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HAND OF KINDNESS by Richard Thompson
(Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., BMI)

Arranged for solo guitar

This arrangement is fairly sparse.
It consists of the guitar part of Thompson's song "Hand of Kindness"
from the album of the same name (Hannibal/Rykodisc) plus an alternating bass line.
I have tried to be faithful to the original, but there are a couple of places
where the arrangement departs in (I hope) minor ways.

I have tried to keep the rhythm consistent:
one beat in a 4/4 measure takes up 8 characters in the tab.
In other words, a single character width represents a thirty-second note.
The words under the tab are kind of mushed together to attempt to show the timing of the lyrics.

On the record, Thompson plays an extended solo between the second chorus and verse 3.
He ends the song by repeating the chorus on verse 3,
and soloing over the groove while the song fades out.
When I play, I don't play a solo -- I go straight from verse 2 to verse 3 --
and I end the song by going back to the groove after the second verse 3 chorus,
and closing on the arpeggiated D7sus2 chord.



  Intro/Groove

  D7sus4                                        Dm
e:|--------------------------------|--------0-----------------------|

B:|1---1---1---1-------------------|1-----------3-------------------|

G:|0---0---0---0-------------------|0-----------2-------------------|

D:|0---------------0---------------|0---------------0---------------|

A:|--------0---------------0-------|--------0---------------0-------|

E:|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|






  D7sus4                                       Dm
e:--------------------------------|--------0-----------------------|

B:1---1---1---1-------------------|1-----------3-------------------|

G:0---0---0---0-------------------|0-----------2-------------------|

D:0---------------0---------------|0---------------0---------------|

A:--------0---------------0-------|--------0---------------0-------|

E:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|






  D7sus4                                       Dm
e:--------------------------------|--------0--------------------0--|

B:1---1---1---1-------------------|1-----------3-----------------1-|

G:0---0---0---0-------------------|0-----------2------------------2|

D:0---------------0---------------|0---------------0---------------|

A:--------0---------------0-------|--------0---------------0-------|

E:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|






  D7sus2
e:--------------------------------|-----------------------------0--|

B:--------------------------------|--------1---------------------1-|

G:--------------------------------|--0h2-------2------------------2|

D:0---------------0---------------|0---------------3---------------|

A:--------0---------------0-------|--------0---------------0-------|

E:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|







e:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

B:--------------------------------|--------1-----------------------|

G:--------------------------------|--0h2-------2-------------------|

D:0---------------0---------------|0---------------3---------------|

A:--------0---------------0-------|--------0---------------0-------|

E:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                                                           Well I

  Verse

  Dm7
e:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

B:--------------------------------|--------1-----------------------|

G:--------------------------------|--0h2-------2---------------2---|

D:0---------------0---------------|0---------------3---------------|

A:--------0---------------0-------|--------0---------------0-------|

E:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  wove    the rope--                                       And  I






e:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

B:--------------------------------|--------1-----------------------|

G:--------------------------------|--0h2-------2---------------2---|

D:0---------------0---------------|0---------------3---------------|

A:--------0---------------0-------|--------0---------------0-------|

E:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  picked  the spot--                                       Well I






e:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

B:--------------------------------|--------1-----------------------|

G:--------------------------------|--0h2-------2-------------------|

D:0---------------0---------------|0---------------3---------------|

A:--------0---------------0-------|--------0---------------0-------|

E:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  stuck out my neck--                                      And I




e:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

B:--------------------------------|--------1------------------1----|

G:--------------------------------|--0h2-------2--------------2----|

D:0---------------0---------------|0---------------3---------------|

A:--------0---------------0-------|--------0---------------0-------|

E:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 tightened the knot--



    G         Dm7
e:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

B:1/3---------1-------------------|--------------------------------|

G:2/4---------2-------------------|--------------------------------|

D:3/5-------------0---------------|0---------------0---------------|

A:--------5---------------0-------|--------0---------------0-------|

E:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                      Oh--            stranger     stran-  ger



    G         Dm7
e:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

B:1/3---------1-------------------|--------------------------------|

G:2/4---------2-------------------|--------------------------------|

D:3/5-------------0---------------|0---------------0---------------|

A:--------5---------------0-------|--------0---------------0-------|

E:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                          How      near    our time--



    G         Dm7                  F
e:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

B:1/3---------1-------------------|--------------------------------|

G:2/4---------2-------------------|--------------------------------|

D:3/5-------------0---------------|--------------------------------|

A:--------5---------------0-------|--------------------------------|

E:----------------------------0---|1-----------1---1-----------3---|

                      you stretchoutyour   hand        Ill
stretchout



  A7sus4
e:----------------3---------------|--------------------------------|

B:------------3-----------3-------|--------3---3---3---3---3---3---|

G:----0---2-----------------------|--------2---2---2---2---2---2---|

D:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

A:0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

E:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  mine--                                                   Oh--

  Chorus

  Dm              F                Bb
e:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

B:3---3---3---3---1-----------1---|3-----------3-------3---3---3---|

G:2---2---2---2---2-----------2---|3-----------3-------3---3---3---|

D:0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

A:--------0---------------3-------|1---------------1---------------|

E:----------------1---------------|--------1---------------1-------|

  may be  justthe hand    of  kind-    ness



  Dm              F                Bb
e:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

B:3---3---3---3---1-----------1---|3-----------3---3---3---3-------|

G:2---2---2---2---2-----------2---|3-----------3---3---3---3-------|

D:0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

A:--------0---------------3-------|1---------------1---------------|

E:----------------1---------------|--------1---------------1-------|

  may be  justthe hand    of  kind-    ness



  Dm              F                G
e:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

B:3---3---3---3---1-----------1---|3-------------------3---3---3---|

G:2---2---2---2---2-----------2---|0-------------------0---0---0---|

D:0-------------------------------|--------0---------------0-------|

A:--------0---------------3-------|--------------------------------|

E:----------------1---------------|3---------------3---------------|

  may be  just a  hand        stra-an  ger willyou reachme in
ti-



  A                                Eb7sus2
e:----------------3---------------|--------------------------------|

B:--------------------3-----------|----------------2---2-------2---|

G:2-------2---------------2-------|3-------3-----------------------|

D:------------3---------------3---|----1-------1---1---1-------1---|

A:0-------------------------------|------------------------1-------|

E:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

  ime




e:--------------------------------|   From here go back to the groove for
B:2-------2---2-------1---1-------|   four measures, then verse then chorus.
G:--------------------------------|
D:1-------1---1-------1---1-------|
A:----1-----------1-----------1---|
E:--------------------------------|


Verses:
1. Well, I wove the rope
 And I picked the spot
 Well, I stuck out my neck
 And I tightened the knot
 Oh, stranger, stranger
 How near our time
(*in the liner notes it is "It don't do to waste time")
 You stretch out your hand
 I stretch out mine

Chorus:
 Maybe just the hand of kindness
 Maybe just the hand of kindness
 Maybe just a hand
 Stranger will you reach me in time
 In time

2. Well I scuppered the ship
 And I bent the rail
 And I cut the brake
 And I ripped the sail
 And they called me a Jonah
 It's a sin I survived
 You stretch out your hand
 I stretch out mine

3. Shoot that old horse
 Break in the new
 The hung are many
 The living are few
 I see your intention
 Here's my neck on the line
 You stretch out your hand
 I stretch out mine

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HOW WILL I EVER BE SIMPLE AGAIN?  by Richard Thompson.
from Daring Adventures


Capo 1st fret

        A                             D         A
Oh, She danced in the street with the guns all around her,
    A                                     E
All torn like a rag doll, barefoot in the rain
        A                        D             A
And she sang like a child too-ra day too-ra da dee
    A                  E       A
Oh, how will I ever be simple again?

She sat by the banks of the dirty grey river
And tried for a fish with a worm on a pin.
There was nothing but fever and ghosts in the water
Oh, how will I ever be simple again?

Bridge 1
D                      A
War was my love and my friend and companion
    D                       A          E
And what did I care for the pretty and plain?
        A                         D            A
But her smile was so clear and my heart was so troubled
    A                  E       A
Oh, how will I ever be simple again?

Solo (tab below)

In her poor burned-out house I sat at her table
The smell of her hair was like cornfields in May
And I wanted to weep and my eyes ached from trying
Oh, how will I ever be simple again?

Bridge 2
So graceful she moved through the dust and the ruin
And happy she was in her dances and games.
Oh teach me to see with your innocent eyes, love.
Oh, how will I ever be simple again?

