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Joan Baez

10 songs|16 chords used|Hard

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Come All Ye Fair And Tender Maidens

Key: CMedium

Come Call ye DfaiCr D and Ctender GmaidenEms G

Em Take warning DhoCw D you Ccourt young Emmen

C They're Dlike a GstEmar G of a Emsummer's Gmorning Em

G First Emthey'll appC-eAm-a-r and Cthen they're DgoCneD. C D C D

They'll Ctell to Dy-CouD some Cloving GstoEmry G

Em They'll swear to Dy-CouD their Clove is Emtrue

C StraightDway they'll Gg Em- oG and Emcourt aGnotherEm

G And Emthat's the CloveAm that they Chad for DyouC. D C D C D

If I'Cd a DknC-oDwn beCfore I GcourEmted G

Em That love it DwaCs D such a Ckillin' Emthing

C I'd lDock my GhearEmt G in a Embox of GgoldenEm

G And fEmastened it CupAm with a sCilver cDhainC. D C D C D

O do Cyou reDmembC-eDr our Cdays of GcourtinEm' G

Em When your DheCadD lay uCpon my Embreast

C You could Dmake me belGieEmve G with the Emfalling of your Geyes Em

G Em That the CsunAm rose Cin the DweCstD. C D C D

I wisCh I Dw-Ca-Ds a lCittle sGparroEmw G

Em And I had DwiCngsD and CI could fly Em C

I'd Dfly aGwaEmy G to my Emown true Glover Em

G And Emwhen he CspAmeaks I Cwon't DdeCnyD. C D C D

But CI am DnoCt D no Clittle GsparrowEm G

Em I have no DwiCngDs neither Ccan I Emfly

C I'll Dsit right GdoEm-wnG in my Emgrief and Gsorrow Em

G And Emlet my CtrouAmbles Cpass me DbyC. D C D C D

Come Call ye DfaiCr D and Ctender GmaidEmens G

EmTake warning DhoCw D you Ccourt young Emmen C

They're Dlike a GstEmar G of a Emsummer's Gmorning Em

G First Emthey'll appC-eAm-a-r and Cthen they're DgoCne.D C D C D

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Mary Hamilton

Key: BMedium

On her first album ("Joan Baez"), Baez does this in the key of B. (In "The Joan Baez

Song Book", it's in D.)

CWord is to the Fkitchen Cgone, and word is to the G7hall,

And Fword is G7up to MCadam the QAmueen

And Cthat is the G7worst of aCll.

That FMary G7Hamilton has Cborne a Ambabe, to the Chighest G7Stuart of Call.

"CArise, arise Mary FHamilCton, arise and tell to G7me,

What Fthou hast G7done with Cthy wee Ambabe I Csaw and heard G7weep by Cthee?"

"CI put him in a Ftiny Cboat, and cast him out to G7sea,

That Fhe might G7sink or Che might Amswim, but he'd Cnever come G7back to Cme."

"CArise, arise Mary FHamilCton, arise and come with G7me;

There Fis a G7wedding in CGlasgow Amtown, this Cnight we'll G7go and Csee."

CShe put not on her Frobes of Cblack, nor her robes ofG7 brown.

But Fshe put G7on her Crobes of Amwhite, to Cride into G7Glasgow Ctown.

CAnd as she rode into FGlasgow Ctown the city for to G7see,

The Fbailiff's G7wife and the Cprovost's Amwife cried "Cach and G7alas for Cthee."

C"Ah you need not weep for Fme," she Ccried,"you need not weep for G7me.

For had FI not G7slain my Cown wee Ambabe this Cnight I G7would not Cdie."

CAh little did my Fmother Cthink when first she cradled G7me,

The Flands I G7was to Ctravel Amin and the Cdeath I G7was to Cdie."

CLast night I washed the FQueen's Cfeet and put the gold in her G7hair,

And the Fonly G7reward I Cfind for Amthis is the Cgallows to G7be my Cshare."

C"Cast off, cast off my Fgown," she Ccried,"but let my petticoat G7be,

And Ftie a G7napkin 'Cround my Amface; the Cgallows I G7would not Csee."

CThen by and come the FKing himCself, looked up with a pitiful G7eye,

"Come Fdown, come G7down Mary CHamilAmton, toCnight, you will G7dine with Cme."

"CAh hold your tongue, my Fsovereign Cliege, and let your folly G7be;

For if Fyou'd a G7mind to Csave my Amlife, you'd Cnever have G7shamed me Chere.

