• Song:

    Sarah

  • Artist:

    Thin Lizzy

  • Album:

    Millennium Edition

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Thin Lizzy - Sarah (1972)
Transcribed by Jon Malmin (jogusmal@hotmail.com)
Tuning: Standard E

This song is from "Shades of a Blue Orphanage", so it's not the same as the more 
famous jazzpop-tune from "Black Rose". Fingerpick the song all the way through.

G (320003@1)       Bm7 (x20202@1)  Am7 (x02010@1) GCaptain's (320003@1)hair
       Am7 (x02010@1)         Bm7 (x20202@1) Am7 (x02010@1) Gshone (320003@1)softly in the sun
C (x32010@1)               DRode (xx0232@1)on his best mare
   Cmaj7/G
to Sarah

G (320003@1)       Bm7 (x20202@1) Am7 (x02010@1) GSchoolboy (320003@1)eyes
       Am7 (x02010@1)            Bm7 (x20202@1) Am7 (x02010@1) Gwould (320003@1)stare in innocent fun
C (x32010@1)            DNever (xx0232@1)told no lies, he loved...
      Cmaj7/G...Sarah (332000@1)
Am7 (x02010@1)           GWhispered (320003@1)by a bramble,
C (x32010@1)           Dcarried (xx0232@1)by a brook
        C (x32010@1)           Dto (xx0232@1)every fisher's hook,
Cmaj7/G
Sarah...

[Solo backing]
G Bm7 Am7 G Am7 Bm7 Am7 G 
C D Cmaj7/G

G (320003@1)       Bm7 (x20202@1) Am7 (x02010@1) GFragrant (320003@1)fields
        Am7 (x02010@1)         Bm7 (x20202@1) Am7 (x02010@1) GPlaying (320003@1)croquet in the sun
C (x32010@1)        DNothing (xx0232@1)appeals
     Cmaj7/Glike (332000@1)Sarah

Am7 (x02010@1)           GWhispered (320003@1)by a bramble,
C (x32010@1)           Dcarried (xx0232@1)by a brook
        C (x32010@1)           Dto (xx0232@1)every fisher's hook,
Cmaj7/G
Sarah...

*****************************************************

Chords used:
G:            Bm7:          Am7:          C: 
3-2-0-0-3-3   x-2-4-2-3-2   x-0-2-0-1-0   x-3-2-0-1-0
D:            Cmaj7/G:
x-x-0-2-3-2   3-3-2-0-0-x

Also, play this little Dsus4-variation each time a D appears:
e|--------3p2-----------2------|
B|------3-----3-------3---3----|
G|----2---------2---2-------2--|
D|--0-------------0------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

That's it, enjoy!
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