Many A Fine Lady chords by Townes Van Zandt

Intro: C

verse 1
     G7          F       C
Well it's many a fine lady has walked along beside me
      Em      F               G7
With their flesh made of velvet and their eyes made of rain
   C       G7     F      C
Well some tried to hold me, to hurt me, to hide me
  Em      F      G7     C
And some turned away, not to look back again


verse 2
G7            F      C
One stood among them, I remember most clearly
     Em      F              G7
Well her sorrows were heavy, and her laughter was slow
    C      G7      F       C
Well I courted her gently, and I loved her most dearly
   Em     F    G7     C
And I came her majestic reflections to know

verse 3
    G7              F     C
oh her words, like a mountain, stood lonely and lofty
     Em       F              G7
With her face like a daydream and her hair like the shawl
C     G7       F      C
Worn by a mourner, as he steals away softly
   Em        F       G7     C
From those that would have him mourn nothing at all


verse 4
  G7          F      C
Oh, endlessly sorrow rode high on the north wind
Em      F            G7
Slashing and slicing to take him his toll
  C     G7      F       C
And endlessly creatures of darkness were cutting
   Em         F     G7     C
Their paths through the walls that shelter the soul


Bridge
C G7 F  C


Verse 5
    G7          F     C
Ah but no longer gypsy-like sadness unending
     Em       F            G7
Well her eyes - they lay hollow and her face petrified
   C      G7      F     C
Well some will go laughing and others condemning
    Em     F          G7      C
Oh but who there among you could have told her goodbye?


Outro
C  G7   F   C