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Isabel And The King

Joe Purdy
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Hammer-on the C chords.
 In the chorus the run leading up to the C chord goes (E3 A0 A2).
 As he laid  Spanish roses  in her hair
 And then covered  the crown  of thorns she wears
 And the blood  from her lips  as she sings
 Do it all  for the glory  of thee
 And they carried her down,  down, down
 Down in the cold,  cold, ground
 By the river she used  to pray
 Forever now she  will wait  for the king  to come
 And the boys  who would crave  her perfect skin
 She burned  herself, she thought  it would please him
 And the iron  chain spiked  around her waist
 And the poison  she used  to hide her face
 And they carried her down, down, down
 Down in the cold, cold, ground
 By the river she used to pray
 Forever now she will wait for the king to come
 And she made a bed of broken glass and stone
 Where she slept at night to prove her faith was strong
 And when her broken body finally gave
 There grew Spanish roses by her grave
 And they carried her down, down, down
 Down in the cold, cold, ground
 By the river she used to pray
 Forever now she will wait for the king to come

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Readable chord sheet for Isabel And The King by Joe Purdy

[A5]           [D]  [G]  [C]

Hammer-on the C chords.
In the chorus the run leading up to the C chord goes (E3 A0 A2).

As he [A5]laid Spanish r[D]oses in her ha[G]ir   [C]        [G]
And then [A5]covered the cr[D]own of thorns she w[G]ears  [C]       [G]
And the bl[C]ood from her l[A5]ips as she si[D]ngs
Do it a[C]ll for the gl[A5]ory of th[D]ee

And they carried her d[C]own, down, d[G]own
Down in the c[C]old, cold, gr[G]ound
By the river she u[C]sed to p[G]ray
Forever now s[C]he will w[G]ait for the k[D]ing[C] to co[G]me   [C]       [G]

And the b[A5]oys who would c[D]rave her perfect sk[G]in  [C]      [G]
She bu[A5]rned herself, she th[D]ought it would please h[G]im   [C]        [G]
And the ir[C]on chain sp[A5]iked around her wa[D]ist
And the po[C]ison she us[A5]ed to hide her fa[D]ce

And they carried her down, down, down
Down in the cold, cold, ground
By the river she used to pray
Forever now she will wait for the king to come

And she made a bed of broken glass and stone
Where she slept at night to prove her faith was strong
And when her broken body finally gave
There grew Spanish roses by her grave

And they carried her down, down, down
Down in the cold, cold, ground
By the river she used to pray
Forever now she will wait for the king to come

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