Lady D'Arbanville Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays555

Lady D'Arbanville by Cat Stevens is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, Bm and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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16
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  			Intro: Em(XII) 4x 
           
             RIFF 1 
My Lady D'Arbanville    
                           RIFF 2                         RIFF 1 
Why do you sleep so still?        I'll wake you tomorrow 
                    Bm                      Em 
And you will be my fill, yes you will be my fill 
 
 
                  Em   D 
My Lady D'Arbanville 
                         D  Em                                 Em  D 
Why does it grieve me so        But your heart seems so silent 
                       Bm                         Em 
Why do you breathe so low, why do you breathe so low 
 
 
                  Em   D 
My Lady D'Arbanville 
                           D   Em                          Em  D 
Why do you sleep so still          I'll wake you tomorrow 
                    Bm                       RIFF 3 Four Times 
And you will be my fill, yes you will be my fill 
 
**RIFF 2 
 
                       RIFF 1 
My Lady D'Arbanville 
                           RIFF 2                         RIFF 1 
You look so cold tonight, your lips feel like winter 
                    Bm                      Em 
Your skin has turned to white, your skin has turned to white 
 
 
                  Em   D 
My Lady D'Arbanville    
                    D  Em                                 Em  D 
Why do you sleep so still?        I'll wake you tomorrow 
                    Bm                         Em 
And you will be my fill, yes you will be my fill 
 
 
               Em   D 
La la la la la la  
           D   Em                    Em  D 
La la la la la la, la la la la la la 
          Bm                       RIFF 3 Four Times 
La la la la la la, la la la la la la 
 
 
                  Em   D 
My Lady D'Arbanville  
                 D  Em                              Em  D 
Why do you grieve me so, but your heart seems so silent 
                     Bm                         Em 
Why do you breathe so low, why do you breathe so low 
 
 
                  Em   D 
I loved you my lady  
                    D  Em                            Em  D 
Though in your grave you lie, I'll always be with you 
                   Bm                         Em 
This rose will never die, this rose will never die 
 
 
                  Em   D 
I loved you my lady  
                    D  Em                            Em  D 
Though in your grave you lie, I'll always be with you 
                    Bm                       RIFF 3 Four Times 
This rose will never die, this rose will never die 
 
 
RIFF 1:            RIFF 2:            RIFF 3: 
E ---------------  -----------------  ------------------------- 
B -12-12-10-8-10-  --10-10-12-10-8--  ------------------------- 
G ---------------  -----------------  ---------0--------------- 
D -12-12-10-9-10-  --10-10-12-10-9--  -----0h2---2-0-------0-2- 
A ---------------  -----------------  -0h2-----------2-0h2---2- 
E ---------------  -----------------  ------------------------- 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante