy [G] _
_ hymns, [Em] who among them [Am] would try [G] to impress _ _ you?
_ _ [Dm] _ _
[F] Sad-eyed lady [C] of _ _ [G] Lowe, _ where _ [Dm] _ the sad [F]-eyed prophet _ [C] says that no [G] man _ _ comes.
_ [C]
My [Em] where _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] are _ _ [G] Arabian _ drums, _
_ _ [Am] _ _ should I leave [Dm] them by the _ gate? _ _
_ [G] [F] Poor sad-eyed lady, [C] should I _ wait? _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] The kings _ [Em] of _ Tyrus, [F] but their _ _ [G] convict _ list, [C] are [D] waiting [Em] for _ [F] their _ [Am] geranium [G] _
kiss.
[F] And you, _ _ [Em] _ _
it [Am] would happen _ [C] _ _
is, but [Em] who among them [Am] really wants [G] just to kiss you? _
With [C] your _ _ [Em] childhood flames [Am] on your [G] midnight _ _ rug, [C] and your _ [Em] Spanish manners, [Am] and your _ _ [G] mother's truck,
_ _ [F] and your _ [Em] cowboy, _ _ and [F] your gypsy _
[Am] curfew [C] _ flag, _ [Em] who among them [Am] do you _ think [G] could resist _ you?
_ _ [Dm] _
_ Sad [F]-eyed lady [C] of _ _ [G] Lowe, _ where [Dm] _
the sad [F]-eyed prophet says [C] that no [G] man _ _ comes.
_ _ [C] My where [Em] _ [Am] are _ _ _ _ _ [G] Arabian _ _ _ drums, _ _ _ [Am] _
should I leave them [D] by the gate?
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [F]
Poor sad-eyed lady, [C] should I _ wait?
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh, [C] the farmers [Em] and the _ businessmen, [F] they all did [G] decide,
_ [C] to show you the [Em] dead angels _ [F] that they _ [G] used to hide.
[F] But why did [Em] they beg you to _ [Am]
sympathize [C] with their side?
Oh, how [Em] could they [F] ever _ [Am] _
[C] mistake [G] _ _ _ you? _
_ [C] They _ wished [Em] you'd accepted [F] the _ blame [G] for the farm,
[C] but with the sea [Em] at your _ feet, [F] and the phony [G] false alarm,
[Am] and with their child [Em] of Fordham _ [Am] wrapped [G] up in your arms,
[Em] oh, how could [Am] they ever, [G] ever persuade _ _ you?
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] Sad-eyed lady [C] of _ Lowe, [G] _ _
_ [Dm] where the sad [F]-eyed prophet [C] says that no [G] man _ _ comes.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _
_ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
My [G] Arabian drums, _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ should I leave them [Dm] by the gate? _ _ _ _
[F] Poor sad-eyed lady, [C] should I wait? _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] With your sheet [Em] metal memory _
[F] of _ [G] Canary Row,
[C] and your magazine _ [Em] husband, _ [F] who one day [G] let go,
and [F] your _ gentleness, [Em] _ _ which [F] you just can't [C] help but show,
[Em] who among them [Am] do you _ think [G] would employ _ _ you? _ _
[C] Now you stand [Em] with your _ [Am] thief, your own [G] his crown,
_ _ [C] with your holy [Em] _
_ menagerie, [Am] which your fingertips [G] _
hold,
[F] and your [Am] saint [Em]-like face, and [F] your [Am] ghost [G]-like _ soul,
[Em] who among them do [Am] you think [G] could _ destroy _ _
_ _ [D] you?
Sad [F]-eyed lady [C] of _ [G] Lowe, _ _
_ [Dm] where the sad [F]-eyed prophet [C] says that no [G] man _ _ comes.
_ _ _ [C] My [Em] _
[Am] warehouse eyes, my _ [F] _
[G] Arabian _ drums, _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ should I leave them [Dm]
by your _ _ _ gate?
Poor [F] _ sad-eyed lady, [C] should I wait?
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _