Lady writer    (video)    (midi)

 

    F - G - Am (3x)   +  F - G - Em

 

    F              G              Am  F                        G       Am

1.     Lady writer on the TV, talking bout the Virgin Mary,

F        G                 Am   - F            G               Em

    reminded me of you,       expectation left a come on, too.

F              G               Am  - F                    G                  Am

    Lady writer on the TV,        yeah, she had another quality,

F           G                     Am  - F              G                     Em

    the way you used to look,      and I know you never read a book.

 

F                                                                              C

    Just the way that her hair fell down around her face,

F                                        - Am            - Em - Dm

    then I recall my fall from        grace,

                 Fm                   Am

    another time, another place.

 

    F              G              Am  - F                 G                  Am

2.     Lady writer on the TV,        she had all the brains and the beauty,

F                     G         Am   - F                       G                   Em

    the picture does not fit,          you’d talk to me when you felt like this.

 

F                                                                              C

    Just the way that her hair fell down around her face,

F                                        - Am            - Em - Dm

    then I recall my fall from        grace,

                 Fm                   Am

    another time, another place.

 

    C                                                                  - G

+      Yes, and your rich old man he’d call her        a dead ringer,

Em                                                                                  Dm

    you got the same command plus your mother was a jazz singer.

 

+  F - G - Am (3x)   +  F - G - Em

 

+  F - G - Am (3x)   +  F - G - Em

 

F                                                                              C

    Just the way that her hair fell down around her face,

F                                        - Am            - Em - Dm

    then I recall my fall from        grace,

                 Fm                   Am

    another time, another place.

 

    F              G              Am  - F                 G            Am

3.     Lady writer on the TV,      she knew all about history,

F                      G                         Am  - F               G       Em

    he couldn’t hardly write your name,    I think I want it just the same.

F              G              Am   F                        G       Am

    Lady writer on the TV, talking ‘bout the Virgin Mary,

     F                            G                 Am               - F           G               Em

  yeah, you know I’m talking about you and me,     lady writer on the TV.

F              G              Am   F                        G       Am

    Lady writer on the TV, talking ‘bout the Virgin Mary,

     F                            G                 Am               - F           G               Em

  yeah, you know I’m talking about you and me,     lady writer on the TV.

 

+  F - G - Am (3x)   +  F - G - Em

 

+  F - G - Am (3x)   +  F - G - Em

 

(orig. = capo 4th)    (Dire Straits)