Guitar Solo
   A
-|------------------|----------0-------|-------------------|
-|------------------|-------2-----2----|-------------------|
-|----2-----2--2----|-2-h4-----------4-|-4-p2--2-----------|
-|-------2----------|------------------|----------4--2-----|
-|-0--------------0-|------------------|----------------4--|
-|------------------|------------------|-------------------|

   D                     A                     A
-|----------0-h2--0----|-0--------0-h2--0----|------------------|

-|-------3-----------0-|-------------------0-|-0-h2--------2--3-|

-|----2--------2--2--2-|-------2-----2--2--2-|----------2-----4-|

-|-0-------------------|----2----------------|-------2----------|

-|---------------------|-0-------------------|-0----------------|

-|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|



   A                 A                     E
-|-----------------|---------------------|------------------------|

-|-3-/5-------5--7-|-7-p5--------5--5-s3-|-3--0-h3-p0-------------|

-|-4-/6----6-------|----------6----------|------------2--1--------|

-|------7----------|-------7-------------|------------------2-s4--|

-|-----------------|----0----------------|------------------------|

-|-----------------|---------------------|------------------------|



   E                     A                 A
-|---------------------|-----------------|-0---------4-s5--|
-|---------------------|------------0-h2-|------0----------|
-|-1-------------------|-------2---------|-----------------|
-|----2--2-p0----------|----2------------|-----------------|
-|-------------2-s4--2-|-0---------------|-----------------|
-|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   D                     A                A
-|-5--2-h5-p2----------|----------------|------------------|
-|-------------3-------|----------------|-2---------2------|
-|----------------2----|-----------2--4-|-2----2-------2---|
-|-0-----------------4-|-2----2-------4-|------------------|
-|---------------------|-0--------------|-0----------------|
-|---------------------|----------------|------------------|

   A                  E              A                 A
-|------------------|------------4-|-5-p4--0---------|---------------|

-|----2-------------|---------5----|---------3--2----|---------------|

-|-4-----4-p2-------|------4-------|---------------4-|-2-------------|

-|-------------4--2-|-4-s6---------|-----------------|------4----2---|

-|------------------|--------------|-0---------------|---------------|

-|------------------|-0------------|-----------------|---------------|

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I MISUNDERSTOOD  by Richard Thompson.
from the album "Rumor and Sigh"

The chorus has a little more going on than I've transcribed here,
but the bass line is mostly hitting a Bb.
I play the riff and then a Bb on the low E and sometimes a D on the A string as well.



Gm Dm Gm C Csus C
Dm        Bb             C
She said, darling I'm in love with your mind
Dm          Bb           C
The way you care for me, it's so kind
Dm      Bb      C                      G    Gsus G
Love to see you again, wish I had more time
Dm      Bb              C
She was laughing as she brushed my cheek
Dm            Bb              C
Why don't you call me, angel, maybe next week
Dm      Bb              C                 G
Promise now, cross your heart and hope to die

CHORUS
Riff A
E-1--3--5--5--5--3--------
B-1--1--3--3--3--3--------
Riff A  /Bb
        But I misunderstood
        But I misunderstood
        But I misunderstood
  G                           C
I thought she was saying good luck
                   Dm    Bb  C
She was saying goodbye
Riff A  /Bb
        But I misunderstood
        But I misunderstood
        But I misunderstood
  G                           C
I thought she was saying good luck
                   Dm    Bb  C
She was saying goodbye

Gm Dm Gm C Csus C

Things I try to put shine in her eyes
Wire wheels and shimmering things
Wild nights when the whole world seemed to fly
She said, the thing that's so unique
When we're together we don't have to speak
We'll always be such good friends, you and I

CHORUS

She was saying goodbye
She was saying goodbye
She was saying goodbye

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I STILL DREAM  by Richard Thompson.


Intro
F Dm C Am F Dm C Am
       G
It was cruel of you to stand
      F
At my door and take my hand
       C              C/E           F
Like a drowning man I clung to my defenses

    G
And ten years is a time
         F
but your looks, love, it's a crime
      C                  C/E            F/A       C/G
And I lost myself in the tangle of your fences

F                  G
And I never was to know
         C       C/E      F
That I'd come to miss you so
    C/G        Dm/F
But time winds down
      C/G       F         D
And I turned my back long ago

            Am      C/G
But I still dream
   Dm      F       C     F/C  C
Oh darling I still dream
        Am      C/G
I still dream
Dm         F       C     F/C  C
Lord knows I still dream


On the killing floor I stand
With a stun-gun in my hand
Like a cowboy shooting bad men on the range
And nothing satisfies
And the soul inside me dies
As I duck each punch and never risk the change

And now you look at me
With that same old used-to-be
But time winds down
And I turned my back long ago

But I still dream
Darling I still dream

And now you look at me
With that same old used-to-be
But time winds down
And I turned my back long ago

But I still dream
Oh darling I still dream
I still dream
Lord knows I still dream
I still dream
Darling I still dream

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JENNIE  by Richard Thompson.

