Suzanne Vega – St Clare (Guitar Tab)

Capo 2
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Chords

Chords: Em 022000 Bm 224432 C 335553 D 054230 or 254232 G 355433
            vibrato                                                      Call on that
      |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|    Em
e|--------------------------|-----------0-----------------0-----------|--|
B|--5--7--7--3--3--8--8--7--|--------0-----0-----------0-----0--------|--|
G|--------------------------|-----0-----------0-----0-----------0-----|--|
D|--5--7--7--4--4--9--9--7--|--2-----------------------------------2--|--|
A|--------------------------|--------------------2--------------------|--|
E|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--|

    saint                                                 and the candle that
    Em
e|-----------0-----------------0-----------------0-----------------0--------|
B|--------0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0-----0-----|
G|-----0-----------0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0-----0-----------0--|
D|--2-----------------------------------2-----------------------------------|
A|--------------------2-----------------------------------2-----------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    burns
    Bm                                                    keeping her
e|-----------2-----------------2-----------------2-----------------2--------|
B|--------3-----3-----------3-----3-----------3-----3-----------3-----3-----|
G|-----4-----------4-----4-----------4-----4-----------4-----4-----------4--|
D|--------------------4-----------------------------------4-----------------|
A|--2-----------------------------------2-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    safe                                                  until her
    C                                   D
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------5-----------------5-----------------3-----------------3--------|
G|--------5-----5-----------5-----5-----------2-----2-----------2-----2-----|
D|-----5-----------5-----5-----------5-----4-----------4-----5-----------4--|
A|--3-----------------------------------5-----------------0-----------------|
E|--------------------3-----------------------------------------------------|

    return                                                plaster and
    C
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------5-----------------5-----------------5-----------------5--------|
G|--------5-----5-----------5-----5-----------5-----5-----------5-----5-----|
D|-----5-----------5-----5-----------5-----5-----------5-----5-----------5--|
A|--3-----------------------------------3-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------3-----------------------------------3-----------------|

    paint                                                 holding the
    G                                   D
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------3--------|
G|--------4-----4-----------4-----4-----------2-----2-----------2-----2-----|
D|-----5-----------5-----5-----------5-----4-----------4-----4-----------4--|
A|--------------------5-----------------0-----------------5-----------------|
E|--3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

    fire                                                  a poor woman's
    Em                                  D
e|-----------0-----------------0--------------------------------------------|
B|--------0-----0-----------0-----0--------------3-----------------3--------|
G|-----0-----------0-----0-----------0--------2-----2-----------2-----2-----|
D|--2--------------------------------------4-----------4-----4-----------4--|
A|--------------------2-----------------5-----------------0-----------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    saint                                                 holding all man's
    C                                   D
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------5-----------------5-----------------3-----------------3--------|
G|--------5-----5-----------5-----5-----------2-----2-----------2-----2-----|
D|-----5-----------5-----5-----------5-----4-----------4-----4-----------4--|
A|--3-----------------------------------5-----------------0-----------------|
E|--------------------3-----------------------------------------------------|

    desire
    Em
e|-----------0-----------------0-----------|
B|--------0-----0-----------0-----0--------|
G|-----0-----------0-----0-----------0-----|
D|--2-----------------------------------2--|
A|--------------------2--------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Same picking for the rest of the song, with the same chord progressions bold little bird fly away home could I but ride herd on the wind and the foam all of the souls that curl by the fire they never know all man's desire watercress clings to the banks of the stream in the first grip of spring when the snow melts to green barefoot and cold and holding a lyre by the side of the road holding all man's desire call on the saint when the white candle burns keeping her safe until her return