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Date: 24/02/2000 From: Dj E-mail:dave.illingworth@nevisuk.net
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SWEEt SCarLEt by Cat Stevens CapO At 3rd FrEt


Verse 1
OFnce she came in-Bto my rF7oom, feabthered hat, and aBll,
Weabring a warm wool shBawl wrapped a-roFund her shoBuld-eFrs. bTwo eyes like liBghts,
Mbilky marble whiBtes lookingc7 up at Fme, loboking for a wBay,
Mobons in an endless dBay. And aFll I knew was wBith her tF7hen,
No, coubldn't see the tiBme,as we drabnk down the wiBne to the laFst sweet sBcar-lFet



Verse 2
BBow was I to woFnder why, or giseven question thCis?   Ungisderneath her kCiss,
B F B B C B B#m
I was so un-guard-ed . Every bottle's empty now, and all those dreams are gone,
gisAh, but the soCng goes bon so B7ho-Fly  B      b    B    b    B 



Verse 3
SFhe was so much youBnger tF7hen, wbild like the wBind, a gbypsy with a gBrin,
From an oFld far away cBoun-tFry, but dbeep beneath her cuBrls,
Be-nebath this misty peBarl, there was mFore to see.c  SBhe could move mountains
iFn the dark, as sigislent as a knCife, she giscut loose a lCife that she neBver,
No, neverF reaBlly wBant-ed. AllC those days areB frozen now, and all those scars
B#m gis C b B7 b F
are gone, ah, but the song carries on so ho-ly



Verse 4
b F B c b F c g g7 c g c b c g g7 c

 b  c  g    CCobme C7let usB drink againF, be-fore the gissecond show,      C 
I giswant you so to kCnow ,there's no brBidge be-tFween Bus,
B C B B#m
All those gates have opened now, and through the light has shone,
gisah, but the sCong carries bon so B7ho-Fly B    b   B    b   B    F