Laura Marling – The Shadows (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Premiered at lockdown shows in 2021, I found this song to be absolutely breathtaking I committed there and then to transcribing it. Having uploaded it months ago I have improved it I believe I got the chords and the lyrics nailed Fmaj7 x0321x Bm7-5 x2323x F7 131211 E 022100 Bm7-5/F xx3435 Esus4 xx2435 E7 xx2434 Am x02210
Am/G    3x2210
Am(2)   xx7555

Am/G#   xx6555
Am/G(2) xx5555
Am/F# xx4555 G7 xx3433 [Intro] Fmaj7 Bm7-5 F E [Verse 1]
Fmaj7                      Bm7-5
Someone was sleeping while she did her leaving

F                 E 
Cowards go in the night

Fmaj7                    Bm7-5
I lay there sleeping and how could I blame her?

F                    E 
Who has the nerve to fight?

    Bm7-5/F       Esus4 E7
She knows now she knows now

Am           /G        F
Nothing will tear me a-part

    Am           E       E/G#
She lives in the shadows

      Fmaj7   Bm7-5  F   E      
Of my heart
[Verse 2]
  Fmaj7                    Bm7-5
I tried to persuade her in vain of course later

       F                   E 
That's something that I de-ny

  Fmaj7                    Bm7-5
I thought it was better to say in my letter

     F            E 
That I never even tried

    Bm7-5/F             Esus4   E7
She knows of course she knows

     Am             /G        F 
That one day she'll tear me a-part

    Am           E       E/G#
She lives in the shadows

      Am(2)   Am/G#   Am/G   Am/F#   Bm7-5/F   Esus4   E7    
Of my heart
[Verse 3]
      Fmaj7                    Bm7-5
She's leaving she's leaving my auteur she's leaving

F                  E 
Where will I go to pray?

  Fmaj7                 Bm7-5
I want her I need her I long to believe her

F                       E 
Words that she will not say

    Bm7-5/F           E7
She knows of course I knew

Am            /G        F 
One day she'd tear me a-part

    Am           E       E/G#
She lives in the shadows

      Am(2)   Am/G#   Am/G   Am/F#   Bm7-5/F   Esus4   E7    
Of my heart
[Coda]
      Bm7-5/F                  Esus4        E7    
She's leaving she's leaving my auteur she's leaving

Am           /G    F 
Where will I go to hide?

    Am           E       E/G#
She lives in the shadows

      Am(2)   Am/G#   Am/G   Am/F#   G7
Of my mind
(Yes really - the G7 is the last beautifully unresolved chord!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope I've done it justice! Kevin O'Brien Watford England Dec 2021 [email protected] The plucking is very intuitive, for the Am6 chord on the descending progression she does a small riff:
e|------7----8-----7--5-|
B|------5----5-----5--5-|
G|----5------5-----5--5-|
D|--5-----5-----5-----4-|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
as well as similar embellishments, if you listen to the song you'll figure them out :)