Here's Richard Thompson's "Jennie".
This version is the acoustic version from the "Watching in the Dark" anthology
and I haven't tested it against the studio version.
Some base runs not noted out cause they're different on every verse.
Capo on the 4th fret, but first, tune low E to D. All chords written as if in first position.



Chords

D    000232   G  5x0033
Am   x02210   C  x32010
D/F# 4x0232   A  x02220

Intro D

D
Oh trouble becomes you

   Am                  D
It cuts you down to my size

                             Am
And you never were less than perfect

      D
In my eyes

      D/F#    G
But I lost my way somehow

    A                    D/F#         G
For three hard winters I held in till now

            D
Now I can't help it

   C          D
Oh Jennie my love

   C         D
Oh Jennie my love


*Other verses same*

Now you pin up your hair like you did
When first we met
Oh how many days of his life
can a man regret
And if my tears were a train
Then I'd cry my way
Back into your arms again
Now I can't help it
Oh Jennie my love
Oh Jennie my love

(Solo)

Now I count the time we had
And the times we missed
Now I stand here love unsworn
And lips unkissed
And you don't know how hard I try
To kill the vision of you as
Another mans bride
Now I can't help it
Oh Jennie my love
Oh Jennie my love
Oh Jennie my love
Oh Jennie my love

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KING OF BOHEMIA  by Richard Thompson.
(copyright (c) 1994 Beeswing Music)


G/D             D
Let me rock you in my arms
    G/B               D
And hold you safe and small,
  G/D D/A          Bm  D
A refugee from the seraphim
        G/D                D
In your rich girl rags and all.
         Bm         Asus9
Did your dreams die young
          G        D/F#
Were they too hard won
        Em        A5       G
Did you reach too high and fall
          Bm    Asus9
And there is no rest
        G        D/F#
For the ones God blessed
       Em      D/F# G    A5 G/B D
And he blessed you  best of all.

for lyrics to other verses see the album...
Verse accompaniment: First 8 measures are flexible:
keep the bass notes on the important beats, change the rest each verse.
Mm9-16 are played pretty much the same each time except m12 which changes each verse.




1 G/D             2 D               3 G >             4 D
E-----------------|---------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|

B-3---3-----------|-----3-----3-----|---3-------3---3-|-------3---------|

G-------0---------|---2---2-----2---|---0---0-----0---|-----2---2-------|

D-----0---0-------|-----------------|-----0---0-------|-----------0-----|

A---2-------2-0---|---------------0-|-0-2-------------|---0---------0-0-|

D-0-------------5-|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|

  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |
|   |

5 G       D       6 Bm      D       7 G               8 D
E-----------------|-----2-------2-0-|-----------------|-------------5-2-|

B-0---0---------3-|-3-----3---------|---------------3-|-------3---------|

G-0-----0-----2-2-|-4---------------|-----0-------0-0-|-----2-----2-----|

D-----0-----0-----|---0---------0---|-------0---0-----|---------0-------|

A-2-2-----0-------|-2---------0-----|---2-----2-------|---0-------------|

D-0---------------|---------0-------|-0---------------|-0---------------|

  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |
|   |

9 Bm      Asus9   10 G      D/F#    11 Em     A       12 G
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------5-2-|

B-3-----3-3-------|-3---------------|---------------2-|----------3-------|

G-4-----4-4-------|-4-------2-------|-----0-------2-2-|-0--0---0-0-------|

D---0-------2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|---2---2---------|---4--4-----0-----|

A-2---2---0---0---|-----------------|(2)------2-0-----|------------------|

D-----------------|-5---5---4---4---|-2---------------|-5--------5-------|

  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |    |
|   |

13                14                15 Em D/F# G  A   16 G/B    D

E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------2---|

B-3-----3-3-------|-3---------------|---------0-------|---------------3-|

G-4-----4-4-------|-4-------2---4---|---4-----4-------|-----0-----2-----|

D---0-------2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|-----------0-----|---0---0---------|

