Gillian Welch – Abandoned Love (Guitar)

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Chords

The key to the Rawlings version is the walk-down from A in Dm, C, to the Bb in Gm formed by 0 3 0 0 1 3 Then to the A in Fmaj7, back up to the C in Cmaj [Intro] F Bb C F [Verse]
F             C              Dm
I can see the turning of the key

          Gm              Fmaj7           C
I ve been deceived by the clown inside of me

  Am                                  Bb
I thought that he was right but he's afraid

    F          Bb      C                      F
But somethin's telling me I wear the ball and chain

   F               C                 Dm
My patron saint is fighting with the ghost

     Gm             Fm                    C
He's always off somewhere when I need him most

    Am                            Bb
The Spanish moon is rising on the hill

       F        Bb      C             F
But my heart is telling me I love you still

F           C         Dm
Everybody's wearin' a disguise

   Gm                    Fmaj7             C
To hide what they've got left behind their Eyes

    Am                      Bb
But me I can't cover what I am

    F        Bb       C              F
Wherever the children go I'll follow them

  F            C         Dm
I march in the parade of liberty

       Gm        Fmaj7            C
But as long as I love you I'm not free

    Am                      Bb
How long must I suffer such abuse?

          F      Bb       C                       F
Won't you let me see your smile before I turn you loose?
F C Dm Gm Fmaj7 C Am Bb F C F
   F               C              Dm
We sat in an empty theatre and we kissed

  Gm                  Fmaj7             C
I asked you please to cross me off your list

   Am                                Bb
My head tells me it's time to make a change

       F        Bb      C                          F
But my heart is telling me "I love you, but you're strange"

   F                C                 Dm
So one more time at midnight near the wall

     Gm             Fmaj7           C
Take off your heavy makeup and your Shawl

          Am                                       Bb
Won't you come down from the throne from where you sit?

F                Bb            C                      F
Let me feel your love one more time, before I abandon it 

  F                C                     Dm
I come back to the town from the flamin' moon

  Gm             Fmaj7              C
I see you in the street, I began to swoon

  Am                               Bb
I love to see you dress before the mirror

          F              Bb       C                     F
Won't you let me in your room one time before I finally disappear?
F C Dm Gm Fmaj7 C Am Bb F C F