Letter in Icelandic from the Ninette San Tabs & Lyrics by John K. Samson

Letter in Icelandic from the Ninette San

guitar tabs lyrics

John K. Samson

Letter In Icelandic from the Ninette San
from the album Provincial by John K Samson

Love this song! First part gives you the idea of how to play the chords, lyrics and
stuff follow.

D Dsus4 D5
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-9---9---9---10---10---10---12---12---12---12---12---12----|
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G
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A/C# G/B
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D Dsus2 D Dsus2
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*** go back to the start ***
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G(open) A7/4
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-3---3---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5---5-----|


D/F# G
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A
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Bmadd2 Bm Bmadd2 Bm
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G A
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D Dsus2 D Dsus2
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D Dsus4 D5 G
You'll recall from the sagas I hope Grettir's last stand at Drangey
A/C# G/B D Dsus2 D Dsus2
How his grip on the sword made his enemies cut off his hand
D Dsus4 D5 G
If he'd fled here instead, and had tasted this terrible coffee
A/C# G/B
Or read these letters you sent he'd surrender
D Dsus2 D Dsus2
and lay the blade down

G(open) A7/4
And it's Hall - o - ween
D/F# G
Skinny ghosts dress like cowboys and rest
A Bmadd2 Bm Bmadd2 Bm
at the railing by my door
G A D Dsus2 D Dsus2
On their way from the children's ward
D Dsus4 D5 G
Bev Monroe and his Pembina Valley boys play at the party
A/C# G/B D Dsus2 D Dsus2
And I practice my English on nurses, "Oh, that's a nice name."
D Dsus4 D5 G
And they may ask for mine, but the burns on my back from the x-rays
A/C# G/B D Dsus2 D Dsus2
Say I shouldn't show anyone anything ever again

G(open) A7/4
In another year
D/F# G
I'll be buried or shivering here.
A Bmadd2 Bm Bmadd2 Bm
Coughing at the grey spittoon
G A D Dsus2 D Dsus2
Painted orange by the harvest moon

D - Dsus4 - D5 G
A/C# - G/B - D - Dsus2 - D - Dsus2
D - Dsus4 - D5 G
A/C# - G/B - D - Dsus2 - D - Dsus2

G(open) A7/4
Pack up mother's clothes
D/F# G
Drive her down to the new Betel Home
A Bmadd2 Bm Bmadd2 Bm
Sell the boat to Arnison

And then go...

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G A Bmadd2 Bm Bmadd2 Bm
stand up straight in the place you're longing for
G A
And don't write to me anymore

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