Suzanne Vega - St. Clare
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(lyrics & music - Jack Hardy)


transcribed by Chris Brauner (chrisbrauner@go2.pl)


Capo on the 2nd fret.



         slight vibrato                                   call on that
      |-------------------| Em
E --------------------------------0-----------0--------
B --5--7--7--3--3--8--8--7------0---0-------0---0------
G  ---------------------------0-------0---0-------0----
D --5--7--7--4--4--9--9--7--2-----------------------2--
A --------------------------------------2--------------
E -----------------------------------------------------



 saint                             and the candle that
    Em
E --------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------
B ------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0----
G ----0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0--
D --2-----------------------2------------------------
A --------------2-----------------------2------------
E ---------------------------------------------------



 burns                                 keeping her
    Bm
E --------2-----------2-----------2-----------2------
B ------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---2----
G ----4-------4---4-------4---4-------4---4-------4--
D --------------4-----------------------4------------
A --2-----------------------2------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------



 safe                                   until her
    C                       D
E ---------------------------------------------------
B --------5-----------5-----------3-----------3------
G ------5---5-------5---5-------2---2-------2---2----
D ----5-------5---5-------5---4-------4---4-------4--
A --3-----------------------5-----------0------------
E --------------3------------------------------------



 return                                 plaster and
    C                     
E ---------------------------------------------------
B --------5-----------5-----------5-----------5------
G ------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5----
D ----5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5--
A --3-----------------------3------------------------
E --------------3-----------------------3------------



 paint                                  holding the
    G                       D
E ---------------------------------------------------
B --------3-----------3-----------3-----------3------
G ------4---4-------4---4-------2---3-------2---2----
D ----5-------5---5-------5---4-------4---4-------4--
A --------------5-----------0-----------5------------
E --3------------------------------------------------



 fire                                 a poor woman's
    Em                      D
E --------0-----------0------------------------------
B ------0---0-------0---0---------3-----------3------
G ----0-------0---0-------0-----2---2-------2---2----
D --2-------------------------4-------4---4-------4--
A --------------2-----------5-----------0------------
E ---------------------------------------------------



 saint                              holding all man's
    C                       D
E ---------------------------------------------------
B --------5-----------5-----------3-----------3------
G ------5---5-------5---5-------2---2-------2---2----
D ----5-------5---5-------5---4-------4---4-------4--
A --3-----------------------5-----------0------------
E --------------3------------------------------------



 desire                                  bold little
    Em
E --------0-----------0------------------------------
B ------0---0-------0---0----------------------------
G ----0-------0---0-------0--------------------------
D --2-----------------------2------------------------
A --------------2------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------


 bird
fly away home
could I but ride herd
on the wind and the foam

all of the souls
that curl by the fire
they never know
all man's desire

watercress clings
to the banks of the stream
in the first grip of spring
when the snow melts to green

barefoot and cold
and holding a lyre
by the side of the road
holding all man's desire

call on the saint
when the white candle burns
keeping her safe
until her return