(This is a simplified way to play the song, just with an acoustic guitar.)
(The original key is Abm, Am on the traditional half step down tuning.)
(The key of this arrangement is Em with capo put on the 4th fret.)
(Bass runs are prominently used in playing this song.
(As in a note B in a Am-C chord transition or a note D before moving into EM, so on and so forth.)
(These are 2 often-used bass run patterns. Please note that a lower case letter represent a note)
(instead of a chord.)
[Pattern 1]
(e-g-b)Am (e-g-b)Em
e|---------|---|---------------|---|
B|-------1-|-1-|-1-----------0-|-0-|
G|-------2-|-2-|-2-----------0-|-0-|
D|-------2-|-2-|-2-----------2-|-2-|
A|-----2-0-|-0-|-0---------2-2-|-2-|
E|-0-3-----|---|-------0-3---0-|-0-|
slur slur
[Pattern 2]
Am/B C
e|-----|---|
B|-----|-1-|
G|-----|-0-|
D|-----|-2-|
A|-0-2-|-3-|
E|-----|---|
(And also these are easy voicings for some of the tricky chord progressions in the song.)
Am Am/G F#m7-5
e|------------------|
B|-1-----1-----1----|
G|-2-----2-----2----|
D|-2-----2-----2----|
A|-0-----x-----x----|
E|-------3-----2----|
B7-9 B7
e|-x-------x--------|
B|-1-------0--------|
G|-2-------2--------|
D|-1-------1--------|
A|-2-------2--------|
E|-x-------x--------|
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[Intro]
Em (w/ bass run d-e) (x2)
[Verse 1]
(e-g-b) Am (e-g-b)Em
Oh sweet girl, how you rescue me
(e-g-b)Am
From the sirens of the sea
Am/B
Once we kiss, then you let me go
[Chorus]
C G/B Am Am/B
Why do we do it this way?
C G/B Am Am/B
I can't bury your past
C G/B Am Am/B
We'll just hold on instead
Am/G F#m7-5
I'll be your woman
B7-9
I'll be your woman
Em B7-9 B7
Yes I will
Em B7-9 B7 Em
Yes I will
(Again w/ Pattern 1.)
[Verse 2]
(e-g-b)Am (e-g-b) Em
The strongest winds come from your mouth
(e-g-b) Am
Set my sails down south
Am/B
Through this haze and these storms of doubt
[Chorus]
C G/B Am
Why do we do it this way?
C G/B Am
I can't bury your past
C G/B Am
We'll just hold on instead
Am/G F#m7-5
I'll be your woman
B7-9
I'll be your woman
Em B7-9 B7
Yes I will
Em C
Yes I will
[Interlude]
G Em A C
G Em A C
B7 C B7 C
Ooh~
D Em
[Verse 3]
(e-g-b)Am (e-g-b)Em
Ash I am, to ash I'll always be
(e-g-b)Am
Let me lay in your strong arms
Am/B
Can we find peace in that holy sea?
[Chorus]
C G/B Am
Why do we do it this way?
C G/B Am
I can't bury your past
C G/B Am
We'll just hold on instead
Am/G F#m7-5
I'll be your woman
B7-9
I'll be your woman
Em B7-9 B7
Yes I will
Em B7-9 B7
Yes I will
Em B7-9 B7
Yes I will
Em C
Yes I will
End song