CLast night there were four FMarCys, tonight there'll be but G7three.

There was FMary G7Beaton and CMary AmSeaton and CMary CarG7michael and Cme."

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Gulf Winds

Key: DHard

ItD's only when the high winds blow that I wEmish my hair was long

SaCiling through the autumn leaves sCinging an ancient soDng D9 D

OrD falling in love in the streets at night at the Emedge of a local square

It's oCnly that I'm here tonight thGinking I was thDere D9 D

ThDere are high winds on the pier tonight, my Emsoul departs from me

StCriding like Thalia's ghost sGouth on the murky Dsea D9 D

AnDd into midnight's tapestry she fEmades, ragged and wild

SeCarching down her ancestry in the cGostume of a Persian chDild D9 D D4

(ESTRIBILHO)

AnDd gulf winds bring me flying fish that sBmhine in the crescent moon

ShAow me the horizon where the Gdawn will break a nDew

And cool me here on this lonely pier where the Bmheron are flying low

EchoA the songs my father knew in Gthe towns of MexDico D D9

When I was young my eyes were wise, my father was good to me

Instead of having a flock of sons he had two other girls and me

And if we had used our Spanish names, here's the way they'd run

Thalia, Margarita and Juanita, I'm the middle one.

The screen door kept the demons in as we moved from town to town

It's hard to be a princess in the States when your skin is brown

And mama smoothed my worried brow as I leaned on the kitchen door

Why do you carry the weight, she said, of the world and maybe more?

(ESTRIBILHO)

My grandfathers were ministers and it came on down the line

My father preached in his parents' church when he was ten years and nine

And mama dressed in parishoners' clothes and didn't believe in hell

Her daddy fought the DAR, if he'd lived I'd have known him well

They said go find a Sunday School, we must have tried them all

I never stole from the silver plate, my sisters had more gall

One preacher said sing out loud and clear, it's the only life you've got

And the next one said be good on earth, you've another life at the feet of God

(ESTRIBILHO)

My father turned down many a job just to give us something real

It's hard to be a scientist in the States when you've got ideals

And mama kept the budget book, she kept the garden, too

Bought fish from the man on Thursday, fed all of us and strangers, too

But time will pass and so, alas, will most of what we know

Though tonight my memory's eye is clear as the story's being told

And I'll play ball with the underdog and sit with the child who's wrong

Be still when the earth is silent and sing when my strength is gone

(ESTRIBILHO)

Now father's going to India sometime in the fall

They tried to stay together but you just can't do it all

I'll think about him if he goes, there's a little grey in his hair

Though not much because he's Mexican, they don't age, they just prepare

And if he goes to India I'll miss him most of all

He'll see me in the mudlarks' face, hear me in the beggar's call

And mama will stay home, I guess, and worry if she did wrong

And I'll say a prayer for both of them and sing them both my song

(ESTRIBILHO E FINAL)

Obs.: As estrofes acompanham os mesmos acordes e o estribilho é repetido a cada duas estrofes. A tonalidade original que Joan Baez canta é Db.

Enviado por Lourival Augusto de Santana.

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Long Bed From Kenya

Key: CCapo 4Medium

SeeC the Redtail on herG perch upon the fenAmcepost, F

C Highway 40 roll on by. G

C If I could reacGh across the distance foAmr a moment, F

C I'd steal the sadneGss from her eyes. C

2. C It's FebruaryG and the weather's clAmear for driving, F

C how I've missed your Tennessee. G

C The morning sun just Gstole the shadows from theAm mountains, F

C and the years Gaway from me. C

G Yes I've changed and I knew that I was Fable, C

G but you still look Ethe same to me. Am

F And your eyes arGe just as blue across theC table, Am

C as the sky Gin Tennessee. C

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ThCis old farm is neG'er so big as I remembAmer, F

C now the fields are burned and brown. G

C The Pigeon River's Grunning deeper than DecAmember, F

C where the Winter sGnows lay down. C

How you love your houCse and this long bedG sent from KenyAma, F

and the tellinCg of the story of the woman you met there. G

She's a darkhaiCred beauty - my hair's Gonly growing thinnAmer, F

C and my threads aG little bare. C

G Yes I've changed and I knew that I was Fable, C

G but you still look Ethe same to me. Am

F And your eyes arGe just as blue across theC table, Am

C as the sky Gin Tennessee. C

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In Cthe silence Ghear the years, we dare nAmot speak of, F

