Richard Thompson - She Cut Off Her Long Silken Hair Chords

[Verse 1]
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Midnight in her room
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There was music and incense and mirrors all around
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By the light of the moon
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Her silver dress slipped to the ground
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Then she knelt like Saint Joan
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And invisible armies attended her there
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And her knife brightly shone
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As she cut off her long silken hair
 
[Bridge]
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Trapped, I suppose
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Lied for my sake
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Crushed like the rose
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That somebody picked by mistake
 
[Verse 2]
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Oh I knew it would come
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I knew she would leave me for some better start
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Oh I knew it would come
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She was too well rehearsed in her part
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And I measured my life
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And my heart fairly broke with the sorrow and care
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As she took down the knife
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And she cut off her long silken hair
 
[Verse 3]
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Oh there's some who believe
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Oh there's some who believe there are reasons to lie
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And there's some who deceive
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And the truth is right there in their eyes
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Oh but I don't see why
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In all of my life I've seen nothing so fair
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And I don't see why
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She cut off her long silken hair
 
 
[Outro]
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I don't see why
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I don't see why