Iron & Wine – A History Of Lovers (Guitar)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
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Chords

Note: Album version from 2005's In the Reins is in drop-D tuning, DADGBe. Chord shapes:
         D                 G                 A
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|--0-0-2-0-0-2-0--|--5-5-7-5-5-7-5--|--7-7-9-7-7-9-7--|
D|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
[Intro] D G D A D G D A D [Verse One]
D                       G
Louise only got from me innocent poetry

D                          A
Although she played to not listen

D                           G
But still I can hear myself speak as if no one else

D          A         D
Ever could offer the same

D                      G
Some say she knowingly tastes like a recipe

D                       A
Although so foolish and willing

D                               G
I said Babe, "I can picture you bend as if wanting to

D          A            D
Bow as the curtain goes down"
[Chorus]
G                            D
Coddle some men, they'll remember you bitterly

G                               A
Fuck 'em, they'll come back for more

G                           D
I asked my Louise would she leave and so, cripple me

G                        A
Then came a knock at the door
[Verse Two]
D                       G
I came for my woman, he came with a razor blade

D                         A
Bound like us all for the ocean

  D                          G
I hope that she's happy, I'm blamed for the death

     D             A             D
Of a man who would take her from me
[Solo] G D G A G D G A [Verse Three]
D                   G
Some they saw in me innocent poetry

D                           A
Some, some they'll never be certain

D                              G
But still it's been written, a history of lovers

   D           A           D
In giving, and taking, and ink
[Chorus]
G                        D
Coddle some men, they'll remember you fittingly

G                              A
Cut 'em, they'll come back for more

G                            D
I asked my Louise, would she leave and so, cripple me

G                          A
Then came the knock at the door
[Verse Four]
D                         G
Louise came to rescue me, missing, the irony

D                               A
Blood made her heart change its beating

D                           G
I hope that she's happy I'm blamed for the death of

    D             A           D
The man she found better than me
[Outro Solo] G D G A G D G A D