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Inspiration Lady

Biography:

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr., (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who achieved international success in folk, country, and popular music. He came to prominence in the 1960s, and broke through on the international music charts in the 1970s with songs such as "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Sundown" (1974) and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976). His songs have been recorded by some of the world's most successful recording artists, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan.

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Four years of hard work!

This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!

INSPIRATION LADY

Original key E
capo to second fret to play along with Gord

[intro]

D G A G
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

D D/C G/B G A
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

[Verse #1]
D D/C# G/B D/A
Shes my inspiration lady,
G D/F# A Asus4
Inspir ation every where
D D/C# G/B D/A
Shes my inspiration lady,
G A A/G
She lights candles in the air
D/F# G
In the warmth of the morning sun
Dmaj7/F# G A
And at night when the day is done
D A/C# Bm A6
Shes my inspir ation lady, my antici pation lady
G A
sees my situ ation every

D Dsus2,4 D G A G
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
day
D D/C G/B G A
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

[Verse #2]

D D/C# G/B D/A
Seems like every time I see her
G D/F# A Asus4
Shes got something on her mind
D D/C# G/B D/A
when she tells the age old story
G A A/G
Of the life she left be hind
D/F# G
In the warmth of the morning light
Dmaj7/F# G A
She will turn and hold me tight
D A/C# Bm A6
Shes my inspir ation lady, sad soft situ ation lady
G A
Sees my situ ation every

D Dsus2,4 D G A G
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
day
D D/C G/B G A
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

[Verse #3}
D D/C# Bm A6
Seems like I will always love her,
G D/F# A Asus4
Inspiration every day
D D/C# Bm A6
And I'd like to think hey maybe,
G A A/G
I can drive her blues away
D/F# G
In the warmth of the morning sun
Dmaj7/F# G A
At night when the day is done
D A/C# Bm A6
Shes my inspir ation lady Shes my kind re action lady
G A
sees my situ ation every

D Dsus2,4 D G A G
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
day

[verse #4]

D A/C# Bm A6
Shes my inspir ation lady, my antici pation lady
G A
Shes my inspiration all the

D Dsus2,4 D G A G
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
way
D D/C G/B G A
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

D.............
1 2 3 4

transcribed by Peter Kruger
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