Bow To The Sad Lady Mara Lisa

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Title : Bow to the sad lady (alt. Mara Lisa)
Artist : Ryan Adams
Album : Suicide Handbook
Transcribed by : Johan Sigurdson (johan.sigurdson@gmail.com)
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Ryan Adams - Bow to the Sad Lady (Mara Lisa)
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Standard tuning.
Chords used:
A D/A E E7 F
F#
e --0-- --2-- --0-- --0-- --1-- --2--
B --2-- --3-- --0-- --3-- --1-- --2--
G --2-- --2-- --1-- --1-- --2-- --3--
D --2-- --0-- --2-- --2-- --3-- --4--
A --0-- --0-- --2-- --2-- --3-- --4--
E ----- ----- --0-- --0-- --1-- --2--
G B Am Bm D/F#
e --3-- --2-- --0-- --2-- --2--
B --3-- --4-- --1-- --3-- --3--
G --0-- --4-- --2-- --4-- --2--
D --0-- --4-- --2-- --4-- --0--
A --2-- --2-- --0-- --2-- --0--
E --3-- ----- ----- ----- --2--
(I'll keep it simple and let you figure out the picking yourselves... pick between A and
when it says A for a start and make your way from there.)
Intro:
A D/A A
, ... ( few times)
A
Mara Lisa waves her hand at the car
E E7 A
With a stick and a rose-colored shawl
F A
Fighting of tears of a dull and a deafening pain
F# G
They'll repay every senseless act
A G F#
They ever borrowed from you
G A B E E7
(, )
A
Oh, just wait and you will see, won't you, Mara Lisa?
Am G F#
Through the curtains, sees the town and the parades
G A B E E7
(, )
A
Oh, you know how innocence fades, don't you, Mara Lisa?
A
Marching softly through the weeds in her front yard
E E7 A
Up onto the porch to a sip of tea
F A
Wounded soldier with a cane and a bitter remedy
F# G
You'll repay every senseless act
A G F#
To the boys who were dead in the field
G A B E E7
(, )
A
Oh you know they're were already killed, don't you, Mara Lisa?
F# G
You'll repay every trick you pulled
A G F#
On the boys that were lost out at sea
G A B E E7
(, )
A
Oh they drowned in your memory, didn't they, Mara Lisa?
Am G F#
Through the curtains, sees the town and the parades
G A B E E7
(, )
A
Oh, you know how innocence fades, don't you, Mara Lisa?
Bm E
Were you even capable of love?
A G F#
If you were, then how do you know
Bm E
Innocence keeps tabs on the ones it can't see
Bm G D/F# E E7
It wet it's lips, and it said "Mara Lisa"
A
Marching softly through the weeds in her front yard
E E7 A
Up onto the porch to a sip of tea
F A
Wounded woman with a cane and a sad remedy
F# G
You'll repay every senseless act
A G F#
They ever borrowed from you
G A B E E7
(, )
E A
Oh, just wait and you will see, won't you, Mara Lisa?

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Title           : Bow to the sad lady (alt. Mara Lisa)
Artist          : Ryan Adams
Album           : Suicide Handbook
Transcribed by  : Johan Sigurdson (johan.sigurdson@gmail.com)
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------#
Ryan Adams - Bow to the Sad Lady (Mara Lisa)
-------------------------------
Standard tuning.
(I'll keep it simple and let you figure out the picking yourselves... pick between A and 
when it says A for a start and make your way from there.)
Intro:
A, D/A... (A few times)
(G, A)    B                 E       E7      
(G, A)    B                 E        E7     
(G, A)    B                 E        E7     
(G, A)    B                 E        E7     
(G, A)    B                 E        E7     
(G, A)    B                 E       E7

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