Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands Chords by Richie Havens

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ With _ _ [G] _
_ [C] your _ [Em] mercury mouth [F] in the _ missionary [D] _ _ [G]
times,
[C] In your eyes [Em] like smoke, _ [F] in your _ [Dm] prayers like [G] rhymes,
[F] In your _ silver [Em] _ cross [Dm] and voice [C] like chimes,
[Em] Who among them could [F] they really think [C] could bury [Dm] you?
_ [G] _ _ _
[C] With your _ [Em] pockets well _ [F] _ protected [Dm] at [G] last,
[C] In your _ [Em] streetcar visions [F] which you _ [Dm] place on the [G] grass,
[F] In your flesh [Em] like silk, [Dm] in your faith [C] like glass,
[Em] Who among them [F] would try _ to carry you?
[G] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ Sad-eyed lady of [C] _ _ loneliness,
[G] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ Where sad-eyed prophets [C] say that no [G] man can, _ _
With _ _ [C] your sheets [Em] like leather, and [F] your belt [Dm] like [G] lace,
[C] And your deck [Em] of cards [F] missing the jack and the [G] ace,
[F] In your _ basement [Em] _ _ clothes [Dm] and your _ [C] hollow _ face,
[Em] Who among them _ [F] _ really tried [G] to, I [C] guess, you?
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] With your _
[Em] silhouette _ _ [F] when the _ sunlight [Am] _ _ [G] dims,
[C] Into _
[Em] your eyes [F] where the _ _ [G] moonlight swears,
[F] And your _ [Em] matchbook _ songs [Dm] and your _ [C] gypsy hands,
[Em] Who among them [F] would [Dm] try _ to impress [G] you?
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Sad-eyed lady [C] of _ _
_ [G] loneliness,
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Where sad-eyed prophets say [C] that no [G] man can, _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] My way [Em] and _ [Dm] _ [C] _
_ my [F] _ [G] raving drums,
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Shall I bring them to [G] your gate?
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Or sad-eyed lady, should [C] I wait?
_ _ _ _ With your [Em] kings of tyrants [F] and their _ [G] convict _ blitz,
[C] And they're _ waiting [Em] in line [F] for their [Dm] _
geranium _ [G] kiss,
[F] And you would [Em] not think it [Dm] would happen [C] like this,
[Em] Who among them _ [F] _ really wants just [Dm] to kiss you?
_ [G] Kiss you _ [C] with your [Em] childhood flames and [F] your midnight [Dm] _ [G] _ rugs,
[C] And your _ [G] Spanish manners [F] and your _
_ [G] mother's drugs,
[F] And your kind [Em] _ _ mouth [Dm] and _ _ [C] curfew gloves,
[Em] Who among them [C] do [F] you think [C] could resist [Dm] you?
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] Sad _ -eyed lady [C] of _ _ _ [G] loneliness,
_ _ _ [Dm] _
Where sad-eyed prophets say [C] that no [G] man can, _ _ _ _
_ [C] Well, the farmers [Em] and the businessmen,
[F] They all _ decide [G] _
to [C] show you [Em] the dead angels,
[F] Which they all [G] used to [F] [G] hide,
[F] But why [Em] did they pick you [D] to [Dm] _ sympathize [C] with this time?
[Em] Could they _ [Dm] ever, ever, ever mistake [G] [F] you?
_ [G] Mistake you?
[C] Oh, they wished you [Em] accepted _ [F] the blame for [C] the [G] farm,
[C] With the sea at [Em] your feet and [F] the pony-paws [G] of a llama,
And [F] the child of [Em] a _ hoodlum [Dm] wrapped up in [C] your arms,
How [Em] could [F] they ever, ever [Dm] persuade you?
_ [G] Persuade _ [Dm] you?
_ Sad-eyed lady [C] of loneliness,
_ [G] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ Where sad-eyed prophets say [C] that no _ [G] man can, _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] Well, where [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ [C] is [Dm] my _ [G] Arabian drum? _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Shall I lead them [C] at your [G] gate, _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ Or sad-eyed lady, should [C] I wait? _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
My _ [F] _ [G] Arabian drum? _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Shall I bring them to [G] your gate,
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Or _ _ sad-eyed lady, should [C] I wait?
_ _ _ Oh, [F] my [Em] _ _
_ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
Arabian drum? _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ Shall I bring them to your [C] _ [G] gate, _ _ _ _
[Dm] Or _ _ _ _ sad-eyed lady, should [C] I wait? _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _