SONG NAME: DEAR ARKANSAS DAUGHTER Band Name: LADY LAMB THE BEEKEEPER -- [Intro] Take a swim in the water Take a swim in the water E|---7----5-----7---------------------------------------------------| B|---8----7-----7---------------------------------------------------| G|---9----7-----x---------------------------------------------------| D|---9----7-----x---------------------------------------------------| x 2 A|---7----5-----6---------------------------------------------------| E|---7----5-----7---------------------------------------------------| [First Verse]
{Fast tempo] Dear Arkansas daughter E|---7----5----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| B|---8----7----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9----7----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| D|---9----7----2----0----------------------------------------------- x 4-| A|---7----5----2----0-------------------------------------------------------------| E|---7----5----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| You with the dark curls, you with the watercolored eyes E|---7----5----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| B|---8----7----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9----7----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| D|---9----7----2----0----------------------------------------------- x 4-| A|---7----5----2----0-------------------------------------------------------------| E|---7----5----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| You who bears all your teeth in every smile E|---7----5----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| B|---8----7----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9----7----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| D|---9----7----2----0----------------------------------------------- x 4-| A|---7----5----2----0-------------------------------------------------------------| E|---7----5----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| Says I can always hear you sing, I wanna hear you scream to me E|---7----5----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| B|---8----7----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9----7----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| D|---9----7----2----0----------------------------------------------- x 4-| A|---7----5----2----0-------------------------------------------------------------| E|---7----5----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| While a stranger braids my hair back out on the street E|---7----5----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| B|---8----7----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9----7----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| D|---9----7----2----0----------------------------------------------- x 4-| A|---7----5----2----0-------------------------------------------------------------| E|---7----5----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| And in your dreams we are shooting at snakes E|---7----5----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| B|---8----7----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9----7----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| D|---9----7----2----0----------------------------------------------- x 4-| A|---7----5----2----0-------------------------------------------------------------| E|---7----5----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| And while you were asleep, I was surely awake E|---7----5----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| B|---8----7----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9----7----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| D|---9----7----2----0----------------------------------------------- x 4-| A|---7----5----2----0-------------------------------------------------------------| E|---7----5----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| I was talking at a cigarette There?s nothing left to say But he should have been there anyway For I didn?t sing a single song, E|---7----5----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| B|---8----7----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9----7----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| D|---9----7----2----0----------------------------------------------- x 4-| A|---7----5----2----0-------------------------------------------------------------| E|---7----5----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| all day E|---7----5----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| B|---8----7----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9----7----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| D|---9----7----2----0----------------------------------------------- x 4-| A|---7----5----2----0-------------------------------------------------------------| E|---7----5----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| As my love for you dies As my love for you dies As my love for you is steadily dying As sharp and serious as a pistol in the eye E|---7----5----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| B|---8----7----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9----7----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| D|---9----7----2----0----------------------------------------------- x 4-| A|---7----5----2----0-------------------------------------------------------------| E|---7----5----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| [Lead into the next verse with another set if you like] E|---7----5----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| B|---8----7----0----3-------------------------------------------------------------| G|---9----7----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| D|---9----7----2----0----------------------------------------------- x 4-| A|---7----5----2----0-------------------------------------------------------------| E|---7----5----0----0-------------------------------------------------------------| [Second Verse] [Tempo slows) G Em My heart is full of swords Am C G Full of, full of swords G Em Your love, it knows the Lord G Em Tie my hands and I?m on my knees Am C G As I kneel down, I kneel down in the sea G Em To the ocean floor, I will sink Am C G Like a steel chest full of weapons G Em And all in spite of the tide, you will rise Am C G Like a red, ripe, red, ripe apple G Em Take a swim in the dirty water Am C G Dear Arkansas Daughter G Em Take a swim in the dirty water Am C G Darling, child, true love of mine [Repeat in place of the solo] : G Em Am C G [Final verse] (Fast tempo) Lead in with E|---7----5----0----3----------------------------------------------------------| B|---8----7----0----3----------------------------------------------------------| G|---9----7----0----0----------------------------------------------------------| D|---9----7----2----0----------------------------------------------- x 2-| A|---7----5----2----2----------------------------------------------------------| E|---7----5----0----3----------------------------------------------------------| As my love for you dies As my love for you dies As my love for you is steadily dying Darling, child, true love of mine Darling, child, true love of mine E|---7----5----0----3----------------------------------------------------------| B|---8----7----0----3----------------------------------------------------------| G|---9----7----0----0----------------------------------------------------------| D|---9----7----2----0----------------------------------------------- x 5-| 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