Chords
The Lady With The Braid

Key: A

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
Ab  
(Played before vocals start)
Verse
Ab  
Would you care to stay till sunrise
             Db                                    Ab  
It's completely your decision
                                                                                                Eb  
It's just that going home is such a ride (such a ride)
Going home is such a ride
                                                                                                Ab  
Going home is such a low and lonely ride
Ab  
Would you hang your denim jacket
                        Db                    Ab  
Near the poster by Picasso
                                                                                                  Eb  
Do you sleep on the left side or the right (or the right)
                                                                                        Ab  
Would you mind if I leave on the light
                          Eb                                                 Ab  
Would you mind if it isn't too bright
Ab  
Now I need the window open
                          Db                              Ab  
So if you happen to get chilly
                                                                                                          Eb  
There's this coverlet my cousin hand-crocheted (hand-crocheted)
                                                                             Ab  
Do you mind if the edges are frayed
                          Eb                                              Ab  
Would you like to unfasten my braid
Bridge
                     Fm  
Shall I make you in the morning
     C  
A cup of homemade coffee
                                                                                                     Fm  
I will sweeten it with honey and with cream
                        Bb  
When you sleep
                                Fm  
Do you have dreams?
Fm  
You can read the early paper
                          C  
And I can watch you while you shave
Oh god the mirror's cracked
                        Bb  
When you leave
                        Fm  
Will you come back?
Fm  
You don't have to answer that at all
                                  C  
The bathroom door is just across the hall
You'll find an extra towel on the rack
                  Bb                                         Fm  
On the paisley-patterned papered wall
                          C  
There's a comb on the shelf
                                        Fm  
I papered that wall myself
             Eb  
That wall myself
Verse
                          Ab  
Would you care to stay till sunrise
             Db                                    Ab  
It's completely your decision
                                                                                                                  Eb  
It's just the night cuts through me like a knife (like a knife)
                                                                                          Ab  
Would you care to stay awhile and save my life?
                          Eb                                                                              Ab  
Would you care to stay awhile and save my life?
Bridge/Outro
                     Fm  
I don't know what made me say that
                                     C  
I've got this funny sense of humor
                                                                                                             Fm                         Eb  
You know I could not be downhearted if I tried (if I tried)
                                                                                                Ab  
It's just that going home is such a ride
                Db  
Going home is such a ride
                Ab  
Going home is such a ride
Eb                                                                                    Ab  
Isn't going home a low and lonely ride?
Eb                                                                                    Ab  
Isn't going home a low and lonely ride?
Eb                                                                                    Ab  
Isn't going home a low and lonely ride?
Outro Riff
Ab         Db         Ab  Eb  Ab