Intro: AmGCDmCG/BAmAm (G)C
Forgive me Hera,
DmC
I cannot stay
DmC
He cut out my tongue
G/BAm
There is nothing to save
Am (G)C
Love me, oh lord
DmC
He threw me away
DmC
He laughed at my sins
G/BAm
In his arms I must stay
AmG
He wrote
F
I'm broke
AmGAm
Please send for me
AmG
But I'm broken too
F
And spoken for
AmGAm
Do not tempt me
Am (G)C
Her skin is white
DmC
And I'm light as the sun
DmCG/BAm
So holy light shines on the things you have done
FGE/G#Am
So I asked him how he became this man
FGE/G#Am
How did he learn to hold fruit in his hands?
CDm
And where is the lamb that gave your name?
CG/BAm
He had to leave, though I begged him to stay
FGE/G#Am
Left me alone when I needed the light
FGE/G#Am
Fell to my knees, and I wept for my life
CDm
If he had stayed of stayed, you might understand
CG/BAm
If he had of stayed, you never would have taken my hand
AmG
He wrote
F
I'm low
AmGAm
Please send for me
AmG
But I'm broken too
F
And spoken for
AmGAm
Do not tempt me
CDm
And where is the lamb that gave your name?
CG/BAm
He had to leave, though I begged him to stay
FGE/G#Am
Begged him to stay in my cold wooden grip
FGE/G#Am
Begged him to stay by the light of this ship
CDm
Me fighting him, fighting light, fighting dawn
CG/BAm
And the waves came and stole him and took him to war
AmG
He wrote
F
I'm low
AmGAm
Please send for me
AmG
But I'm broken too
F
And spoken for
AmGAm
Do not tempt me
Am (G)C
Forgive me Hera,
DmC
I cannot stay
DmC
He cut out my tongue
G/BAm
There is nothing to save
Am (G)C
Love me, oh lord
DmC
He threw me away
DmC
He laughed at my sins
G/BAm
In his arms I must stay
AmG
We write
F
That's all right
AmGAm
I miss his smell
AmG
We speak
F
When spoken to
AmGAm
And that suits us well
AmGAm
That suits us well
AmGAm
That suits me well
AmC
forgive me Hera,
DmC
I cannot stay
DmC
he cut out my tongue
EAm
there is nothing to save
AmC
love me, oh lord
DmC
he threw me away
DmC
he laughed at my sins
EAm
in his arms I must stay
AmEmF
he wrote
Am
I'm broke
AmGAm
please send for me
AmEmF
but I'm broken too
Am
and spoken for
AmEmAm
Do not tempt me
AmC
her skin is white
DmC
and I'm light as the sun
DmCEAm
so holy light shines on the things you have done
FGEAm
so I asked him how he became this man
FGEAm
how did he learn to hold fruit in his hands?
CDm
and where is the lamb that gave your name?
CEAm
he had to leave, though I begged him to stay
FGEAm
left me alone when I needed the light
FGEAm
fell to my knees, and I wept for my life
CDm
if he had stayed of stayed, you might understand
CE
if he had of stayed, you never would have taken
Am
my hand
AmEmF
he wrote
Am
I'm low
AmGAm
please send for me
AmEmF
but I'm broken too
Am
and spoken for
AmEmAm
Do not tempt me
CDm
and where is the lamb that gave your name?
CEAm
he had to leave, though I begged him to stay
FGEAm
begged him to stay in my cold wooden grip
FGEAm
begged him to stay by the light of this ship
CDm
me fighting him, fighting light, fighting dawn
CE
and the waves came and stole him and took him
Am
to war
AmEm
he wrote
FAm
I'm low
AmGAm
please send for me
AmEmF
but I'm broken too
Am
and spoken for
AmEmAm
Do not tempt me
AmC
forgive me Hera,
DmC
I cannot stay
DmC
he cut out my tongue
EAm
there is nothing to save
AmC
love me, oh lord
DmC
he threw me away
DmC
he laughed at my sins
EAm
in his arms I must stay
AmG
we write
FAm
that's all right
AmEmAm
I miss his smell
AmGF
we speak
Am
when spoken to
AmEmAm
and that suits us well
AmGAm
that suits us well
AmEmAm
that suits me well
Laura Marling - What He Wrote (Live at Celtic Connections 2017)