A-2---2---0---0---|-----------------|-2---0-0-5-----0-|-2---------------|

D-----------------|-5---5---4---4---|-2---4---5---7---|---------0-------|

  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |
|   |


Interlude 1 and end tag.                        For end:

16        1 Em  D6/F# G A9  2 D                 2
E-----2---|-----------------|-----------------||------------5-||
B-------3-|-0---0---0---0---|-3---------------||--3---5-----7-||
G---2-----|-0---2-----------|-2---2-00-/2---2-||--2---7-----7-||
D---------|---2---0---0-----|-4-----------0---||--4---7-----0-||
A---------|-2-----------7-7-|-5---------------||--5---7-----0-||
D-0-------|-2---4---5---7---|---0-------0-----||----0----0--0-||
  |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |     |   |     |   |  |  |

Interlude 2

16        1 F#m6            2 G9      F#m     3
E-----0---|-------------0---|-----------------|---------2-------|

B-------2-|---------------2-|-------2-2---2---|-------2-------2-|

G---------|-2-----2-2-------|-2-----2-2-----2-|---1-2-------2---|

D---0-----|-----0-----0-----|---0-0-----------|-4---------4-----|

A---------|---4-----4-------|-----------4-----|-----------------|

D-0-------|-4-------4-------|-5-------4-------|-4-------4-------|

  |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |

4 C#m             4 E               5 Bm/F#   Bm/E
E---------0-------|---------------0-|-----------------|
B-5-----5-----0---|-------0-----0---|-3-----2-3-----2-|
G-----6-----1---1-|-----------1-----|-4---4---4---4---|
D---6-------------|-----2---2-------|---4-------4-----|
A-4-------4-------|---2-------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-2---------------|-4-------2-------|
  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |

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LOVE IN A FAITHLESS WORLD  by Richard Thompson.
from "Across a Crowded Room"

Note: This is only lyrics and some of the licks, not a complete transcription:
Help is welcomed.



Intro

(Intro------------)  (Verse Licks-------)
----0-----0-----6----------6---------6-5-----------------------------

--4-----4-----4--------10----10----5---------------------------------

7-----7-----7--------8-----------7-----------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Always move in pairs and travel light
A loose friend is an end keep it tight
Always leave a job the way you found it
Look for trouble coming and move around it

F                      Dm
That's the way we made love
That's the way we made love
That's the way we made love

Always make your best moves late at night
Always keep your tools well out of sight
Never pays to work the same town twice
It never hurts to be a little nice

That's the way we made love
That's the way we made love
That's the way we made love

Solo

Learn the way to melt into a crowd
Never catch an eye or dress too loud
Got to be invisible my friend
To find the joy on which we must depend

That's the way we make love
That's the way we make love
That's the way we make love

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NEVER AGAIN  by Richard Thompson.

(Capo 3rd fret to play with "Hokey Pokey" recording)
I'd really like detailed tab, if anyone has the patience
. This may well be played with an alternate tuning (low D???)
I sometimes play this using the alternate chords shown in parantheses.



(Intro) Am Em Am Em C Em Am Em

    Em                     D/F#        Em
    (Em)       (C)         (D)         (Em)
Oh, who will remember, oh, who will be sure
    G              Em          C          D
And still feel the silence as close as before?
C                                  D
And was there a season without any rain?
Am                        C      D
(Em)           (C)        (D)
Ah, never, oh, never, oh, never again

Em  Am  C  Em
(Em) (C) (D) (Em)

The time for dividing and no one will speak
Of the sadness of hiding and the softness of sleep
Oh, will there prove nothing of peace till the end?
Oh, never, oh, never, oh, never again

Old man, how you tarry, old man, how you weep
The trinkets you carry and the garlands you keep
For the salt tears of lovers and the whispers of friends
Oh, never, oh, never, oh, never again

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PHARAOH  by Richard Thompson.
transcribed by phillip@princeton.edu


Intro (D)
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

-|--------------------------2--0-------------------------------------|

-|--------------------------------2--2--2----------------------------|

-|------0----0---------4-------------------4--2--4-------------------|

-|-0--------------0--------------------------------------------------|

-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|



F#m                             E
Pharaoh he sits in his tower of steel
F#m                   C#m
The dogs of money all at his heel
F#m                         E
Magicians cry, Oh Truth! Oh Real!
D         C#m             E  F#m
We're all working for the Pharaoh


