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Love Song to a Stranger - Joan Baez
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Tabbed by:sparkfun
Tuning:EADGBe
e|-------| e|-------| e|---3---| e|-------| e|---1---| e|---1---|
B|---1---| B|---0---| B|-------| B|-------| B|---1---| B|---3---|
G|-------| G|-------| G|-------| G|-------| G|---2---| G|---3---|
D|---2---| D|---2---| D|-------| D|---2---| D|---3---| D|---3---|
A|---3---| A|---3---| A|---2---| A|---2---| A|---3---| A|---1---|
E|-------| E|-------| E|---3---| E|-------| E|---1---| E|-------|
C Cmaj7 G Em F Bb
Riff #1
e|-----------------0------------0------------0------------0------------------|
B|---------------1-----1------1-----1------0-----0------0-----0--------------|
G|-------------0-----0------0-----0------0-----0------0-----0----------------|
D|------------------------2-------------------------2------------------------|
A|-----------3-------------------------3-------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C Cmaj7
e|-----------------1------------1------------1------------1------------------|
B|---------------1-----1------1-----1------1-----1------1-----1--------------|
G|-------------2-----2------2-----2------2-----2------2-----2----------------|
D|------------------------3-------------------------3------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------1-------------------------1-------------------------------------|
F F
e|-----------------0-------------------------3------------3------------------|
B|---------------1-----1----1---1---1------0-----0------0-----0--------------|
G|-------------0-----0------------0------0-----0------0-----0----------------|
D|------------------------2---3---------------------0------------------------|
A|-----------3---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------3-------------------------------------|
C G
Riff #2
e|----------0------------0------------0------------0------------1------------1------|
B|--------0-----0------0-----0------0-----0------0-----0------1-----1------1-----1--|
G|------0-----0------0-----0------0-----0------0-----0------2-----2------2-----2----|
D|-----------------2-------------------------2-------------------------3------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----0------------------------0--------------------------1-------------------------|
Em Em F
e|----------1------------1------------1------------1------------1------------1------|
B|--------3-----3------3-----3------3-----3------3-----3------1-----1------1-----1--|
G|------3-----3------3-----3------3-----3------3-----3------2-----2------2-----2----|
D|-----------------3-------------------------3-------------------------3------------|
A|----1-------------------------1---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------1-------------------------|
Bb Bb F
e|-----------------0------------------------0-------------------------------|
B|---------------1-----1------1-----------1-----1---1--1---1----------------|
G|-------------0-----0------0-----------0-----0-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------3--------------------3-0-3--------------0---2------------------|
E|------------------------3-----3-----------------3-------------------------|
C
Song Order:
Riff #1 2x
Riff #2 1x
Play this 4x then finish with Riff #1 2x
Riff #1
C Cmaj7 F
How long since I've spent a whole night in a twin bed with a stranger
C G
His warm arms all around me?
Riff #1
C Cmaj7 F
How long since I've gazed into dark eyes that melted my soul down
C G
To a place where it longs to be?
Riff #2
Em F
All of your history has little to do with your face
Bb F C
You're mainly a mystery with violins filling in space
Riff #1
C Cmaj7 F
You stood in the nude by the mirror and picked out a rose,
C G
from the bouquet in our hotel
Riff #1
C Cmaj7 F
And lay down beside me again and I watched the rose,
C G
on the pillow as it fell
Riff #2
Em F
I sank and I slept in a twilight with only one care;
Bb F
to know that when day broke and I woke, that you'd still be there,
C
you d still be there
Riff #1
C Cmaj7 F
The hours for once they passed slowly, unendingly by
C G
Like a sweet breeze on a field
Riff #1
C Cmaj7 F
Your gentleness came down upon me and I guess I thanked you,
C G
When you caused me to yield
Riff #2
Em F
We spoke not a sentence and took not a footstep beyond
Bb F
Our two days together which seemingly soon would be gone,
C
Soon would be gone
Riff #1
C Cmaj7 F
Don't tell me of love everlasting and other sad dreams,
C G
I don't want to hear
Riff #1
C Cmaj7 F
Just tell me of passionate strangers who rescue each other
C G
From a lifetime of cares
Riff #2
Em F
Because if love means forever, expecting nothing returned
Bb F
Then I hope I'll be given another whole lifetime to learn,
C
mmmmmmmm
Riff #1
C Cmaj7 F
Because you gave to me oh so many things it makes me wonder;
C G
how they could belong to me?
Riff #1
C Cmaj7 F
And I gave you only my dark eyes that melted your soul down;
C G
to a place where it longs to be
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I met at girl at a friend's wedding who I ended up having an incredible connection with.
We talked all day for two months afterwards, but she lived so far away I made the mistake
of never visiting her.
She sent me this song during that time and after she moved on I found it soothing to figure how
how to play this since I could not find a tab anywhere. This is how Joan plays it by herself.
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