Lilywhite

Author: Leonard Latest revision: September 15, 2022
Author’s Notes: In the studio Cat’s producer Paul Samwell-Smith had to work with a limited string section on a limited budget. Del Newman conducted just 12 strings, just barely enough for a record, who all had to play their parts twice without any modern aids like a click or beat to keep exact pace. Though, with headphones on, you can actually hear one side of the strings getting ever so slightly ahead of the other in the fade-out of the original album mix; the double-tracked acoustic guitar suffers the same fate. Cat later often used the song to open his concerts with, although its purpose on the album is rather closure.
Each guitar tab is the author’s own work and represents his or her own interpretation of the song.
Visitors may use the guitar tabs offered here only for private study, scholarship, or research.

  
                       "Lilywhite"
                     by Cat Stevens
                   
                 from the original album
                  MONA BONE JAKON (1970)
 

Standard tuning
(bass to treble) E-A-D-G-B-E

in 4/4 time


INTRO

     C             F+9    F2       C     C2      F+9    F2     2x
|:|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |:|


VERSE 1 (Continue intro sequence for first line of verse.)

C           F+9             C      F+9    C          F+9                C  C+9  C/G
     Back u-pon the mended road I pause,     taking time to check the dial
G                F       D                     E
     And the Lilywhite,     I never knew her name
                   | /    /    /    / | /    /    /    / | /    /    /    / |
F                    G        C/G*  G   F         G        E              G
     But she'll be passing my way_________ some-time   a-gain


INSTRUMENTAL (As Verse 1.)


VERSE 2

   C             F+9    F2       C     C2      F+9    F2
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
C                F+9                 C        F+9    C          F+9                C  C+9  C/G
     I raise my hand and touch the wheel of change,     taking time to check the dial
G                  F       D                     E
     Thank the Lilywhite,     I never knew her name
                   | /    /    /    / | /    /    /    / | /    /    /    / |
F                    G        C/G*  G   F         G        E              G
     But she'll be passing my way_________ some-time   a-gain
F                 G       C/G*  G   F         G      D
     She'll be passing my way_________ some-time a-gain


OUTRO

      A* E/A     D+9/A               E/A       Repeat until
|:|   /   /   /   /   |   /   /   /   /   |:|  fade-out.
 


CHORDS (in order of appearance)
======

   C      F+9     F2      C2      C+9     C/G
x32013  xx3213  xx3013  x30013  x32030  332010
xRM-IL  --RMIL  --R-IL  xR--IL  -RM-IL  RLM-I-

   G       F       D       E     C/G*   
3x0003  133211  xx0232  022100  3x2013  
R----L  TRLMII  ---IRM  -MRI--  R-M-IL  

  A*     E/A     D+9/A
x07650  x06450  x04230
--RMI-  --RIM-  --RIM-


Chord fingering:      T = thumb                
                      I = index finger
                      M = middle finger
                      R = ring finger
                      L = little finger

Tablature notation:   h = hammer-on
                      p = pull-off
                      / = legato slide (gliss) up the fret
                      \ = legato slide (gliss) down the fret
                      ! = accentuate part with great intensity
                      d = downward stroke
                      u = upward stroke

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