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Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson

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5 years ago865Mirror Blue (1994)Richard Thompson

When I [G]said those things I was out of my mind I was trying to be mean and cruel and unkind Don't [D]ta[G]ke it to [D]hea[G]rt There's a[C]nother man inside me wants to break us apart You were [G]chic, off the peg, bang up to the minute I had to put my big foot in it Don't [D]sho[G]ut it all a[D]bo[G]ut There's a[C]nother man inside me and...

5 years ago732Henry the Human Fly (1972)Richard Thompson

The Poor Ditching Boy [G]Was there ever a winter so cold and so sad The river too weary to f[C]lood The [G]storming wind cut through to my skin But [C]she cut [D]through to my [G]blood I was looking for trouble to tangle my line But trouble came looking for me I knew I was standing on treacherous ground I was sinking too fast to run...

5 years ago628Front Parlour Ballads (2005)Richard Thompson

[Bm]All he [Em]ever wanted to do was [F#7]harm [Bm]All he [Em]ever wanted to be was [F#7]cruel At [Bm]twelve years [D]old Fate [A]marked his [Em]brow And he[Bm] said, I [D]have a [A]mission [Em]now But we [Gmaj7]laughed at his [F#m7]clothes And the [Gmaj7]blackheads round his [F#m7]nose When we were [B]boys at school Teachers spoke of Hannibal...

5 years ago595Front Parlour Ballads (2005)Richard Thompson

Should I Betray? [Cm]Should I betray you to your spouse? [D7]The wife who waits back at the house [Bbm]She doesn?t know that you?re a louse That?s [Fm]not the man she wed She doesn?t know the deals you make The throats you cut, the vows you break To buy up some old lady?s stake Quick before she?s dead [C#m]She doesn?t see your oily...

5 years ago821Front Parlour Ballads (2005)Richard Thompson

My [F]dearest Miss Patsy, I?m writing to say That I?m [Bb]sorry to not be in touch It?s been [F]quite a parade, but my thoughts never strayed Too [Bb]far, or too long, or too m[C]uch Chorus: [C]Miss Patsy, for[F]give all the [C]choices I [F]made I?ve been [Gm]fighting [F]shadows on the [Bb]wrong crusade [C]Looking for [F]ghosts in a [C]penny...

5 years ago701Front Parlour Ballads (2005)Richard Thompson

Sometimes I long for the solitary life [G]Parents long gone, no kids, no wife [A]Sister somewhere in Aust[G]ralia never did ke[D]ep in touch Sex no more than a how-do-ye-do [G]With a copy of Tit-Bits in the loo [A]Socially a bit of a f[G]ailure, nice not to have to tr[D]y too much Chorus: [D]A solitary life, a l[G]ife of small...

5 years ago1134Daring Adventures (1986)Richard Thompson

Dead Man's Handle [G] Keep your weight on the Dead Man's Handle Or the wheels won't [Em]hold the rail Keep your [G]weight on the Dead Man's Handle Or the steam brake's [Em]bound to fail Woah she'll [C]jump boys and she'll [D]slip If your [Bm6]hand should lose it's [C]grip On the Dead Man's [G]Handle[C] The Dead Man's [G]Handle[C] The Dead...

5 years ago808Daring Adventures (1986)Richard Thompson

[Em7]Somebody's walking, oh, s[G]omebody's walking [C]There on the grave of our love And [Em7]somebody's kicking the d[G]ust and the ashes aw[C]ay [D]Why don't they just let it d[G]ie and fade and grow co[Am]ld again [D]Better our footsteps div[G]ide and our memory grow ol[Am]d again Oh [Em7]long [Bm]dead [Am]love, [Em7]long [Bm]dead...

5 years ago855Across a Crowded Room (1985)Richard Thompson

[A]When I was a boy I was nobody's joy I was [E]guilty in [A]love, [E]guilt, guilt, [A]guilty in [F#m]love [E]More fool me I never could see what I was [A]guilty [D]of Now you [A]steered me right and I'm standing in the light So [E]shine on [A]love, [E]shine, shine, [A]shine on [F#m]love [E]Don't slip away, darkened day, let it [A]shine on...

5 years ago1974Acoustic Classics II (2017)Richard Thompson

[D]Among the headstones [F]you [C]played as boys[G][D] Crypts and tombs [F]like a [C]roomful of toys[G][D] Just up the river [F]from the [C]smoke and the nois[G]e, [D]Gethsem[F]an[C]e[G][D] And there?s war-whoops [F]and [C]secret signs in the tree[G]s[D] Estuary smells [F]coming [C]up on the breez[G]e[D] O perfect [F]endless [C]days like these,...