{"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":932919,"song":"Soft As Chalk","artist":"Joanna Newsom","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11613368-soft-as-chalk-chords-by-joanna-newsom/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/932919?type=chord","rating":4.79554,"votes":33,"content":"[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo, so long ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd so far away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen time was just a line[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat you fed me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen you wanted to stay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'd talk as soft as chalk[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTill morning came, as pale as a pearl[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo time, no, no time[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow, I have got all the time in the world[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSay, honey, did you belong to me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Eb[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTell me, honey, was your heart at rest when, darling[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll the mourning doves were howling us[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nA song of love's oh god-awful lawlessness, law-less-ness![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSay, honey, did you belong to me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTell me, honey, did I pass your test[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI lay, as still as death, until the dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhereupon I wrested from your god-awful lawlessness,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLaw-less-ness![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI roam around the tidy grounds[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf my dappled sanatorium[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCoatless, I sit amongst the motes, adrift[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I dote upon my pinesap gum[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the light, through the pines in brassy tines[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLays over me, dim as rum[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd thick as molasses, and so time passes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd so, my heart, tomorrow comes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI feel you, leaning[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nOut back with the crickets[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Eb[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLoyal heart marking the soon-ness darkness[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTonight, still the mourning doves[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWill summon us their song[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOf love's neverdoneing lawlessness, law-less-ness![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile, over and over[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nRear up, stand down, lay round[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Eb[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTrying to sound-out or guess the reasons[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo sleep like a soldier, without rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut there is no treason[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhere there is only lawlessness, law-less-ness![/tab]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\nMIDDLE SECTION:\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nfaster[/tab]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nIn the last week[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nOf the last year I was aware[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nI took a blind shot, across the creek[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAt the black bear[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWhen he roused me in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nAnd left me cowering with my light[/tab]\r\n\r\nCalling out\r\n[tab] [ch]Ab[/ch]      [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nWho is there[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nWho's there[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWho is there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Fm[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI watched you sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nRepeating my prayer[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nGive love a little shove[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd it becomes terror[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd now I am calling[/tab]\r\n\r\nIn a sadness beyond anger\r\n[tab]           [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nAnd beyond fear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nWho is there[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nWho's there[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWho is there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Fm[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI glare and nod[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike the character, God[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBearing down upon the houses and lawns[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI knew a little bit,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut, darling, you were it[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd, darling, now it is long gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSweetheart, in your clean, bright start[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBack there, behind a hill, and a dell[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd a state line or two, I'll be thinking of you[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYes, I’ll be thinking and be wishing you well[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe land, I stand, but I wait for the sound of the bell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI have to catch a cab and my bags are at the carousel[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd then Lord, just then, time alone will only tell[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou morning dove","plain_text":"Dm\n\nMIDDLE SECTION:\nDm  Bb  Gm  C\n\nDm  Bb  Gm  C\nDm  Bb  Gm  C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCalling out\n\n\n\n\nBb  Fm  Am  C\nDm  Bb  Gm  C\nDm  Bb  Gm  C\nDm  Bb  Gm  C\nDm  Bb  Gm  C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn a sadness beyond anger\n\n\n\n\n\nBb  Fm  Am  C  D\n\nD  C  G  D\nD  C  G  D\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou morning 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