• Song:

    Poor Little Alison

  • Artist:

    Gordon Lightfoot

Artist: Gordon Lightfoot
Song: Poor little Alison
Tabbed by: DJ
16th Feb 2013

Tuning: Standard
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in key of E)

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   D             Dmaj7           D7            Dmaj7
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |


D                      Dmaj7                 D7
   Poor little Alison,      standing in the night wind,
    G                 Gm                      D       Dsus2  D      Dsus2
Laughing out loud, turning her face to the summer rain,    | /  /  /  /  |
D                      Dmaj7                 D7
   Poor little Alison,      never had much going,
  G              Gm                       D           Dsus2  D      Dsus2
Hard to forget, always in step with the world she's in!    | /  /  /  /  |


A                                G                    D
   Never knowing, never feeling,    showing so much pride,
A                                     G                      A7sus4
   Never saying what she's thinking,     or feeling deep in - side!


D                      Dmaj7                 D7
   Poor little Alison,      dreaming of the right one,
    G               Gm                 D                    Dsus2
Laughing out loud, lost in a crowd of fair-weather friends!


  Dmaj7           D7             G             A7sus4
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

   D       Dsus2   D       Dsus2
|  /  /  /   /  |  /  /  /   /  |


A                                G                    D
   Never knowing, never feeling,    showing so much pride,
A                                     G                      A7sus4
   Never saying what she's thinking,     or feeling deep in - side!


D                      Dmaj7                 D7
   Poor little Alison,      standing in the night wind,
   G                Gm                      D         Dsus2  D      Dsus2
Wishing out loud, turning her face to the summer rain,     | /  /  /  /  |
  G               Gm                      D
Hard to forget, always in step with the world she's in!


  Dmaj7           D7            Dmaj7           D       Dsus2   D
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /   /  |  /  ||


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D     =  xx0232    G     =  355433    A      =  x02220
Dmaj7 =  xx0222    Gm    =  355333    A7sus4 =  x02030
D7    =  xx0212    Dsus2 =  xx0230
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