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Lady Eleanor by Lindisfarne
Lady Eleanor
Tuning: Standard EADGBE
Playing: Bar chords, E shapes:
Bm = Em bar 7
G = E bar 3
A = E bar 5
Intro: alternating Em, Bm
Verse 1:
Em Bm
Nasty fey magicians sit in lotus on the floor
Em Bm
Belly-dancing beauties and their power-laden swords
Em Bm
Hide my didn't think it could be much more
G A Bm . . . <- fade
When in walked with the Lady Eleanor.
Verse 2:
She tied my eyes with a ribbon of a silken ghostly thread,
I gazed with troubled vision on an old four-poster bed
Where Eleanor had risen to kiss the neck below my head
And bid me come along with her to the land of the dancing dead,
Chorus:
G A Bm
But it's al - right, Lady Eleanor,
G A Bm
Al - right, Lady Eleanor,
G A E Esus4 E Esus4
I'm alright where I am.
[ a bit of tab (bass-line):
e--------|--------|
B--------|--------|
G--------|--------|
D----2---|----9---|
A---2-2--|---9-9--|
E0-----0-|7-----7-|
slide
tab ends]
Verse 3:
She gazed with a love and beauty, like a mother to a son,
Like live and die, and see and be, and all rolled into one,
Then all at once I heard some music playing in my bones,
The same old song I'd heard for years, reminding me of home,
Chorus,
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version 2
Capo on 7th
Intro: Am*, Em* 12 x
1.)
Banshee playing magician sitting lotus on the floor,
Am* Em*
Belly dancing beauty with a power driven saw.
Am* Em*
Had my share of nightmares, didn't think there could be much more,
Am* Em*
then in walked Roderick Usher with the Lady Eleanor.
C D Em*
2.)
She tied my eyes with ribbon of a silken ghostly thread,
Am* Em*
I gazed with trouble vision on an old four poster bed.
Am* Em*
Where Eleanor had risen to kiss the neck below my head
Am* Em*
and bid me come along with her to the land of the dancing dead.
C D Em*
Chorus:
But it's all right, Lady Eleanor
C D G* Em*
All right, Lady Eleanor
C D G* Em*
I'm all right where I am.
G D A
3.)
She gazed with loving beauty like a mother to a son,
Am* Em*
like living, dying, seeing, being all rolled into one.
Am* Em*
Then all at once I heard some music playing in my bones,
Am* Em*
the same old song I'd heard for years, reminding me of home.
C D Em*
Chorus:
But it's all right, Lady Eleanor
C D G* Em*
All right, Lady Eleanor
C D G* Em*
I'm all right where I am.
G D A
4.)
Then creeping on towards me, licking lips with tongues of fire
Am* Em*
a host of golden demons screaming lust and base desire
Am* Em*
and when it seemed for certain that the screams could get no higher
Am* Em*
I heard a voice above the rest screaming "You're a liar".
C D Em*
Chorus:
But it's all right, Lady Eleanor
C D G* Em*
All right, Lady Eleanor
C D G* Em*
I'm all right where I am.
G D Cmaj7*, G* ( see below )
Instrumental: Cmaj7*, G* ( see below )
(capo on 7th )
Am* Em* G*
e -------|-------|---2---
B -------|-------|-------
G -------|-------|-------
D ---2---|-------|-------
A -------|---2---|-------
E -------|-------|---3---
Cmaj7* G*
e -------|-------|-------|-------|
B -------|-------|-------|-------|
G -------|-------|-------|-------|
D ---2---|---4---|---4---|-------|
A ---3---|---3---|---2---|---2---|
E -------|-------|---3---|---3---|
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version 3
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 7th fret
Key: Em
The keyboards play an Em7 to Bm in the intro and verses, while Alun Hull
is playing a 7thsus2 and a minor 7th on capoed acoustic guitar.
Without the benefit of bass guitar and keyboards to emphasise the root,
the A7sus2 to Em7 guitar chords I don't feel are distinct enough for one
guitar on it's own, so I've opted to show Am7 to Em7 as the chord change
in the verses, you could also use these in the intro too if you wish.
Just like the riff around the A at the end of the chorus, the mandolin
riff in the intro that comes in for 8 bars just before the vocal can be
simulated on guitar by adding the riff notes on the 1st and 2nd strings
to the two intro chords.
