The song is in 3/4 and each quarter note is divided in five which creates the groove in this song.
Play Intro, Verse 1 and Interlude with these chords.
Check the plucking pattern from the recording.
Gb Gb/F Ab/Eb Ebm Gbadd9 Bbm7/F Fm Eb
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|-7---7---------------------9-----9------------|
G|-6---6-------5------3------6-----6-----5---3--|
D|-8---8-------6------4------8-----8-----6---5--|
A|-9---8-------6------6------9-----8-----8---6--|
E|----------------------------------------------|
Gbadd9 Bbm7/F Fm Eb Gm Bbm Gb
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|--9------9------------------2-----------------|
G|--6------6----5----3----3------3--------------|
D|--8------8----6----5--------3-----------------|
A|--9------8----8----6----5---1--4--------------|
E|------------------------3------2--------------|
[Intro]
| Gb | Gb/F | Ab/Eb | Ebm |
| Gbadd9 | Bbm7/F | Fm | Eb |
| Gbadd9 | Bbm7/F | Ab/Eb | Eb |
| Gm | Bbm | Gb | Gb |
[Verse 1]
|Gb | Gb/F | Ab/Eb | Ebm |
Take my blood and take my marrow,
| Gbadd9 | Bbm7/F | Fm | Eb |
Scrape the meal from my bone,
| Gbadd9 | Bbm7/F | Ab/Eb | Eb |
Pierce my heart if you please, with your arrow,
| Gm | Bbm | Gb | Gb |
But Veda, my darling, come home.
[Verse 2]
| Ebm | Bbm | Ab | Gb |
Darling child, for you I labor,
| C7 | Fm | Cm | G |
Grease and glass in my skin,
| Ebm7 | Bbm7/F | Abm | Eb |
Though you sneer, and crack wise I won't waver, but
| A | Db/F | Ab | Db |
Veda, my darling, come in, come in.
[Chorus]
| Fm | Ab | Eb |
Sweet thing, let me dress you for bed,
| Bbm | Gb
Now slip that gown off your head,
| Db | Ab | Ebm |
I'll kiss you one thousand times, my angel.
| B | Gm | A
Close your eyes, and my savage mind
| Dm/A | Gm | Bb/F
Will fashion a day when you'd be tender,
| F | Fm
When you'd be kind. For you see the
[Verse 3]
| Ebm | Bbm | Ab | Gb |
Star beneath which you were delivered
| C7 | Fm | Cm | G |
Gave you cold-hearted pride,
| Ebm7 | B Bbm7/F | Abm | Eb |
You look down on your mother who loves you;
| A | Db/F | Ab | Db |
You take without grace - though it smarts - I don't mind.
[Interlude]
| Gb | Gb/F | Ab/Eb | Ebm |
| Gbadd9 | Bbm7/F | Fm | Eb |
| Gbadd9 | Bbm7/F | Ab/Eb | Eb |
| Gm | Bbm | Gb | Gb |
[Chorus]
|Fm | Ab | Eb
If your lover has done you wrong, you
|Bbm | Gb
Slipped as you gripped his gun
| Db | Ab | Ebm
And found yourself o'er his lifeless body.
| B | Gm | A
Child, I'd rush to turn myself in and
| Dm/A | Ebmaj7
Claim that it was my sin,
| Bb/F |F | Fm
To spare you. Yes, for darling
[Verse 4]
| Ebm | Bbm | Ab | Gb |
In this town of light and shadow
| C7 | Fm | Cm | G |
Dreams become crooked and low,
| Ebm7 | Bbm7 | Abm | Eb |
If I've lost my way it was only to please you,
| A | Db/F | Ab | Db |
But Veda, my darling, you already know.