Ryan Adams - Bow to the Sad Lady (Mara Lisa)
E|-------------------------------|
Standard tuning.
Chords used:
AD/AEE7FF#E|--0--| --2-- --0-- --0-- --1-- --2--
B|--2--| --3-- --0-- --3-- --1-- --2--
G|--2--| --2-- --1-- --1-- --2-- --3--
D|--2--| --0-- --2-- --2-- --3-- --4--
A|--0--| --0-- --2-- --2-- --3-- --4--
E|-----| ----- --0-- --0-- --1-- --2--GBAmBmD/F#E|--3--| --2-- --0-- --2-- --2--
B|--3--| --4-- --1-- --3-- --3--
G|--0--| --4-- --2-- --4-- --2--
D|--0--| --4-- --2-- --4-- --0--
A|--2--| --2-- --0-- --2-- --0--
E|--3--| ----- ----- ----- --2--
(I'll keep it simple and let you figure out the picking yourselves... pick between A and
when it says A for a start and make your way from there.)
Intro:
A, D/A... (A few times)
A
Mara Lisa waves her hand at the car
EE7A
With a stick and a rose-colored shawl
FA
Fighting of tears of a dull and a deafening pain
F#G
They'll repay every senseless act
AGF#
They ever borrowed from you
(G, A) BEE7A
Oh, just wait and you will see, won't you, Mara Lisa?
AmGF#
Through the curtains, sees the town and the parades
(G, A) BEE7A
Oh, you know how innocence fades, don't you, Mara Lisa?
A
Marching softly through the weeds in her front yard
EE7A
Up onto the porch to a sip of tea
FA
Wounded soldier with a cane and a bitter remedy
F#G
You'll repay every senseless act
AGF#
To the boys who were dead in the field
(G, A) BEE7A
Oh you know they're were already killed, don't you, Mara Lisa?
F#G
You'll repay every trick you pulled
AGF#
On the boys that were lost out at sea
(G, A) BEE7A
Oh they drowned in your memory, didn't they, Mara Lisa?
AmGF#
Through the curtains, sees the town and the parades
(G, A) BEE7A
Oh, you know how innocence fades, don't you, Mara Lisa?
BmE
Were you even capable of love?
AGF#
If you were, then how do you know
BmE
Innocence keeps tabs on the ones it can't see
BmGD/F#EE7
It wet it's lips, and it said "Mara Lisa"
A
Marching softly through the weeds in her front yard
EE7A
Up onto the porch to a sip of tea
FA
Wounded woman with a cane and a sad remedy
F#G
You'll repay every senseless act
AGF#
They ever borrowed from you
(G, A) BEE7EA
Oh, just wait and you will see, won't you, Mara Lisa?