Biography:
Laura Marling (born 1st February 1990) is a folk singer/songwriter/guitarist from Eversley, United Kingdom.
She began playing the guitar at the age of five, first being taught the blues by her father in front of the family fire, and has been enthralled by the songs and lyrics of the likes of Neil Young, Bob Dylan, James Taylor and John Mayall ever since. It’s not just the “golden-oldies” that Laura admires; she also harbours a rather deep love for alt.
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Other songs:
- Alas I Cannot Swim
- Blackberry Stone Ft. Marcus Mumford
- Cross Your Fingers/ Crawled Out Of The Sea
- Don't Ask Me Why
- Failure
- Ghosts
- Goodbye England (covered In Snow)
- I Speak Because I Can
- London Town
- My Manic And I
- New Romantic
- New Romantic (super Easy)
- Tap At My Window
- The Captain And The Hourglass
- What He Wrote
- Blackberry Stone
- Night Terror
- Always This Way
- Candlelight
- Crawled Out Of The Sea
- Cross Your Fingers
- Daisy
- Darkness Descends
- Devils Resting Place
- Devils Spoke
- Divine
- False Hope
- Goodbye England Covered In Snow
- Gurdjeffs Daughter
- Gurdjieffs Daughter
- Hope In The Air
- How Can I
- I Was An Eagle
- Im A Fly
- Is A Hopedrinking Alone
- Little Love Caster
- Man Sings About Romance
- Master Hunter
- Meheni Rachi
- Mexico
- Night After Night
- Not Done Travelling
- Nothing Not Nearly
- Nouel
- Old Stone
- Pray For Me
- Rambling Man
- Rebecca
- Rest In The Bed
- Saved These Words
- Short Movie
- Soothing
- Sophia
- The Muse
- The Wrote And The Writ
- To Be A Woman
- Travel Light
- Typical
- Where Can I Go
- Wild Fire
- Your Only Doll Dora
- Youre No God
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Dm
My darling, I loved you
Bb
I long to become you
A
And know what it is that you gave
Dm
We dance the sorrow
Bb
Forgive me tomorrow
F Gm
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F Gm F
And I pray night after night and day after day
Gm
Would you watch my body weaken
Dm (Last Dm of verse only)
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Dm
And my mind drift away?
Dm Bb A
Dm Bb A
Dear lover forsaken, our love is taken away
Dm Bb
You were my speaker, my innocence-keeper
F Gm F
I don't night after night, day after day
Gm
Would you watch my body weaken,
Dm
My mind drift away?
Dm Bb A
Dear lover forgiven, my love is driven by rage
Oh I should just leave you, instead I've deceived you
But I don't, night after night, day after day
Would you watch my body weaken
my mind drift away?
Dm Bb
I count to no one, hold nobody's ear
A
I sold you my hand once and you hit me in fear
Dm
I don't stand for the devil
Bb
I don't whisper in ears
F Gm F Gm Dm
I stand on the mountains and call people to hear
Dm/F Dm
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Dm/F Dm Dm/F
It's a sudden burst of light, it's a fate foretold
Dm Dm/F Dm
It is knowing, it is knowing
Dm Bb A
Dm Bb
He longs for the answers, as all of us must
A
He longs for the woman who will conquer his lust
Dm Bb
He screams in the night, I scream in the day
A
We weep in the evening and lie naked and pray
F Gm F
Night after night, day after day
Gm F
Night after night, day after day
Gm
Could you watch my body weaken,
Dm
and my mind drift away?
Dm/F Dm
It's a tempting communion
Dm/F
It's a fate foretold
Dm Dm/F
It is knowing, it is knowing
Dmsus4
(play around with picking pattern, hammering 3 on the high d string)
D5 D5+ D5 D5+ D5 D5+
What it is that you're told Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
My darling, I loved you
Bb
I long to become you
A
And know what it is that you gave
Dm
We dance the sorrow
Bb
Forgive me tomorrow
F Gm
d|--------------|x2 ----------------|x2
A|--------------| ----------------|
f|------4---4---| -------5---5----|
D|------0---0---| -------0---0----|
A|----0---0---0-| ----0----0---0--|
D|--3-----------| -5--------------|
F Gm F
And I pray night after night and day after day
Gm
Would you watch my body weaken
Dm (Last Dm of verse only)
d|---------------------------|etc.
A|-----------------0---0-----|
f|-----0---0-------0---0-----|
D|-----0---0-----0---0---0---|
A|---0---0---0---------------|
D|-0-----------0-------------|
Dm
And my mind drift away?
Dm Bb A
Dm Bb A
Dear lover forsaken, our love is taken away
Dm Bb
You were my speaker, my innocence-keeper
F Gm F
I don't night after night, day after day
Gm
Would you watch my body weaken,
Dm
My mind drift away?
Dm Bb A
Dear lover forgiven, my love is driven by rage
Oh I should just leave you, instead I've deceived you
But I don't, night after night, day after day
Would you watch my body weaken
my mind drift away?
Dm Bb
I count to no one, hold nobody's ear
A
I sold you my hand once and you hit me in fear
Dm
I don't stand for the devil
Bb
I don't whisper in ears
F Gm F Gm Dm
I stand on the mountains and call people to hear
Dm/F Dm
d|-------------|x2-------------------|
A|-------------| -------------------|
f|-------------| -------------------|
D|-----0---0---| ------0---0--------|
A|---0-0-0-0-0-| ----0-0-0-0-0------|
D|-3-----------| --0----------------|
Dm/F Dm Dm/F
It's a sudden burst of light, it's a fate foretold
Dm Dm/F Dm
It is knowing, it is knowing
Dm Bb A
Dm Bb
He longs for the answers, as all of us must
A
He longs for the woman who will conquer his lust
Dm Bb
He screams in the night, I scream in the day
A
We weep in the evening and lie naked and pray
F Gm F
Night after night, day after day
Gm F
Night after night, day after day
Gm
Could you watch my body weaken,
Dm
and my mind drift away?
Dm/F Dm
It's a tempting communion
Dm/F
It's a fate foretold
Dm Dm/F
It is knowing, it is knowing
Dmsus4
(play around with picking pattern, hammering 3 on the high d string)
D5 D5+ D5 D5+ D5 D5+
What it is that you're told Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Laura Veirs
Laurel
Laurel And Hardy
Lauren Aquilina
Lauv
Lavender Diamond
Lawrence The Ban (...)
Lawson
Lax'n' (...)