Sweeney's Men - Old Woman In Cotton Chords
Tempo:
101.4 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
F
Dm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
[F] Old woman [C] in cotton, [Bb] up on the doorstep, How do you live, [D] tell me, how [C] are you kept?
[Am] How have you aged [Gm] since the days [C] when you leapt, [Dm] In the [C] meadow before I was [Bb] born?
[F] Old woman [C] in cotton, say, why [F] does your [Bb] glance, Stab the [F] young [Gm] maidens and lads [C] like a [D] lance?
How [Am] many years [Bb] since the days [C] when you danced, [Bb] In the [C] meadow before I was [Bb] born?
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C] [G] Old woman [C] in cotton, [Bb] tell me how long, You've sat [F] here and thought on all [C] of the [D] wrongs,
Don't you, since you sang a young [C] lass's song, [Dm] In the meadow [C] before [Bb] I was born?
[Dm]
Old woman [C] in cotton, [Gm] no longer [Bb] a dove, When sunset [F] surrounds [Gm] you, what do you [C] think [E] of?
Is it [F] the young lad [Bb] that once [C] you did love, [Dm] In the meadow [C] before [D] I was born?
[F] [C] [Bb]
[G] [Bb] [F] [Gm]
[C] [Dm] [G]
[C] [D] [F]
[Dm] [F] Old [C] woman in cotton, up [Bb] on the doorstep, How [F] many years [Gm] has your [C] vigil been [E] kept?
How [Am] many tears [Bb] have your wrinkled [C] eyes wept, [Bb] In the meadow before [Gm] I was born?
[Dm] [Bb] [C] [Bb]
[C] [Bb]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C] [Bb]
[C] [D] [Dm]
[Dm] [Bb] [C]
[F] Old woman [C] in cotton, [Bb] up on the doorstep, How do you live, [D] tell me, how [C] are you kept?
[Am] How have you aged [Gm] since the days [C] when you leapt, [Dm] In the [C] meadow before I was [Bb] born?
[F] Old woman [C] in cotton, say, why [F] does your [Bb] glance, Stab the [F] young [Gm] maidens and lads [C] like a [D] lance?
How [Am] many years [Bb] since the days [C] when you danced, [Bb] In the [C] meadow before I was [Bb] born?
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C] [G] Old woman [C] in cotton, [Bb] tell me how long, You've sat [F] here and thought on all [C] of the [D] wrongs,
Don't you, since you sang a young [C] lass's song, [Dm] In the meadow [C] before [Bb] I was born?
[Dm]
Old woman [C] in cotton, [Gm] no longer [Bb] a dove, When sunset [F] surrounds [Gm] you, what do you [C] think [E] of?
Is it [F] the young lad [Bb] that once [C] you did love, [Dm] In the meadow [C] before [D] I was born?
[F] [C] [Bb]
[G] [Bb] [F] [Gm]
[C] [Dm] [G]
[C] [D] [F]
[Dm] [F] Old [C] woman in cotton, up [Bb] on the doorstep, How [F] many years [Gm] has your [C] vigil been [E] kept?
How [Am] many tears [Bb] have your wrinkled [C] eyes wept, [Bb] In the meadow before [Gm] I was born?
[Dm] [Bb] [C] [Bb]
[C] [Bb]
[C] [Dm]
[Bb] [C] [Bb]
[C] [D] [Dm]
Key:
C
Bb
F
Dm
Gm
C
Bb
F
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] Old woman [C] in cotton, [Bb] up on the _ doorstep, How do you live, [D] tell me, how [C] are you kept?
[Am] How have you aged [Gm] since the days [C] when you leapt, [Dm] In the [C] meadow before I was [Bb] born?
_ [F] Old woman [C] in cotton, say, why [F] does your [Bb] glance, Stab the [F] young [Gm] maidens and lads [C] like a [D] lance?
How [Am] many years [Bb] since the days [C] when you danced, [Bb] In the [C] meadow before I was [Bb] born? _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] Old woman [C] in cotton, [Bb] tell me how long, You've sat [F] here and thought on all [C] of the [D] wrongs,
Don't you, since you sang a young [C] lass's song, _ [Dm] In the meadow [C] before [Bb] I was born?
[Dm] _
Old woman [C] in cotton, [Gm] no longer [Bb] a dove, When sunset [F] surrounds [Gm] you, what do you [C] think [E] of?
Is it [F] the young lad [Bb] that once [C] you did love, [Dm] In the meadow [C] before [D] I was born?
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] Old [C] woman in cotton, up [Bb] on the doorstep, How [F] many years [Gm] has your [C] vigil been [E] kept?
How [Am] many tears [Bb] have your wrinkled [C] eyes wept, [Bb] In the meadow before [Gm] I was born?
[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [F] Old woman [C] in cotton, [Bb] up on the _ doorstep, How do you live, [D] tell me, how [C] are you kept?
[Am] How have you aged [Gm] since the days [C] when you leapt, [Dm] In the [C] meadow before I was [Bb] born?
_ [F] Old woman [C] in cotton, say, why [F] does your [Bb] glance, Stab the [F] young [Gm] maidens and lads [C] like a [D] lance?
How [Am] many years [Bb] since the days [C] when you danced, [Bb] In the [C] meadow before I was [Bb] born? _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] Old woman [C] in cotton, [Bb] tell me how long, You've sat [F] here and thought on all [C] of the [D] wrongs,
Don't you, since you sang a young [C] lass's song, _ [Dm] In the meadow [C] before [Bb] I was born?
[Dm] _
Old woman [C] in cotton, [Gm] no longer [Bb] a dove, When sunset [F] surrounds [Gm] you, what do you [C] think [E] of?
Is it [F] the young lad [Bb] that once [C] you did love, [Dm] In the meadow [C] before [D] I was born?
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] Old [C] woman in cotton, up [Bb] on the doorstep, How [F] many years [Gm] has your [C] vigil been [E] kept?
How [Am] many tears [Bb] have your wrinkled [C] eyes wept, [Bb] In the meadow before [Gm] I was born?
[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _