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Laura Marling : I Speak Because I Can
2010

  1. Devil's Spoke
  2. Rambling Man
  3. Goodbye England (Covered In Snow)
    1
  4. What He Wrote
  5. I Speak Because I Can

Devil's Spoke

Tuning: DADDAD
Intro (verse chords, but faster)
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I might be a part of this
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Ripple on water from a lonesome drip
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A fallen tree that witnessed me
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I'm alone, him and me And then life itself can not aspire To have someone be so admired I threw creation to my king With the silence broken by a whispered wind
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All of this can be broken All of this can be broken
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Hold your devil by his spoke and spin him to the ground And root to root and tip to tip I look at him my country gyp Let it up I own his fears But someone brought you close to tears Many trains and many miles Like you to me on this sunny isle And what of which you wish to speak Have you come here to rescue me? All of this can be broken All of this can be broken Hold your devil by his spoke and spin him to the ground
Break
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But the love of your life lives but lies no more
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And where she lay a flower grows The arms are fed and the babes have wed And the backs have bled, keeping her in tow
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But I am your keeper And I hold your face away from light I am yours till they come I am yours till they come Eye to eye Nose to nose Ripping off each other's clothes In a most peculiar way Eye to eye Nose to nose Ripping off each other's clothes In a most peculiar way
Instrumental verse (ending on single strum of first open chord)

Rambling Man

Tuning: EBEG#BE (Open E)
Capo:
III
This song is in 4/4 but switches to 3/4 in the final two choruses.
Make sure you play it as such, it changes the entire feel of the piece!
Intro/Verse
E-|-----2/-4-------2-------0----[0----0]---|
B-|-----0/-0-------0-------0----[0----0]---|
G#|-----1/-3-------1-------0----[1----0]---| [This repeats 3x in intro]
E-|-----0/-0-------0-------0----[0----0]---|
B-|------------------------0----[2----0]---|
E-|------------------------0----[0----0]---|
Chorus
E-|----4----2----5----4----4----2----5----0----[0----0]----|
B-|----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----[0----0]----|
G#|----3----1----5----3----3----1----5----0----[1----0]----| [3x [6x at end of song]]
E-|----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----[0----0]----|
B-|----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----[2----0]----|
E-|---------------------------------------0----[0----0]----|
Bridge
E-|----x----0---- ----x----0----[0----0]----|
B-|----x----0---- ----x----0----[0----0]----|
G#|----0----0---- 4x ----0----0----[1----0]----| [3x]
E-|----0----0---- ----0----0----[0----0]----|
B-|----2----0---- ----2----0----[2----0]----|
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 Oh, naive little me Asking what things you have seen You're vulnerable in your head You'll scream and you'll wail till you're dead Creatures veiled by night Following things that aren't right And they're tired and they need to be led They'll scream and they'll wail till they're dead But give me to a rambling man Let it always be known that that was who I am Beaten battered and cold My children will live just to grow old But if I sit here and weep I'll be blown over by the slightest of breeze And the weak need to be led And the tender are carried to their bed And it's a pale and cold affair And I'll be damned if I'll be found there But give me to a rambling man Let it always be known that that was who I am It's funny how the first chords you come to Are the minor notes that come to serenade you It's hard to accept yourself as someone... you don't desire As someone you don't want to be But give me to a rambling man Let it always be known that that was who I am But give me to a rambling man Let it always be known that that was who I am

Goodbye England (Covered In Snow)

Tuning: EAC#EAE (Open A)
Capo:
V
A 5430xx E 0230xx
F#m7 2430xx F#m11 201000
E7 0210xx -> 0230xx A* 540000
F#m7* 2400xx Asus4 550000
A5/G 3400xx
A
F#m7
E7
A
A
F#m7
You were so smart then, in your jacket and coat
E7
A
My softest red scarf was warming your throat Winter was on us, at the end of my nose But I never love England more than when covered in snow
F#m7*
A5/g
And a friend of mine says it's good to hear
E
E7
That you believe in love even if set in fear
F#m7*
A5/g
Well I'll hold you there brother and set you straight
E7
A
I only believe true love is frail and willing to break I will come back here, bring me back when I'm old I want to lay here forever in the cold I might be cold but I'm just skin and bones And I never love England more than when covered in snow
Play these two riffs and then alternate them through the middle section
A
F#m11
A
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 I wrote my name in your book, only god knows why And I bet you that he cracked a smile And I'm clearing all the crap out of my room Trying desperately to figure out what it is that makes me blue And I wrote an epic letter to you And it's 22 pages front and back but it's too good to be used And I tried to be a girl who likes to be used I'm too good for that, there's a mind under this hat And I called them all and told her I've got to move
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C#-0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--0--0--|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--0--0--|
E|-5--5--5--4--4--4--|-3--3--3--2--2--2--|
 I'm out of love, it's too hard I'm on my own, it's too hard
F#m11
Feel like running, feel like running, run it off
F#m11
And we will keep you, we will keep you, little one
A*
F#m11
A*
Asus4
A*
Asus4
A*
Safe from harm, like an extra arm, you are a part of us You were so smart then, in your jacket and coat My softest red scarf was warming your throat Winter will leave us, left the end of my nose Goodbye old England until next years snow

What He Wrote

Am 5775xx G/b x2x03x
G 3554xx F 1332xx
C x35x5x E/g# 422xxx or 42x1xx
Dm x57x6x
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G
C
Forgive me, Hera
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C
I cannot stay
Dm
C
He cut out my tongue
G/b
Am
There is nothing to save Love me, oh Lord He threw me away He laughed at my sins In his arms I must stay
Am
G
F
He wrote, I'm broke
Am
G
Am
Please send for me But I'm broken too, and spoken for Do not tempt me Her skin is white And I'm light as the sun So holy light shines On the things you have done
F
G
E/g#
Am
So I asked him how he became this man
F
G
E/g#
Am
How did he learn to hold fruit in his hands?
C
Dm
And where is the lamb that gave your name?
C
G/b
Am
He had to leave, though I begged him to stay Left me alone when I needed the light Fell to my knees, and I wept for my life If he had stayed of stayed, you might understand If he had of stayed, you never would have taken my hand He wrote, I'm low Please send for me But I'm broken too, and spoken for Do not tempt me
C
Dm
And where is the lamb that gave your name?
C
G/b
Am
He had to leave, though I begged him to stay Begged him to stay in my cold wooden grip Begged him to stay by the light of this ship Me fighting him, fighting light, fighting dawn And the waves came and stole him and took him to war He wrote, I'm broke Please send for me But I'm broken too, and spoken for Do not tempt me Forgive me, Hera I cannot stay He cut out my tongue There is nothing to save Love me, oh Lord He threw me away He laughed at my sins In his arms I must stay We write, that's all right I miss his smell We speak when spoken to And that suits us well That suits us well That suits me well

I Speak Because I Can

Tuning: DADF#AD (Open D)
Intro (each chord played for one bar)
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Verse (alternate between these two chords)
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 My husband left me last night Left me a poor and lonely wife I cooked the meals and he got the life And now I'm just old for the rest of my
Then on the last bit repeat the intro chords
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 Time for he, oh he, oh my
Middle section
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 I speak because I can to anyone I trust enough to listen You speak because you can to anyone who'll hear what you say
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 I swear it was not my choice I used to be so kind
Verse 2 (same chords as verse 1)
Never rode my bike down to the sea Never finished that letter I was writing Never got up and said anything Worthy, for he, for my
Middle section chords again (but repeated more times here)
Graceful sleeper, you midnight dreamer I'm floored by your sound, I'm floored by your sound I swear it was not my choice, to reach out for someone wise I used to be so kind, I used to be so kind
Bridge
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 In the breaking of the morning we'll be dancing on my soft lawn When you're shaking out the anger that stops you from taking my call When you're running up the highway singing I'm the king, the king of you all When you look back to where it started, I'll be there waving you on
Verse (same as verse 1 chords)
Never rode my bike down to the sea Never quite figured out what I believe Never got up and said anything Worthy, for he, for my