What He Wrote - Laura Marling, guitar chords

Published: 2018-08-15 15:13
Selection chords: Katie Paterson

  Am       C
Forgive me Hera,
Dm	  C
I cannot stay
    Dm        C
he cut out my tongue
         E          Am
there is nothing to save

Am          C
Love me, oh lord
    Dm	      C
he threw me away
    Dm            C
he laughed at my sins
       E           Am
in his arms I must stay

Am     Em F
He wrote
    Am
Iʼm broke
Am      G       Am
please send for me

Am        Em     F
But Iʼm broken too
      Am
and spoken for
Am  Em      Am
Do not tempt me

Am           C
Her skin is white
         Dm          C
and Iʼm light as the sun
    Dm         C            E               Am
so holy light shines on the things you have done

F	   G           E          Am
So I asked him how he became this man
F          G             E             Am
how did he learn to hold fruit in his hands?
     C                      Dm
and where is the lamb that gave your name?
C                           E            Am
he had to leave, though I begged him to stay

 F        G           E          Am
Left me alone when I needed the light
 F	    G            E          Am
fell to my knees, and I wept for my life
    C                            Dm
if he had stayed of stayed, you might understand
    C                           E
if he had of stayed, you never would have taken
  Am
my hand

Am   Em F
He wrote
    Am
Iʼm low
Am     G        Am
please send for me

Am        Em     F
But Iʼm broken too
      Am
and spoken for
Am   Em      Am
Do not tempt me

     C                      Dm
And where is the lamb that gave your name?
C                         E           Am
he had to leave, though I begged him to stay

F	       G          E          Am
Begged him to stay in my cold wooden grip
F	       G           E            Am
begged him to stay by the light of this ship
C			   Dm		
me fighting him, fighting light, fighting dawn
         C                            E
and the waves came and stole him and took him
   Am
to war

Am     Em
He wrote
F    Am
Iʼm low
Am     G        Am
please send for me

Am        Em     F
But Iʼm broken too
      Am
and spoken for
Am   Em      Am
Do not tempt me

 Am       C
Forgive me Hera,
Dm	  C
I cannot stay
    Dm        C
he cut out my tongue
         E          Am
there is nothing to save

Am          C
Love me, oh lord
    Dm	      C
he threw me away
    Dm            C
he laughed at my sins
       E           Am
in his arms I must stay

Am      G
We write
F          Am
thatʼs all right
Am  Em      Am
I miss his smell

Am    G F
We speak
       Am
when spoken to
Am        Em      Am
and that suits us well
Am    G       Am
that suits us well
Am    Em       Am
that suits me well