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Thread #18977   Message #191783
Posted By: Grab
08-Mar-00 - 08:50 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: sister fatima
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: sister fatima
I play it in D - can't remember if that's the key Maclean used, but you've got a capo, right?

The intro-y bit goes D, Dmaj7, D7, Dmaj7, played with a bar at fret 5.

Then the verse goes:-

D Dmaj7 D7 Dmaj7
The spirit of Fatima still rules the earth
And she knows your future, and she knows what it's worth
Em Gm D
Sister Fatima has God-given powers.
And on 42nd St. a shop that sells flowers
Bm E A
is her palace. Come and be healed.

Repeat for the 2nd verse.

G D G D
And I came from nowhere like you and your friend. My searching and wandering went on without end. Bm F#m
My future was dim, my spirit was crushed.
Bm G A
In one sacred moment my questions were hushed.

Then a solo-y bit, which has various twiddles over a Bm chord (I tend to to a twiddly Bm7 type thing at fret 7), then another twiddly bit on what I believe is Fdim (I play 1-E, 2-A, 0-D, 2A, 0-D, 3-D, 2-G, 3-D, 2-G, 1-B, notation is fret-string, but this is probably miles out!)

Bm F#m
I'm a servant of faith in this garden of truth,
just a humble recruit of the taffeta booth.
Em Gm D
where all things are known, but few are revealed.
where sins are forgotten and sickness is healed.
Bm E Bm
For 5 dollars, the flower is free.

Then finish with a suitably twiddly bit on Bm (I think he uses Bsus2).

Hope that helps - sorry it's a bit vague. If anyone knows a better version (or has a decent transcript of the twiddly bits), I'd be interested.

Grab.