Tuning: E A D G B E

Bit obsessed with Joanna Newsom at the minute. Chords E A D G B e D5 x x 0 2 3 x Dm x x 0 2 3 1 F 1 3 3 2 1 1 F5 x x 3 5 6 x Gm 3 5 5 3 3 3 Bb5 x x x 3 6 6 C5 x 3 5 5 x x C x 3 2 0 1 0 Bb x 1 3 3 3 1 A5 x 0 2 2 x x Am x 0 2 2 1 0 Dbass x x 0 x 3 x Ebass x x 2 x x 0 Fbass x x 3 x x 1 Gbass x x x 0 x 3 Bbbass x x x 3 x 6 Abass x x x 2 x 5 C#bass x x x 6 x 8 [Intro - this tab] D5 Dm e|-----------------|-----3-1---0---1-----|-5-6-5-3-2---6-8-6-5-------------| B|-----------------|-3-------------------|---------------------6-5h6p5---3-| G|---2---2---2---2-|---------------------|---------------------------------| D|-0---0---0---0---|---------------------|---------------------------------| A|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------------------| E|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------------------| [Verse A]

^DmHay and a clean s^Fta^Gmll An^A5d i^D5v -^Bb5 y o^A5n a ga^Dmrden wall And a sign saying s^Fold^Gm An^A5d a^D5n o^Bb5ld c^A5oat fo^Dmr the bad cold

[Instrumental] Dm Am Dm D5 F Gm Bb C5 Bb A Dm [Verse B]

^D5 ^C5 I believe in^Bb5 you ^D5Do ^C5you believe i^Bb5n me? ^D5Wha^C5t do you want^Bb5 to do? ^D5Are^C5 we leaving t^Bb5he city?

^D5On ^C5the black roa^Bb5d ^D5Thr^C5ough the gold^Bb5 fields ^D5Whi^C5le the fiends^Bb5 are plowed ^D5Tow^C5ards what we ^Bb5are all^Dmowed

[Verse C]

The bridle b^D5ends in idle^F5 hands And slo^Bb5ws your canter to a tr^D5ot We me^F5an to stop in^Bb5 increments But can’t c^D5ommit, we p^F5ost and si^Bb5t in impotence The harder^D5 the hit, the de^F5eper the ^Bb5dent We seek our ^D5name, we see^F5k out fa^Bb5me In our credenti^D5als, p^F5aned in gl^Bb5ass Tryin^D5g to master^F5 inciden^Bb5tals Bleach a ^D5collar, leech a doll^F5ar from^Bb5 our cents The long^D5er you live,^F5 the hig^Bb5her the rent

[Verse B]

Bene^D5ath a p^F5ale ^Bb5sky Besi^D5de the ^F5red ^Bb5barn Below the w^D5hite ^F5clou^Bb5ds ^D5 Is all^F5 we ^Bb5are allowed Here^D5, the l^F5ight^Bb5 will seep And the ^D5scyt^F5he w^Bb5ill reap And spi^D5rit ^F5will^Bb5 rend In co^D5untin^F5g to^Bb5ward the en^D5d

[Verse C] Dbass Ebass In December of that year Fbass Gbass Abass The word came down that she was here Bbbass The days were shorter Cbass C#bass Bbass I was sure if she came round Abass Dbass I’d hold my ground Dbass Ebass Fbass I can do what they alluded to

A change that cam^D5e to pass And s^F5pring did ra^Bb5nge, weeping grass And sle^D5epless b^F5roke Its^Bb5elf upon my winter gla^D5ss

And^F5 I could barely br^Bb5eathe for seeing ^D5All t^F5he splintered l^Bb5ight that leaked A fish is fleeting, l^D5aunched in ^F5flight Unst^D5aunched daylight, brightly bl^D5eeding Bleached^F5 the night with da^Bb5wn deleting

[Verse B]

In tha^D5t hig^F5h su^Bb5n ^D5 Afte^F5r ou^Bb5r good run When the^D5 spir^F5it b^Bb5ends Beneath kno^D5wing ^F5it m^Bb5ust end And that is all ^D5I wan^F5t he^Bb5re To ^D5draw ^F5my g^Bb5aunt spirit to bow Benea^D5th wh^F5at I^Bb5 am allowed Benea^D5th wh^F5at I^Bb5 am allowed Beneath w^Dmhat I^F am^Bb allowed

Dm F Bb [repeat to fade]

Joanna Newsom - Leaving the city