Widow With A Shawl Chords

by Donovan
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Am
G
G/F#
Em

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From: dynasor@infi.net (Dennis McClain-Furmanski)
Subject: CRD: Widow With A Shawl (Donovan)
Date: 8 Jul 1995 06:30:22 GMT
 
Widow With A Shawl
Words and Music by Donovan Leitch
 
{CRD file by Dennis McClain-Furmanski/dynasor@infi.net}
 
 
Am                               G
Dear wind that shakes the barley free,
 
Am                               G   G/F#     Em
Blow home my true love's ship to me, fill her sails.
 
Am                      G
I a-weary wait upon the shore.
 
 
Am                          G
Forsake her not in times of storm,
 
Am                           G     G/F#     Em
protect her oaken beams from harm, fill her sails.
 
Am                      G
I a-weary wait upon the shore.
 
 
Am                   G
Whether he be in Africa
 
Am                    G  G/F#     Em
Or deep asleep in India, fill his dreams,
 
Am                      G
I a-weary wait upon the shore.
 
 
Am                             G
Dear snow white gulls upon the wing,
 
Am                     G    G/F#   Em
I, like you, are lamenting, for my love.
 
Am                      G
I a-weary wait upon the shore.
 
 
Am                   G
And in my chariot of sleep,
 
Am                         G     G/F# Em
I ride the vast and dreamy deep, deep sea.
 
Am                     G
I awake a-weary on the shore.
 
 
Am                         G
For seven years and seven days,
 
Am                         G     G/F# Em
no man has seen my woman's ways, dear God.
 
Am                         G
I a-weary cry upon the shore.
 
 
Am                        G
Along the shingle beach I go,
 
Am                     G   G/F# Em
the wind about me as I make my way,
 
Am                        G
to my weary dream upon my bed.
 
 
Am                               G
Dear wind that shakes the barley free,
 
Am                               G   G/F#     Em
Blow home my true love's ship to me, fill her sails.
 
Am                      G
I a-weary wait upon the shore.
 
Am                      G
I a-weary wait upon the shore.
 
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dynasor@infi.net                                       The Doctor is on.
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3 comments
Pennyworth59
Love this song! Correct lyrics and Chords. Thank you so much!
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efren39
Great job and a beautiful song. This tab is 25+ years old?! Real early contribution!
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Pennyworth59
Excellent. A wonderful song of longing. So many years ago. This was the true plight for a woman who had a man as a sailor.
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