Intro:
I think the intro is played by two guitars, but it may be played
something like below. It is around the Am chord.
Each 3 notes and Am is repeated some times, with some small changes
in
the Am chord (the "melody"). The chord is strummed a few times.
Bold notes should be emphasized.
-------0 -------0
-------3 --------1
-------1 -------1
-------1 -------1
-------2 -------2
-------2 -------2
-0-2---2 -0-2---2
-0-2---2 -0-2---2
-----0-0 -----0-0
-----0-0 -----0-0
-------- --------
-------- --------
After that, continue with:
-----0-------0---------0
-----1-------1---------1
-----2-------2---------2
-----0-------0---------2
-0-2-0---0-2-0---2-0---0
---------------------3--
F A F#m, F A F#m
B/A B A
B/A B
A
Ladies of leisure, with their eyes on the back roads ---
Asus4 A/B
E
Asus4 A/B E
All looking for strangers, to whom they extend welcomes
B/A B
A B/A B
A
With a smile and a glimpse of pink knees and elbows;
Asus4 A/B E
Asus4 A/B E
Of satin and velvet --- good ladies, good fortune.
F Esus4 B E F
Esus4 B E
Ladies.
Ladies.
B/A B
A B/A B
A
They sing of their heroes: of solitary soldiers
Asus4 A/B E
Asus4 A/B
E
Invested in good health and manner most charming.
B/A B
A
B/A B
A
Whose favors are numbered (none the less well intended)
Asus4 A/B E
Asus4 A/B E
By hours in a minute; by those ladies who bless them.
F E
Ladies.
Outro: E