Gordon Bok – Harp Song Of The Dane Women (Guitar)
Capo 1
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
F#m C#7 C#7/F#
[Verse]
F#m Bm What is a woman, that you forsake her A C#m D E F#m And the hearthfire and the home-acre Bm F#m Bm C#7 F#m To go with the old, grey widow-maker?
[Verse]
Bm F#m She has no house to lay a guest in D Bm F#m But one chill bed for all to rest in Bm C#7 F#m That the pale suns and the stray 'bergs rest in
[Verse]
Bm F#m She has no strong white arms to fold you D Bm F#m But the ten-times-fingering weed to hold you Bm C#7 F#m Bm C#7 F#m Down in the dark where the tide has rolled you
[Verse]
C#m D Yet when the signs of summer quicken E Bm And the ice breaks, and the birch-buds thicken A Bm C#7 F#m Yearly you turn from our side and sicken
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C#m D Sicken again for the blood and the slaughters E Bm F#m You steal away to the lapping waters Bm C#7 F#m Bm C#7 F#m And look to your ship in her winter quarters
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Bm You forget our mirth, our talk at the tables F#m D E F#m The kine in the shed and the horse in the stables Bm C#7 F#m Bm C#7 F#m To pitch her sides and go over the cables
[Verse]
C#m D Then you ride out where the storm clouds swallow E Bm F#m The sound of your oar-blades, falling hollow Bm C#7 F#m Bm C#7 Is all we have left for the months to follow
[Verse]
F#m Bm Ah, what is woman, that you forsake her A C#m D E F#m And the hearthfire and the home-acre Bm F#m Bm To go with the old, grey widow-maker?