All The Lovely Ladies Chords
All The Lovely Ladies by Gordon Lightfoot is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords G, D, C, F and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G D C G F C D G
verse 1:
F C G
All the lovely ladies in their finery tonight
F G
I wish that I could know them one by one
F C G
All the handsome gentlemen with loving on their minds
F G
Strolling in to take the ladies home
C F
Bless you all and keep you on the road to tenderness
Bb G
Heaven can be yours, just for now
verse 2:
F G
All the gentle strangers who by nature do not smile
F G
To everyone who cannot hold a pen
F G
To all you heavy rounders with a headache for your pains
F G
Who dread the thought of going 'round the bend
C F
Bless you all and keep you on the road to better things
Bb G
Heaven can be yours, just for now
verse 3:
F C G
To all the lovely ladies in their finery tonight
F G
I wish that I could kiss you while you knit
F C G
To all the ones who learn to live with being second-guessed
F G
Whose job it is to give more then to get
C F
Bless you all and keep you with the strength to understand
Bb G
Heaven can be yours, just for now
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