• Song:

    Bow To The Sad Lady Mara Lisa

  • Artist:

    Ryan Adams

Title           : Bow to the sad lady (alt. Mara Lisa)
Artist          : Ryan Adams
Album           : Suicide Handbook

Transcribed by  : Johan Sigurdson (johan.sigurdson@gmail.com)

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Ryan Adams - Bow to the Sad Lady (Mara Lisa)
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Standard tuning.

Chords used:
    A (x02220@1)     D/A (x00232@1)     E (022100@1)      E7 (020130@1)     F (133211@1) 
    F# (244322@1)name="chord_022000@1">e --0--    --2--    --0--    --0--    --1--    --2--
B--2-- (x2444x@1)   --3--    --0--    --3--    --1--    --2--
G--2-- (320003@1)   --2--    --1--    --1--    --2--    --3--
D--2-- (xx0232@1)   --0--    --2--    --2--    --3--    --4--
A--0-- (x02220@1)   --0--    --2--    --2--    --3--    --4--
E----- (022100@1)   -----    --0--    --0--    --1--    --2--

    G (320003@1)      B (x2444x@1)      Am (x02210@1)     Bm (x24432@1)    D/F# (200232@1)name="chord_022000@1">e --3--    --2--    --0--    --2--    --2--
B--3-- (x2444x@1)   --4--    --1--    --3--    --3--
G--0-- (320003@1)   --4--    --2--    --4--    --2--
D--0-- (xx0232@1)   --4--    --2--    --4--    --0--
A--2-- (x02220@1)   --2--    --0--    --2--    --0--
E--3-- (022100@1)   -----    -----    -----    --2--

(I'll keep it simple and let you figure out the picking yourselves... pick between A and 
when it says A for a start and make your way from there.)

Intro:
A, D/A... (A few times)


AMara (x02220@1)Lisa waves her hand at the car
E (022100@1)                 E7 (020130@1)           AWith (x02220@1)a stick and a rose-colored shawl
F (133211@1)                                          AFighting (x02220@1)of tears of a dull and a deafening pain
F# (244322@1)                      GThey'll (320003@1)repay every senseless act
A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)        F#They (244322@1)ever borrowed from you
(G, A)    B (x2444x@1)               E (022100@1)     E7 (020130@1)    
     AOh, (x02220@1)just wait and you will see, won't you, Mara Lisa?

Am (x02210@1)                            G (320003@1)            F#Through (244322@1)the curtains, sees the town and the parades
(G, A)    B (x2444x@1)               E (022100@1)      E7 (020130@1)   
       AOh, (x02220@1)you know how innocence fades, don't you, Mara Lisa?


AMarching (x02220@1)softly through the weeds in her front yard
  E (022100@1)           E7 (020130@1)          AUp (x02220@1)onto the porch to a sip of tea
  F (133211@1)                                     AWounded (x02220@1)soldier with a cane and a bitter remedy
  F# (244322@1)                          GYou'll (320003@1)repay every senseless act
         A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)         F#To (244322@1)the boys who were dead in the field
(G, A)    B (x2444x@1)               E (022100@1)      E7 (020130@1)   
       AOh (x02220@1)you know they're were already killed, don't you, Mara Lisa?
  F# (244322@1)                          GYou'll (320003@1)repay every trick you pulled
         A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)         F#On (244322@1)the boys that were lost out at sea
(G, A)    B (x2444x@1)               E (022100@1)      E7 (020130@1)   
       AOh (x02220@1)they drowned in your memory, didn't they, Mara Lisa?


Am (x02210@1)                       G (320003@1)                F#Through (244322@1)the curtains, sees the town and the parades
(G, A)    B (x2444x@1)               E (022100@1)      E7 (020130@1)   
       AOh, (x02220@1)you know how innocence fades, don't you, Mara Lisa?

Bm (x24432@1)                        EWere (022100@1)you even capable of love?
         A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)       F#If (244322@1)you were, then how do you know
Bm (x24432@1)                        EInnocence (022100@1)keeps tabs on the ones it can't see
Bm (x24432@1)                     G (320003@1)    D/F# (200232@1)  E (022100@1)E7It (020130@1)wet it's lips, and it said "Mara Lisa"


AMarching (x02220@1)softly through the weeds in her front yard
  E (022100@1)               E7 (020130@1)       AUp (x02220@1)onto the porch to a sip of tea
  F (133211@1)                                    AWounded (x02220@1)woman with a cane and a sad remedy
  F# (244322@1)                 GYou'll (320003@1)repay every senseless act
A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)        F#They (244322@1)ever borrowed from you
(G, A)    B (x2444x@1)               E (022100@1)     E7 (020130@1)    
E (022100@1)   AOh, (x02220@1)just wait and you will see, won't you, Mara Lisa?

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