Album Version
{c:
The main accompaniment goes something like this, with a strong separation
between bass downstrokes and treble upstrokes, and an emphasis on the
middle string for the G F part (the downstroke on the G on the last beat
of the second measure is somewhat undetermined: could be a hint of the
bass strings, could be the middle strings):
}
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|-------0---0---0-|-------0---------|-----------------|-------0---------|
|-------1---1---1-|-------1---0---1-|-------1---1---1-|-------1---0---1-|
|-------0---0---0-|-------0---0---2-|-------2---2---0-|-------0---0---2-| etc.
|-2---2-----------|-----------0---3-|-------3---3---2-|-----------0---3-|
|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3-------|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3-------|
|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-------|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-------|
C
My love she speaks like silence,
GFC
Without ideals or violence,
GFC
She doesn't have to say she's faithful,
DmFG
Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
C
People carry roses,
GFC
And make promises by the hours,
GFC
My love she laughs like the flowers,
DmGC
Valentines can't buy her.
In the dime stores and bus stations,
People talk of situations,
Read books, repeat quotations,
Draw conclusions on the wall.
Some speak of the future,
My love she speaks softly,
She knows there's no success like failure
And that failure's no success at all.
The cloak and dagger dangles,
Madams light the candles.
In ceremonies of the horsemen,
Even the pawn must hold a grudge.
Statues made of match sticks,
Crumble into one another,
My love winks, she does not bother,
She knows too much to argue or to judge.
The bridge at midnight trembles,
The country doctor rambles,
Bankers' nieces seek perfection,
Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring.
The wind howls like a hammer,
The night blows cold and rainy,
My love she's like some raven
At my window with a broken wing.
Don’t Look Back version
{c:
Below is the interlude between the verses, as played in Don’t Look Back (the
“Donovan” scene).
}
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|-------0---0-----|-------0---0-----|-3-3---3---0-----|-------1---1---0-|
|-------1---1-----|-------1---1-----|-1-1---1---0---1-|-------1---1---0h|
|-------0---0-----|-------0---0-----|-0-0---0---0---2-|-------2---2---0-|
|-2---2-----3---2-|-0h2-------3---2-|-2-------------3-|-3---3-3---3---2-|
|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---2---|-3---3---3---3---|
|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---2---|-0---0---0---0---|
.. buy her.
: . . . : . . . : . . . : . . .
|-------0---0-----|-------1---1---0-|---0---0---0---0-|-1-1---1---0---0-|
|h1-----1---0---1-|-------1---1---0-|h1-1---1---1---1-|-3-0---1---0---1-|
|-------0---0---2-|-------2---2---0-|---0---0---0---0-|-2-0---2---0---0-|
|-2---2---------3-|-3---3-3---3---2-|-2-2-------------|---0---3---0-----|
|-3---3---3---2---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|---------3---2---|
|-0---0---0---2---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|---------0---2---|
: . . . : . . .
|-------0---0---0-|-------0---------|
|-------1---1---1-|-------1---------|
|-------0---0---0-|-------0---------|
|-2---2---2-3---2-|-2---2---2---2---|
|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|
|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
In the ...
Budokan version
D
My love she speaks like silence,
AGD
Without ideals or violence,
AGD
She doesn't have to say she's faithful,
EmGAAsus4
Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
D
People carry roses,
AGD
And make promises by the hours,
AGD
My love she laughs like the flowers,
EmAD
Valentines can't buy her.
Live 1975 version
C
My love she speaks like silence,
GFC
Without ideals or violence,
GFC
She doesn't have to say she's faithful,
DmGG/G
Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
C
People carry roses,
GFC
And make promises by the hours,
GFC
My love she laughs like the flowers,
DmGFC
Valentines can't buy her
Unplugged version
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|-0-----000-333-11|-1---
|-1-----111-000-11|-1---
|-0-----000-000-22|-2---
|-2-----222-000-33|-3---
|-3-----333-222-33|-3---
|-----------333-11|-1---
C
My love she speaks like silence,
GFC
Without ideals or violence,
GFC
doesn't have to say she's faithful,
DmG11
Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
C
People carry roses,
GFC
make promises by the hours,
GFC
My love she laughs like the flowers,
DmG11C
Valentines can't buy her.