Boots of Spanish Leather Nanci Griffith
<br/> BOOTS OF SPANISH LEATHER (Bob Dylan) <br/> [This is Nanci Griffith's version.] <br/> ------------------------------------ <br/> [Actually in A; capo 2. Each chord is one measure, except two chords <br/> joined by hyphens (e.g., "G - G/F#") are one measure _total_.] <br/> [See bottom of file for chord fingerings and picking pattern.] <br/> <br/> D11 D11 D11 D11 G C D/F# G - C/G G - G/F# <br/> [intro] <br/> <br/> Em(9) Em(9) C - C(9) G C G G - G/F# <br/> Oh I'm sailing away, my own true love <br/> Em D/F# G C G G - G/F# <br/> I'm sailing away in the morning <br/> Em(9) Em(9) C - C(9) G C G G - G/F# <br/> Is there something I can send you from across the sea <br/> Em D/F# G C D/F# G - C/G G - G/F# <br/> >From the place where I'll be landing <br/> <br/> There's nothing you can send me, my own true love <br/> There's nothing I'm wishing to be owning <br/> Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled <br/> >From across that lonesome ocean <br/> <br/> Oh, but I just thought you might want something fine <br/> Maybe silver or of golden <br/> Either from the mountains of Madrid <br/> Or from the coast of Barcelona <br/> <br/> If I had the stars of the darkest night <br/> And the diamonds from the deepest ocean <br/> I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss <br/> That's all I wish to be owning <br/> <br/> Oh, I might be gone a long ol' time <br/> And it's only that I'm asking <br/> Is there something I can send you to remember me by <br/> To make your time more easy passing <br/> <br/> How can, how can you ask me again <br/> Well it only brings me sorrow <br/> Oh, the same thing I would want today <br/> I would want again tomorrow <br/> <br/> [instrumental, same chords as intro] <br/> <br/> Oh, I got a letter on a lonesome day <br/> It was from his ship a-sailing <br/> Saying, I don't know when I'll be coming back again <br/> It depends on how I'm feeling <br/> <br/> If you, my love, must think thataway <br/> I'm sure your mind is a-roaming <br/> I'm sure your thoughts are not with me <br/> But with the country where you're going <br/> <br/> So take heed, take heed of the western wind <br/> Take heed of stormy weather <br/> And yes, there is something you can send back to me <br/> Spanish boots of Spanish leather [end on last G.] <br/> <br/> <br/> CHORDS: <br/> <br/> G: 3x000x D/F#: 2x023x Em: 0x200x C: x3201x C/G: 3x201x <br/> G/F#: 2x000x D11: x54030 Em(9): 0x400x C(9): x3001x <br/> <br/> The picking pattern is a basic alternating-bass thing: <br/> <br/> E |----------------| E |----------------| <br/> B |--*-------*-----| B |--*-------*-----| <br/> G |------*-------*-| or G |------*-------*-| <br/> D |----*-------*---| D |----*-------*---| <br/> A |----------------| A |*-------*-------| <br/> E |*-------*-------| E |----------------| <br/> <br/> [The bass notes (D and E strings, always played by the thumb) in the pattern <br/> are the most important; the other notes get left out from time to time.] <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> - Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu <br/> <br/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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