From fb7de5b859eb3847eacd06233499dace181c530e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Romain Goffe Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 17:44:46 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add song: Laura Veirs - Black-eyed Susan --- songs/Laura_Veirs/Black_eyed_Susan.sg | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+) create mode 100644 songs/Laura_Veirs/Black_eyed_Susan.sg diff --git a/songs/Laura_Veirs/Black_eyed_Susan.sg b/songs/Laura_Veirs/Black_eyed_Susan.sg new file mode 100644 index 00000000..befe6be0 --- /dev/null +++ b/songs/Laura_Veirs/Black_eyed_Susan.sg @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +\selectlanguage{english} +\songcolumns{2} +\beginsong{Black-eyed Susan} + [by=Laura Veirs,cov=the-triumphs-and-travails-of-orphan-mae,album=The Triumphs and Travails of Orphan Mae] + + \cover + \gtab{C#m}{4:X02210} + \gtab{G#}{4:022100} + + \beginverse + \[C#m]Twenty days walking so lonely and talking + To my\[G#]self and the rocks and sand + \[C#m]Got me to thinking 'bout going and drinking + In a \[G#]tavern with a clean-sha\[C#m]ven man + \endverse + + \beginverse* + Just when I thought all souls had been bought + By the devil here long ago + There did I see when I knelt to my knee + A little Texas flower grow + \endverse + + \beginchorus + \[C#m]Black-eyed Susan by the roadside blooming + All \[G#]yellow like sunshine, red like wine + \[C#m]Flower like you, in a desert this cruel + My-\[G#]my, you're a rare-rare \[C#m]find + \endchorus + + \beginverse + Well, my newfound friend gave my heart a mend + I sang her songs of my wayward ways + As day turned to night in the crystal moonlight + I confirmed her unwavering gaze + \endverse + + \beginverse* + As the days unraveled, I stayed in the gravel + And Susan kept her eye on me + With my eye on her, I felt my heart all astir + With the joy of camaraderie + \endverse + +\endsong