Sweet - Lady Starlight Tabs

Album:	Desolation Boulevard


 

Here's Lady Starlight from the kings of glam - Sweet.
It's one of the best ballads I've ever heard.
I recommend to listen to live version where Andy starts vocals 
and everything is just acoustic.

Chords used:
Em	022000
A(0)	002220
A(V)	577655
D	x00232 or 254232
D/G	x00233
D7	x00222
G	355433 or 320003
Hm	224432
Hm7/A   x04432 or x04232


Song starts from chorus:


CHORUS:

		             Em
		Looking for starlight
		             A 
		Lady made it allright
		             D  D/G  D
		She was the lady


		       G                    A
		And I knew right from the start
		             Em
		Sweet lady starlight
		                A
		Come on and make it tonight
		                 D  D/G
		You turn it on so easy
		         G          Em       D
		And the lady is my lady starlight

VERSE 1.

D   D/G    Hm             Hm7/A
Sing, the song shoould be sung
     G               D
And love can be the voice
               Hm     Hm7/A
The tears in my eyes
      G              A(V)	<----- 577655 ('A' taken from 5th fret)
I'm crying tears of joy
      G              A(0)	<----- 002220 ('A' taken from open strings)
When you say I'm your boy




CHORUS.




BRIDGE (1'29"):

e|--7/9/7-----7-----------------|-7/9/7-----7------------------|
B|--7/9/7--7--7-----------------|-7/9/7--7--7-----7------------|
G|---------8-----8--------------|--------8-----8--8--6---------|
D|---------------9--------------|--------------9-----7---------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|



VERSE 2 (bridge verse).

G      D            Em
Time slips right on away 
Hm
But why should I care 
A
What people say 
G            D           A
I will watch over lady starlight 
Em
Looking for starlight 

VERSE 3.
Dance she dances a valley 
And Rudi is the king 
I laugh when she's happy 
The power's in my hands 
And I must be a man 


CHORUS.

OUTTRO:

D    Em   D7