Song: Poor little Alison
Artist: Gordon Lightfoot
Composer: Gordon Lightfoot
Album: Sit down young stranger
Tabbed by: DJ
16th Feb 2013
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in key of E)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
D = xx0232 G = 355433 A = x02220
Dmaj7 = xx0222 Gm = 355333 A7sus4 = x02030
D7 = xx0212 Dsus2 = xx0230 A7 = x02020
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[Intro]
D Dmaj7 D Dmaj7
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[Verse 1]
D
Poor little Alison,
Dmaj7 D7 G
Standing in the night wind, laughing out loud,
Gm D
Turning her face to the summer rain!
[Verse 2]
Dsus2 D
Poor little Alison,
Dmaj7 D7 G
Never had much going, hard to forget,
Gm D Dsus2 D Dsus2
Always in step with the world she's in! | / / / / |
[Verse 3]
A G D
Never knowing, never feeling, showing so much pride,
A
Never saying what she's thinking,
G A7sus4 A7
Or feeling deep in - side--------!
[Verse 4]
D
Poor little Alison,
Dmaj7 D7 G
Dreaming of the right one, laughing out loud,
Gm D Dsus2 D
Lost in a crowd of fair-weather friends!
[Break]
Dmaj7 D7 G A7sus4 A7
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D Dsus2 D Dsus2
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[Verse 4]
A G D
Never knowing, never feeling, showing so much pride,
A
Never saying what she's thinking,
G A7sus4 A7
Or feeling deep in - side--------!
[Verse 5]
D
Poor little Alison,
Dmaj7 D7 G
Standing in the night wind, wishing out loud,
Gm D Dsus2 D Dsus2
Turning her face to the summer rain, | / / / / |
G Gm D
Hard to forget, always in step with the world she's in!
[Coda]
D Dmaj7
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[Suggestion for ending]
D Dsus2 D
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