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What He Wrote chords by Laura Marling (Official Version)

  • Am

  • G6

  • C

  • Dmadd9

    5
  • E7/B

  • Amadd9

    5
  • F6

  • E/G#

    2
Intro 1
Am
G6
C
Dmadd9
C
E7/B
Am
Chorus 1
Am
C
Dmadd9
C
Forgive me, Hera, I cannot stay
Dmadd9
C
He cut out my tongue
E7/B
Amadd9
There is nothing to save
Am
C
Love me, oh Lord
Dmadd9
C
He threw me away
Dmadd9
C
He laughed at my sins,
E7/B
Amadd9
in his arms I must stay

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Verse 1
Am
G6
He wrote
F6
I am broke
Am
G6
Amadd9
Please send for me
Am
G6
But I am broken too
F6
And spoken for
Am
G6
Am
Do not tempt me
Chorus 2
Am
C
Dmadd9
C
Her skin is white and I'm light as the sun
Dmadd9
C
So holy light shines
E7/B
Amadd9
on the things, you have done
Bridge 1
F6
G6
So I asked him how he
E/G#
Amadd9
became this man
F6
G6
E/G#
Amadd9
How did he learn to hold fruit in his hands?
C
And where is the lamb that
Dmadd9
gave you your name?
C
He had to leave, though I
E7/B
Amadd9
begged him to stay
F6
G6
E/G#
Amadd9
Left me alone, when I needed the light
F6
G6
E/G#
Amadd9
Fell to my knees, and I wept for my life
C
Dmadd9
If he had've stayed, you might understand
C
If he had've stayed, you never
E7/B
Amadd9
would have taken my hand hand
Verse 2
Am
G6
He wrote
F6
I'm low
Am
G6
Amadd9
Please send for me
Am
G6
But I am broken too
F6
And spoken for
Am
G6
Am
Do not tempt me
Bridge 2
C
And where is the lamb, that
Dmadd9
gave you your name?
C
He had to leave, though I
E7/B
Amadd9
begged him to stay
F6
G6
Begged him to stay in my
E/G#
Amadd9
cold wooden grip
F6
G6
Begged him to stay by the
E/G#
Amadd9
light of this ship
C
Dmadd9
Me fighting him, fighting life, fighting dawn
C
And the waves came and stole him and
E7/B
Amadd9
took him to war
Verse 3
Am
G6
He wrote
F6
Am
G6
Amadd9
I'm broke Please send for me
Am
G6
But I am broken too
F6
And spoken for
Am
G6
Am
Do not tempt me
Chorus 3
Am
C
Dmadd9
C
Forgive me, Hera, I cannot stay
Dmadd9
C
He cut out my tongue
E7/B
Amadd9
There is nothing to save
Am
C
Love me, oh Lord
Dmadd9
C
He threw me away
Dmadd9
C
He laughed at my sins,
E7/B
Amadd9
in his arms I must stay
Outro 1
Am
G6
We write
F6
That's all right
Am
G6
Amadd9
I miss his smell
Am
G6
We speak
F6
When spoken to
Am
G6
Amadd9
That suits us well
G6
Amadd9
That suits us well
G6
Amadd9
That suits me well
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