C let this arrow pass on through. G

C And I'll be gone Gbefore my heart has met Amresistance, F

C like you hopedG that I would do. C

See Cthe Redtail turn hGer wing towAmard the mounFtain,

C God there's sunlight in your smile. G

C If I could reacGh across the distaAmnce for a momeFnt,

C I'd steal her memory Gfrom your eyes. C

G Yes I've changed and IF knew that I was ableC,

G but you still look Ethe same to me. Am

F And your eyes arGe just as blue across theC table, Am

CThan the sky in TennGessee (bis) C

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Henry Martin

Key: AmCapo 2Medium

AmThere were three brothers in Emerry ScotAmland,

In merry ScotDmland there were CthrEee,

And Amthey did cast lots which of them should go,

should Dmgo, should CgoE,

AmAnd turn Crobber all Gon the salt Amsea.

AmThe lot it fell first upon EHenry MarAmtin,

The youngest of Dmall the CthrEee;

That Amhe should turn robber all on the salt sea,

Salt Dmsea, the salt CseaE.

AmFor to mainCtain his two Gbrothers and Amhe.

AmThey had not been sailing but a Elong winter's Amnight

And a part of a Dmshort winter's CdayE,

When Amhe espied a stout lofty ship,

lofty Dmship, lofty CshiEp,

AmCome aCbibbing down Gon him straight Amway.

AmHullo! Hullo! cried EHenry AmMartin,

What makes you Dmsail so CnigEh?

I'm a Amrich merchant ship bound for fair London Town,

London DmTown, London CTowEn

AmWould you Cplease for to Glet me pass Amby?

AmOh no! Oh no! cried EHenry MartAmin,

This thing it Dmnever could Cbe,E

For AmI have turned robber all on the salt sea

Salt Dmsea, the salt CseaE.

AmFor to mainCtain my two Gbrothers and Amme.

AmCome lower your tops'l and Ebrail up your Ammizz'n

And bring your ship Dmunder my CleeE,

Or AmI will give to you a full cannon ball,

cannon Dmball, cannon CbalEl,

AmAnd all your dear Cbodies drown Gin the salt Amsea.

AmOh no! we won't lower our Elofty Amtopsail

Nor bring our ship Dmunder your CleeE,

And Amyou shan't take from us our rich merchant goods,

merchant Dmgoods, merchant CgooEds

AmNor Cpoint our bold Gguns to the Amsea.

AmThen broadside and broadside and Eat it they Amwent

For fully two Dmhours or CthrEee,

Till AmHenry Martin gave to them the deathshot,

the deathDmshot, the deathCshoEt,

AmAnd Cstraight to the Gbottom went Amshe.

AmBad news, bad news, to Eold England Amcame,

Bad news to Dmfair London CTowEn,

There's Ambeen a rich vessel and she's cast away,

cast aDmway, cast aCwayE,

AmAnd Call of her Gmerry men Amdrown'd.

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The Times They Are a-Changin'

Key: GMedium

GCome gather 'rEmound people

WherCever you Groam

And adGmit that the Amwaters

ACround you have Dgrown

And acGcept it that Emsoon

You'll be Cdrenched to the Gbone.

If your Gtime to Amyou

Is worth Dsavin'

Then you Gbetter start Dswimmin'

Or you'll Csink like a Dstone

For the Gtimes Cthey are a-DchanGgin'.

GEm

Come writers and critics

Who prophesize with your pen

GAnd keep yourAm eyes wide

The chance won't come again

GEm

And don't speak too soon

For the wheel's still in spin

GAm

And there's no tellin' who

That it's namin'.

For the loser now

Will be later to win

GFor thCe times theDy arGe a-changin'.

GEm

Come senators, congressmen

Please heed the call

GDon't stand iAmn the doorway

Don't block up the hall

GEm

For he that gets hurt

Will be he who has stalled

GAm

There's a battle outside

And it is ragin'.

It'll soon shake your windows

And rattle your walls

GFor thCe times theDy arGe a-changin'.

GEm

Come mothers and fathers

Throughout the land

GAnd don't criAmticize

What you can't understand

GEm

Your sons and your daughters

Are beyond your command

GAm

Your old road is

Rapidly agin'.

Please get out of the new one

If you can't lend your hand

GFor thCe times theDy arGe a-changin'.

