{"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":935880,"song":"What He Wrote","artist":"Laura Marling","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11613880-what-he-wrote-chords-by-laura-marling/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/935880?type=chord","rating":4.8572,"votes":399,"content":"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nsounds close enough for me. All picking, don't strum. Picking pattern below.\r\n- Some (or even all) of the A minor chords can be replaced with normal Am\r\n- The G in brackets (G) is a very quick passing note.\r\n- For the Am, G and maybe F chords, it may be easier to use your thumb on the bottom string.\r\nopen G string as well. Listen and improvise.\r\n[tab]Chords:\r\n   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]E7/B[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]E/G#[/ch]\r\ne|-x--x--x--x---x---x--x-----x-|\r\nB|-x--x--5--6---3---x--x-----x-|\r\nG|-5--4--x--x--(1)--2--x- O -1-|\r\nD|-7--5--5--7---2---3--2- R -x-|\r\nA|-7--5--3--5---2---3--2-----2-|\r\nE|-5--3-------------1--4-----4-|[/tab]\r\n[tab]Basic picking pattern (all eighth notes, 3 in a bar):\r\n   [ch]Am[/ch]         ([ch]G[/ch])      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\ne|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|\r\nB|-------------------|-------5-----5-----|-------6-----6-----|\r\nG|-------5-----------|-------------------|-------------------| etc\r\nD|----------7-----5--|----5-----5-----5--|----7-----7-----7--|\r\nA|----7--------------|-3-----------------|-5-----------------|\r\nE|-5-----------3-----|-------------------|-------------------|[/tab]\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]E7/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      ([ch]G[/ch]) [ch]C[/ch]\r\nForgive me Hera,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI cannot stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe cut out my tongue[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E7/B[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere is nothing to save[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      ([ch]G[/ch]) [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLove me, oh Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe threw me away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe laughed at my sins[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7/B[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn his arms I must stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe wrote[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI am broke[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPlease send for me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I am broken too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nand spoken for[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Do not tempt me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      ([ch]G[/ch])  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHer skin is white[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand I'm light as the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]E7/B[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo holy light shines on the things you have done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]E/G#[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo I asked him how he became this man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]E/G#[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHow did he learn to hold fruit in his hands?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd where is the lamb that gave you your name?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]E7/B[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe had to leave, though I begged him to stay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]E/G#[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLeft me alone when I needed the light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]E/G#[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFell to my knees, and I wept for my life[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIf he had have stayed, you might understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                           [ch]E7/B[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf he had have stayed, you never would have taken my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe wrote[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm low[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPlease send for me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I am broken too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nand spoken for[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Do not tempt me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd where is the lamb that gave your name?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]E7/B[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe had to leave, though I begged him to stay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]E/G#[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBegged him to stay in my cold wooden grip[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]E/G#[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBegged him to stay by the light of this ship[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMe fighting him, fighting light, fighting dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]E7/B[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the waves came and stole him and took him to war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe wrote[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm broke[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPlease send for me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I am broken too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nand spoken for[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Do not tempt me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      ([ch]G[/ch]) [ch]C[/ch]\r\nForgive me Hera,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI cannot stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe cut out my tongue[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E7/B[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere is nothing to save[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      ([ch]G[/ch]) [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLove me, oh Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe threw me away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe laughed at my sins[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7/B[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn his arms I must stay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe write[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat's all right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI miss his smell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe speak[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhen spoken to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd that suits us well[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat suits us well[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat suits me well[/tab]","plain_text":"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nsounds close enough for me. All picking, don't strum. Picking pattern below.\n- Some (or even all) of the A minor chords can be replaced with normal Am\n- The G in brackets (G) is a very quick passing note.\n- For the Am, G and maybe F chords, it may be easier to use your thumb on the bottom string.\nopen G string as well. Listen and improvise.\n\n\n[Intro]\nAm G C Dm C E7/B Am","chords":["A","Am","G","F","C","Dm","E7/B","E/G#","B","D","E"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}