Artist: Boo Hewerdine
Song: White lilies
Tabbed by: DJ
30th Nov 2012
Tuning: Standard
A beautifully simple song, expressing the sadness of attending
more funerals as we all get older, and losing more friends and family.
I'd love to hear Tom Waits do a cover of this!
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G
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G Cm D7 G G7 C
White lilies re - mind me... of those who had to go,
G D Cm D7
We... learn so late... that time won't wait, and love is all we know!
G Cm D7 G G7 C
White lilies seem to find me, more and more these days,
G D Cm D7 G
He seems to have... his daddy's eyes, something always stays!
C G Am7 D7 G (G/A)(G/B)
Gods and angels, we create them, I used to wonder why,
C G A A7 Am7 D7
Now I see more... why we make them, every time I say good - bye!
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G Cm D7 G G7 C
White lilies, so lovely-----, but you make me sigh,
G D Cm D7 G
See,...life goes on... when we are gone, white lilies... tell me why!
G Cm D7 G (G/A) (G/B) C C/G
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G (G/B)(G/C) D Cm D7
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C G Am7 D7 G (G/A)(G/B)
Gods and angels, we create them, I used to wonder why,
C G A A7 Am7 D7
Now I see more... why we make them, every time I say good - bye!
G Cm D7 G G7 C
White lilies, so lovely-----, oh, how you make me sigh,
G D Cm D7 G
See,...life goes on... when we are gone, white lilies... tell me why,
G D Cm D7 G
See,...life goes on... when we are gone, white lilies... tell me why!
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G = 320033 (G/A) = x0xxxx
Cm = x24432 (G/B) = x2xxxx
D7 = xx0212 (G/C) = x3xxxx
G7 = 320001
C = x32010
D = xx0232
Am7 = x02213
A = x02220
A7 = x02020
C/G = 332010
