What He Wrote
Laura MarlingVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Chords:
E/G#
e|--x--x--x--x---x--x--x-----x-|
B|--x--x--5--6---3--x--x-----x-|
G|--5--4--x--x---0--2--x- O -1-|
D|--7--5--5--7---x--3--2- R -x-|
A|--7--5--3--5---2--3--2-----2-|
E|--5--3------------1--4-----4-|
Basic picking pattern (all eighth notes, 3 in a bar):
Dm
e|------------------|----------------|----------------|
B|------------------|-------5----5---|------6---6-----|
G|-------5----------|----------------|----------------| ETC.....
D|----------7-----5-|----5----5----5-|----7---7---7---|
A|----7-------------|-3--------------|-5--------------|
E|-5-----------3----|----------------|----------------|
forgive me Hera,
I cannot stay
he cut out my tongue
there is nothing to save
(repeat)
love me, oh lord
he threw me away
he laughed at my sins
in his arms I must stay
he wrote
I'm broke
please send for me
(repeat)
but I'm broken too
and spoken for
do not tempt me
her skin is white
and I'm light as the sun
so holy light shines on the things you have done
so I asked him how he became this man
how did he learn to hold fruit in his hands?
and where is the lamb that gave your name?
he had to leave, though I begged him to stay
(repeat)
left me alone when I needed the light
fell to my knees, and I wept for my life
if he had stayed of stayed, you might understand
if he had of stayed, you never would have taken my hand
he wrote
I'm low
please send for me
(repeat)
but I'm broken too
and spoken for
do not tempt me
and where is the lamb that gave your name?
he had to leave, though I begged him to stay
begged him to stay in my cold wooden grip
begged him to stay by the light of this ship
me fighting him, fighting light, fighting dawn
and the waves came and stole him and took him to war
he wrote
I'm low
please send for me
(repeat)
but I'm broken too
and spoken for
do not tempt me
forgive me Hera,
I cannot stay
he cut out my tongue
there is nothing to save
(repeat)
love me, oh lord
he threw me away
he laughed at my sins
in his arms I must stay
we write
that's all right
I miss his smell
(repeat)
we speak
when spoken to
and that suits us well
that suits us well
that suits me well
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Readable chord sheet for What He Wrote by Laura Marling
Chords:
[Am] [G] [C] [Dm] [G/B] [F] [E/G#]
e|--x--x--x--x---x--x--x-----x-|
B|--x--x--5--6---3--x--x-----x-|
G|--5--4--x--x---0--2--x- O -1-|
D|--7--5--5--7---x--3--2- R -x-|
A|--7--5--3--5---2--3--2-----2-|
E|--5--3------------1--4-----4-|
Basic picking pattern (all eighth notes, 3 in a bar):
[Am] [G] [C] [Dm]
e|------------------|----------------|----------------|
B|------------------|-------5----5---|------6---6-----|
G|-------5----------|----------------|----------------| ETC.....
D|----------7-----5-|----5----5----5-|----7---7---7---|
A|----7-------------|-3--------------|-5--------------|
E|-5-----------3----|----------------|----------------|
[Am] [G] [C] [Dm] [C] [G/B] [Am]
[Am]forgive m[G]e H[C]era,
[Dm]I cannot s[C]tay
he c[Dm]ut out my [C]tongue
there is [G/B]nothing to [Am]save
(repeat)
love me, oh lord
he threw me away
he laughed at my sins
in his arms I must stay
he [Am]wrote [G]
I'm b[F]roke
[Am]please s[G]end for [Am]me
(repeat)
but I'm broken too
and spoken for
do not tempt me
[Am]her skin [G]is w[C]hite
and I'm l[Dm]ight as the [C]sun
so h[Dm]oly light s[C]hines on the [G/B]things you have [Am]done
[F]so I asked [G]him how he b[E/G#]ecame this [Am]man
[F]how did he [G]learn to hold [E/G#]fruit in his [Am]hands?
and w[C]here is the lamb that g[Dm]ave your name?
[C]he had to leave, though I [G/B]begged him to [Am]stay
(repeat)
left me alone when I needed the light
fell to my knees, and I wept for my life
if he had stayed of stayed, you might understand
if he had of stayed, you never would have taken my hand
[Am]he wrote [G]
[F]I'm low
[Am]please [G]send for [Am]me
(repeat)
but I'm broken too
and spoken for
do not tempt me
and w[C]here is the lamb that g[Dm]ave your name?
[C]he had to leave, though I [G/B]begged him to [Am]stay
[F]begged him to s[G]tay in my c[E/G#]old wooden g[Am]rip
[F]begged him to s[G]tay by the l[E/G#]ight of this [Am]ship
[C]me fighting him, fighting l[Dm]ight, fighting dawn
and the w[C]aves came and stole him and [G/B]took him to [Am]war
[Am]he wrote [G]
[F]I'm low
[Am]please [G]send for [Am]me
(repeat)
but I'm broken too
and spoken for
do not tempt me
[Am]forgive m[G]e H[C]era,
[Dm]I cannot s[C]tay
he c[Dm]ut out my [C]tongue
there is [G/B]nothing to [Am]save
(repeat)
love me, oh lord
he threw me away
he laughed at my sins
in his arms I must stay
[Am]we write [G]
[F]that's all right
[Am]I mi[G]ss his [Am]smell
(repeat)
we speak
when spoken to
and that suits us well
[Am]that s[G]uits us [Am]well
[Am]that s[G]uits me [Am]well
Please rate and comment!