Willow chords

by Joan Armatrading

Willow was written by Joan Armatrading.
The song was recorded at Olympic Studios, London.
Released: October, 1977 from the album Show Some Emotion.
Music: Key of C Major in 4/4 time at 120 bpm (♩)
Chords: C, Csus4, F, F7, Bb, Am, G, G7, G13, Dm7, Em7
Please note that you don't have to play G13.... G will do, but if you want to capture the drama, give it a try - a very easy chord to play... all charts below.

Chart Legend

Numbered Circles: Fingers used to play chords O: Optional Note
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open X: Don't play string B: Bass Note

ASCII Chord Charts: number = fret, x = don't play, 0 = play open string, (B) Barre Chord

Chord	Guitar	Piano	Chord	Guitar	Piano
C	x32010	C-E-G	G	320003	G-B-D
Csus4	x33011	C-F-G	G7	320001	G-B-D=F
F	133211 (B)	F-A-C	G13	323030	G-B-D-F-A-E
F7	131211 (B)	F-A-C-Eb	Dm7	xx0211	D-F-A-C
Bb	x13331	Bb-D-F	Em7	010000	E-G-B-D
Am	x02210	A-C-E	Em7	022030	E-G-B-D

Willow

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               C
Intro: 4/4 |       |... Bass Guitar for 6 bars

 F7                        Bb
 1. I may not be your best
  C                                            Bb
    You know good ones don't come by the score
 F7                                Bb
    You've got some-thing miss-ing
  C 
    I'll help you look, you can be sure
        Bb     F7
    And if you wan-na be alone
  Am 
    Some-one to share a laugh
         G
    What ev-er you want me to
                     G        G7     C    Csus4    C    Csus4    C        Am  G   
    All you got-ta | do is ask    |     |       |     |       |     | / /        |

  C          F7
    Thunder    Don't go un-der the sheets
  C             F
    Light-ning,  un-der a tree
  C                    G 
    In the rain    and snow
         Dm7                    Am  G
    I'll be your fire-|side / /        |

  C                  Em7 
    Come run-ning to me
 Dm7                         G       G7
    When things get out of | hand -     |
  C             Em7
    Run-ning to me
 Dm7                              G13      G7
    When it's more than you can | stand -     |

                        C         Dm7     Em7     Dm7
 Chorus: I said, "I'm | strong |...    |       |       |
       C             Dm7     Em7     Dm7
         Straight |...    |       |       |
       C           F          C
         Will-ing    To be a    Shel-ter in a storm"
              F             C
         Your wil-low    oh wil-low
                    F    C   F            C    Csus4     C    Csus4
         When the | sun  is  out |  𝄎  |     |        |     |        |
         
          G           F           C                Csus4
Instr: |     |  𝄎  |     |  𝄎  |     |  𝄎  |  𝄎  |        |

          G           F           C    Csus4
       |     |  𝄎  |     |  𝄎  |     |        |   

  F7                            Bb
 2. A fight with your best girl
  C                                 Bb
    Pret-ti-est thing you ev-er saw
  F7                      Bb
    You know I'll lis-ten
  C
    Try to get a mes-sage to her
        Bb      F7
    And if it's mon-ey you want
  Am
    Or trou-ble halved
         G
    What ev-er you want me to 
                   G        G7
    All you got-ta do is ask

           C                    Dm7     Em7     Dm7
 Chorus: I said, "I'm strong |...    |       |       |
       C             Dm7     Em7     Dm7
         Straight |...    |       |       |
       C           F          C
         Will-ing    To be a    Shel-ter in a storm"
              F             C
         Your wil-low    oh wil-low
                    F   C   F
         When the | sun is  out |  𝄎  |

         C
 Chorus: Shel-ter in a storm
              F           C
         Your wil-low, oh wil-low
                    F   C   F
         When the | sun is  out |  𝄎  |

         C
 Chorus: Shel-ter in a storm
              F           C
         Your wil-low, oh wil-low
                    F   C   F
         When the | sun is  out |  𝄎  |

         C
 Chorus: Shel-ter in a storm
              F           C
         Your wil-low, oh wil-low
                  F   C  F  
         When the sun is out...

Notes:

| C | / / Am G | means (in 4/4 time) - 6 beats of C, 1 beat of Am and 1 beat of G
/ = repeat sign
This could have been written as
| C | C C Am G |
| G - G7 | or | G13 - G7 | means 2 beats on each chord
G13 is the same shape as B7 except each finger moves up by one string, and in this case iis played over the 2nd and 3rd frets, whereas B7 is played over frets 1 and 2.

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