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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) A7 (x02020@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D 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)Em (022000@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
are gone, ah, but the song carries on so ho-ly
Verse 4
Em (022000@1)name="chord_320003@1">G C (x32010@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm Em (022000@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_244322@1">F# F#7 (242352@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm F# (244322@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm F# (244322@1) F#7 (242352@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm
Em (022000@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm F# (244322@1) B (x2444x@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em 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) A7 (x02020@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A Em (022000@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A Dah, (xx0232@1)but the song carries on so ho-ly
