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Date: 24/02/2000         From: DJ          E-mail:dave.illingworth@nevisuk.net
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          	      SWEET SCARLET by Cat Stevens          CAPO AT 3rd FRET


Verse 1
 D (xx0232@1)             C (x32010@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)    Em (022000@1)             AOnce (x02220@1)she came in-to my room, feathered hat, and all,
   Em (022000@1)               A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1)            AWearing (x02220@1)a warm wool shawl wrapped a-round her should-ers. Two eyes like lights,
 Em (022000@1)           A (x02220@1)        Bm7 (x20202@1)  D (xx0232@1)   Em (022000@1)         AMilky (x02220@1)marble whites looking up at me, looking for a way, 
  Em (022000@1)               A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)            C (x32010@1)      D7Moons (xx0212@1)in an endless day. And all I knew was with her then, 
       Em (022000@1)            A (x02220@1)         Em (022000@1)          A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)  DNo, (xx0232@1)couldn't see the time,as we drank down the wine to the last sweet scar-let



Verse 2 
 E (022100@1)           D (xx0232@1)          F#m (244222@1)           B (x2444x@1)     F#m (244222@1)         BHow (x2444x@1)was I to wonder why, or even question this?   Underneath her kiss,
      E (022100@1)     D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)            B (x2444x@1)           E (022100@1)                  C#mI (x13321@4)was so un-guard-ed . Every bottle's empty now, and all those dreams are gone,
F#m (244222@1)         B (x2444x@1)     Em (022000@1)  A7D   C (x32010@1)   Em (022000@1)A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1)AAh, (x02220@1)but the song goes on so ho-ly



Verse 3
 D (xx0232@1)               C (x32010@1)   D7 (xx0212@1)  Em (022000@1)          A (x02220@1)     Em (022000@1)         AShe (x02220@1)was so much younger then, wild like the wind, a gypsy with a grin,
         D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)              AFrom (x02220@1)an old far away coun-try, but deep beneath her curls,
     Em (022000@1)             A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)        Bm (x24432@1)E (022100@1)                
Be-neath this misty pearl, there was more to see.   She could move mountains
 D (xx0232@1)              F#m (244222@1)       B (x2444x@1)      F#m (244222@1)        B (x2444x@1)            E (022100@1)in the dark, as silent as a knife, she cut loose a life that she never, 
                  D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1)                 B (x2444x@1)            ENo, (022100@1)never really want-ed. All those days are frozen now, and all those scars
     C#m (x13321@4)F#m (244222@1)        B (x2444x@1)         Em (022000@1)  A7 (x02020@1)EmG
are gone, ah, but the song carries on so ho-ly



Verse 4
EmG    CBm   EmD   BmF#   F#7Bm   F# (244322@1) Bm (x24432@1)  EmBm F# (244322@1)  F#7Bm  

 EmBm F# (244322@1) BEm B7 (x21202@1)  E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)           F#m (244222@1)             B (x2444x@1)                    Come let us drink again, be-fore the second show,
  F#m (244222@1)           B (x2444x@1)               E (022100@1)      D (xx0232@1)  EI (022100@1)want you so to know ,there's no bridge be-tween us,
 A (x02220@1)                    B (x2444x@1)             E (022100@1)                 C#mAll (x13321@4)those gates have opened now, and through the light has shone,
F#m (244222@1)        B (x2444x@1)         Em (022000@1)  A7D  C (x32010@1) EmA   EmA   Dah, (xx0232@1)but the song carries on so ho-ly