GEm

The line it is drawn

The curse it is cast

GThe slow one Amnow

Will later be fast

GEm

As the present now

Will later be past

GAm

The order is

Rapidly fadin'.

And the first one now

Will later be last

GFor thCe times theDy arGe a-changin'.

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With God On Our Side

Key: BbMedium

Joan Baez has recorded this in varying keys, most of them lower than this, such as in Bb.

The (Em F G) sections in the fifth line of every verse can be optional.

If you prefer not to use those, simply use the same chords as the third lines (G and C).

You may also use the fifth line chords in the third lines of every verse.

COh my name it is FnoEmthin'

My Gage it means Cless

And the Gcountry I Ccome from

Is Fcalled the MidCwest

I was Emtaught Fand Gbrought Cup there

The Flaws to aCbide

And that the land that I Flive Emin

Had GGod on its Cside.

COh the history books Ftell Emit

They Gtell it so Cwell

The Gcavalries Ccharged

The FIndians Cfell

The EmcavFalGries Ccharged

The FIndians Cdied

Oh the Ccountry was FyoEmung

With GGod on its Cside.

CWell the Spanish-FAmeriEmcan

GWar had its Cday

And the GCivil War Ctoo

Was Fsoon laid Caway

And the Emnames Fof Gthe Cheroes

I was Fmade to memoCrize

With guns in their FhaEmnds

And GGod on their Cside.

Well the First World War, boys

It came and it went

And the reason for fighting

I never did get

But I learned to accept it

And accept it with pride

For you don't count the dead

When God's on your side.

And Second World War

It came to an end

We forgave the Germans

And called them our friends

Though they murdered six million

In the ovens they fried

Now the Germans now too

Have God on their side.

Now I've learned to hate Russians

All through my whole life

If another war starts

It's them we must fight

To hate them and fear them

To run and to hide

And accept it all bravely

With God on my side.

And now we've got weapons

Of the chemical dust

And if fire them we're forced to

Then fire them we must

One push of the button

And it's shot the world wide

And you never ask questions

When God's on your side.

For many dark hours

I thought about this

That Jesus Christ

Was betrayed by a kiss

But I can't do it for you

You'll have to decide

Whether Judas Iscariot

Had God on his side.

And now as I'm leavin'

I'm weary as Hell

The confusion I'm feelin'

Ain't no tongue can tell

The words fill my head

They fall to the floor

If God is on our side

He'll stop the next war.

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Whistle Down The Wind

Key: ACapo 1Medium

AEAD

BmEAE

AI grew up Ehere Aall of my Dlife

But I Bmdreamed some Eday I'd Ago E

Where the Ablue-eyed Egirls and the Ared guiDtars and

The Bmnaked Erivers Aflow

DI'm not all I thought I'd be

I've alAways stayed around

DAnd I've been as far as Mercy and Grand

B7Frozen to the groE7und

AI can't stay Ehere and I'm Ascared to Dleave

So Bmkiss me Eonce and Athen E

AI'll go to Ehell, I Amight as Dwell

Be Bmwhistlin' Edown the Awind

D The bus is at the coArner

DClock on the walAl

D Broken down windAmill

And no wind at alB7l B7

D I've yelled and I Acursed

D If I stay here I'll Arust

D I'm stuck like a shipAwreck

Out here in the E7dust E7

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AEADBmEAEAEADBmEAEA

The sky is Ered and the Aworld's on Dfire

And the Bmcorn is Etaller than Ame E

And the Adog is Etied to a Awagon of Drain

And the Bmroad is Ewet as the sAea E

D Sometimes the music from a dance

Will Acarry across the plains

D Places I've been dreaming of

Dream B7only of your E7face E7

There are Aplaces Ewhere they Anever sDleep

And the Bmcircus Enever Aends E

So AI will Etake the AMarleybone cDoach

And be Bmwhistling Edown the Awind E

So AI will Etake the AMarleybone Dcoach

And be Bmwhistling Edown the Awind E

AEA

DBmEA

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Wild Mountain Thyme

Key: DCapo 2Medium

Dsus4

Oh, the Dsummer timeG is Dcoming D Dsus4 Dsus4

And the Gleaves are Emsweetly Dblooming D Dsus4 Dsus4

And the Gwild Bmmountain Dthyme D Dsus4 Dsus4

Blooms aEmround the purple Gheather