Capo 3





Intro - C

C5           G5       C5 
Oh, do you see her?
D5           G5              C5
Queen of the heavens on the move
  A5                     B5
Carried over oceans into India
 D5      G5                                      A5
Seduced by their gods and the heat and monsoons


 D5          B5               D5
How well, how obediently they received her
   D5                                       G5      G5
But Maria, there's an elephant head in your womb


C5         G5            A5
Oh, they believe in her
D5          G5           C5
Carved her idol into rock
A5                                B5
Over time, they married her to Shiva
          D5         G5                             A5
On their knees they begged her undrown their crops



D5       B5         D5
Oh Lady, Lady Dolorosa
     D5                            G5    G5
Many armed, many nippled mother of God



C5     G5     A5
Santa Maria
D5     G5                  C5
Santa Lakshmi of the ponds
A5              G5          C5
Forgot where she came from
D5     G5                  C5
Out in Nirvana she was lost



          A5                  B5
Draped in rosaries of jasmine, broken veena
D5      G5                     A5
Adore, exalt at the foot of a cross
          D5      C5            D5          
Where she wept in ivory and silver till
 D5                              G5    G5
Her child was reborn on a lotus pond



C5          G5     A5
Oh, do you see her?
D5           G5                   C5
Lost in her saffron-scented joy
A5      G5   C5   E5
Eastern Maria
D5         G5                C5
Nursing a blue-skinned baby boy

Tabbed by T. Barrie (shameandfortune)