Ribbon Bows
Joanna NewsomVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
There is a spring not far from here
The water runs both sweet and clear
Both sweet and clear and co - old
Could crack your bones with veins of gold
I stood a- wagging at the tap
Just a- waiting on the lagging, rising F sap
I held the cold tin ladle to my lip
At the shrine of the Thousand Eyes I lowered my eyes do sip
What a beautiful day to catch my drift
Or be caught up in it
You want your love? Love, come and get your love
I only took it back because I thought you didn't
This progression is then repeated, followed by this:
All day you're hassling me with tri - ifles
Black nose of the dog as cold as a rifle
Indicating with a nudge, god, no god, god, no god
Sweet appraising eye of the dog, blink once if god, twice if no god
Then the first progression begins again to finish the song out, starting on the C-
minor in the second section.
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Readable chord sheet for Ribbon Bows by Joanna Newsom
[F] There is a [C] spring not far from [F] here The water [C] runs both sweet and [F] clear Both sweet and [Dm] clear and co - [Bb] old Could crack your [C] bones with [Bb] veins of [F] gold I stood a- [C] wagging at the [F] tap Just a- [C] waiting on the lagging, rising F sap I held the [Bb] cold tin ladle to my [G] lip At the shrine of the [C] Thousand Eyes I lowered my [Bb] eyes do [F] sip What a [G] beautiful [Cm] day to [G] catch my [Cm] drift Or [Bb] be caught [Ab] up [Bb] in [Eb] it [Ab] You want your [G] love? [F] Love, [Bb] come and get your [G] love I only [C] took it back because I [Bb] thought you [F] didn't This progression is then repeated, followed by this: [Am] All day you're [Eb] hassling me with [F] tri - [Cm] ifles [Am] Black [Eb] nose of the dog as [F] cold as a [Cm] rifle [Bb] [A] Indicating [G] with a nudge, [F] god, [Eb] no god, [Bb] god, [G] no god [A] Sweet appraising [G] eye of the dog, blink [F] once if [Eb] god, [Bb] twice if [G] no god Then the first progression begins again to finish the song out, starting on the C- minor in the second section.