{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1907790,"song":"Lady Gay","artist":"Joan Baez","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11428543-lady-gay-chords-by-joan-baez/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1907790?type=chord","rating":4.88017,"votes":3,"content":"From the album 'Very Early Joan'\r\n\r\n[Introduction]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]            \r\nThere was a Lady and a Lady gay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf children she had three[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe sent them away to the North Countree[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo learn their grammaree[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\nThey'd not been gone but a very short time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nScarcely three weeks and a day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen death, cruel death, came harkening along[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd stole those babes away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\n\"There is a King in Heaven,\" she cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]      \r\n\"A King of third degree[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSend back, send back my three little babes[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis night send them back to me.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\nShe made a bed in the uppermost room[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn it she put a white sheet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd over the top a golden spread[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat they much better might sleep[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\n\"Take it off, take it off,\" cried the older one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Take it off, take it off,\" cried he[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"For what's to become of this wide wicked world[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSince sin has first begun.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\nShe set a table of linen fine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn it she placed bread and wine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nCome eat come drink my three little babes[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]                     \r\n\"Come eat, come drink of mine.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\n\"We want none of your bread, mother[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNeither do we want your wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor yonder stands our Savior dear[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo Him we must resign.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\n\"Green grass is over our heads, mother[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCold clay is over our feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd every tear you shed for us[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nIt wets our winding-sheet.\"[/tab]","plain_text":"From the album 'Very Early Joan'\n\n[Introduction]\n\nC   Am  C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]","chords":["C","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]}}}