Sad Cinderella chords by Townes Van Zandt

The Late Great Townes Van Zandt'
-1972

intro:
G F C

verse:
C           G      F       C
when the bandits have stolen your jewellery and gone
     F                    C
and your crippled young gypsy has grown tall and strong
     F     G       F     C
and your dead misconceptions have proven you wrong
      C          F        G
well then, Princess, where you planning to turn to?

verse 2:
     C     G     F    C
when your magazine memory has spun you around
     F                  C
and you realise your lovers were just painted clowns
  F      G     F       C
and outside your window you start hearing sounds
   C         F         G
where they're building a cross for to burn you

chorus:
   F        G       C     F
when all your bright scarlet turns slowly to blue
     G             F   C
will you stop and decide that it's over?

verse 3:
     C       G    F     C
when your tear drops go sour and no longer fall
  F                      C
to splash cross the virgin that lives down the hall
  F       G       F      C
and spends all her nights with an ear to your wall
   C          F      G
well then, what will you have you can offer?

verse 4:
C           G     F     C
when the fire dancers finish and leave you alone
   F                  C
with nothing but embers and sacks full of stone
   F        G      F       C
that hang 'round your neck slicing through to the bone
   C     F       G
will there be a place for your laughter?

chorus:
   F        G       C     F
when all your bright scarlet turns slowly to blue
     G             F   C
will you stop and decide that it's over?

verse 5:
C          G        F    C
when your shattered illusions come a-tumbling home
  F                     C
and all of your butchers you've nourished have grown
  F        G    F     C
and they're suddenly able to leave you alone
     C    F          G
and they run like slaves that are set free

verse 6:
C            G        F      C
when your questions are answered and your pleading is done
     F                     C
and your mind starts a-screaming that you ain't the one
   F          G       F       C
that once dwelled within you, will you turn? will you run?
   C            F      G
But, Princess, will you come home and get me?

chorus:
   F        G       C     F
when all your bright scarlet turns slowly to blue
     G             F   C