You could improvise around these shapes:
A7sus2 = x02000 Em11 = 020005
A13sus2 = x02002 Em7 = 020003
A7sus2 = x02003 Em9 = 020002
Em7 = 020030
At the end of verses 2, 3 & 4 as the stop on the Em sustains, you could
add the bass beats with the open bottom string over those 2 bars.
CAPO: 7th fret (Will then sound in the original recorded key of Em)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
A7sus2 = x02000 Em = 022000 A7 = x02223
Em7 = 020000 Gmaj7 = 320002 A * = x02225
Em9 = 020002 Cmaj7 = x32000 Cmaj7-5 = x34000
Am7 = x02010 G = 320033 G * = 32000x
C = x32010 A = x02220 Gmaj7 * = 32400x
D = xx0232 A6 = x02222 G6 = 320000
N.C. = No chords
[Intro]
A7sus2 Em7 A7sus2 Em7 Em9
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :|| [x2]
A7sus2 Em7 Em9 A7sus2 Em7 Em9
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :|| [x4]
[Verse 1]
Am7 Em7
Bashee playing magician sitting lotus on the floor,
Am7 Em7 Em9
Belly dancing beauty with a power driven saw,
Am7 Em7
Had my share of nightmares, didn't think there could be much more,
C D Em N.C.
Then in walked Roderick Usher with the Lady Eleanor
[Verse 2]
N.C. Am7 Em7
She ...tied my eyes with the ribbon of a silken ghostly thread,
Am7 Em7 Em9
I gazed, with troubled vision, on an old four - poster bed,
Am7 Em7
Where Eleanor had risen to kiss the neck below my head,
C D Em N.C.
Then bid me come a - long with her to the land of the dancing dead
[Chorus]
N.C. C D Gmaj7 Cmaj7 C D Gmaj7 Cmaj7
But it's al - right, Lady Elea - nor, al - right, Lady Elea - nor,
G D A A6 A7 A * A7 A6
I'm al - right where I am----------------!
||: / / / /__/ | / / /__/ / :|| [x2]
A (She...)
e |---0------------------------|------------------------------|
B |---2------------------------|------------------------------|
G |---2-----------2------------|------------------------------|
D |---2------2------2------2---|---------------4--0-----------|
A |---0------------------0-----|-----------0----------2---1---|
E |----------------------------|---0--------------------------|
[Bass riff adapted for guitar]
[Verse 3]
Am7 Em7
She gazed with the love and beauty, like a mother to a son,
Am7 Em7 Em9
Like living, dying, seeing, being, all rolled into one,
Am7 Em7
Then, all at once, I heard some music playing in my bones,
C D Em N.C.
The same old song I'd heard for years, re - minding (a -) me of home
[Chorus]
N.C. C D Gmaj7 Cmaj7 C D Gmaj7 Cmaj7
But it's al - right, Lady Elea - nor, al - right, Lady Elea - nor,
G D A A6 A7 A * A7 A6
I'm al - right where I am----------------!
||: / / / /__/ | / / /__/ / :|| [x2]
A (Then...)
e |---0------------------------|----------------------------|
B |---2------------------------|----------------------------|
G |---2-----------2------------|----------------------------|
D |---2------2------2------2---|---------------4--0---------|
A |---0------------------0-----|-----------0----------2--1--|
E |----------------------------|---0------------------------|
[Bass riff adapted for guitar]
[Verse 4]
Am7 Em7
Then...creeping on towards me, licking lips with tongues of fire,
Am7 Em7
A host of golden demons screaming lust, and base desire,
Am7 Em7
And when it seemed for certain that the screams could get no higher,
C D Em N.C.
I heard a voice, a - bove the rest, screaming you're a liar
[Chorus & Coda]
N.C. C D Gmaj7 Cmaj7 C D Gmaj7 Cmaj7
But it's al - right, Lady Elea - nor, al - right, Lady Elea - nor,
G D Cmaj7 Cmaj7-5 Cmaj7 G * Gmaj7 * G *
I'm al - right here in your arms-----!
||: / / / /____/ | / / / /___/ :||[x3]
Cmaj7 Cmaj7-5 G6
| / / / / | / ||
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