A thousand eyes, a thousand ears
He feeds us all, he feeds our fears
Don't stir in your sleep tonight, my dears
We're all working for the Pharaoh

Bridge
Bsus4
Egypt Land, Egypt Land
We're all living in Egypt land
F#m                         A    Bsus4
Tell me, brother, don't you understand
D         C#m             E  F#m
We're all working for the Pharaoh


Hidden from the eye of chance
The men of shadow dance a dance
And we're all struck into a trance
We're all working for the Pharaoh

Idols rise into the sky
Pyramids soar, Sphinxes lie
Head of dog, Osiris eye
We're all working for the Pharaoh

Bridge

I dig a ditch, I shape a stone
Another battlement for his throne
Another day on earth is flown
We're all working for the Pharaoh

Call it England, call it Spain
Egypt rules with the whip and chain
Moses free my people again!
We're all working for the Pharaoh

Bridge

Pharaoh he sits in his tower of steel
Around his feet the princes kneel
Far beneath we shoulder the wheel
We're all working for the Pharaoh

Outro

-|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
-|-2--2--0-----0-----0--2--2-|---------------------------------|
-|-2--2--1--2--1--2--1--2--2-|-2--1--2--1--2--1--------1--1----|
-|----------4-----4----------|-4--2--4--2--4--2--4--4--2--2----|
-|---------------------------|-------------------5--5----------|
-|---------------------------|---------------------------------|

                                           C# Bm
-|---------------------------|----------------------------------|

-|-2--2--2--2--2--0-----0--2-|----------------------------------|

-|-2--2--2--2--2--1--2--1--2-|----------------------------------|

-|-4--4--4--4--4--2--0--2--4-|-0--------------------------------|

-|---------------------------|----4--2--0-----2-----------------|

-|---------------------------|-------------4--------------------|

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STREETS OF PARADISE


Dm
The tears fall down like whiskey, the tears fall down like wine
C
On an island made of cocaine in a sea of turpentine
G
We all need some assistance but won't that day be fine
           C                F              C
When we're walking down the streets of paradise


Tar brush on the corner, I've never seen him before
He drank ten fingers of what they had, now his feet don't touch the floor
He can't see me or this dirty old town, he's got nothing to look for
He's a-walking down the streets of paradise
F                              C
Walking down the streets of paradise
F       C/E      Dm         C
Walking down the streets of paradise

I'd trade my silver mansion with a guard on every door
I'd trade my wealth and treasure and the sash my father wore
I'd trade my little sister and my brother who went before
To be walking down the streets of paradise

Walking down the streets of paradise
Walking down the streets of paradise

I asked you for a racehorse, now don't hand me no mule
I asked you for a fast car, don't you take me for a fool
Just hand me down my telescope and a bullet I can chew
I'll be walking down the streets of paradise

Walking down the streets of paradise
Walking down the streets of paradise

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FOR SHAME OF DOING WRONG


(Intro Chords)
E D A E Asus* A  (* Asus could also be D/A (no third))

E               D        A       E   A Asus A
It seems like a lifetime since I saw you
E                  D     A       E
Lover, lover, I've been away too long
     A                              E
When I see lovers holding hands and sighing
  A                               E
I hang my head for shame of doing wrong

(repeat intro chords)

Bus wheels spinning, songbirds singing, break my heart
Take me back to old remembered days
Remind me of the times we spent together
Times before we went our separate ways

  A                          E
I wish I was a fool for you again
  A                          E
I wish I was a fool for you again
  A                          E
I wish I was a fool for you again

I'm sorry for the things I've said, the things I've done
I'm sorry for the restless thief I've been
Please don't make me pay for my deceiving heart
Just turn up your lamp and let me in

I wish I was a fool for you again
I wish I was a fool for you again
I wish I was a fool for you again

(repeat)
(repeat intro chords and end)

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RECKLESS KIND by Richard Thompson.


C                F/C
Here we stand in sheets of rain
Bb            Am
Parting ways, loved in vain
Dm               Ab     Gm       F
Never knew you'd be the reckless kind

C                F/C
I reached out to catch your fall
Bb                Am
Said you needed a place to crawl
Dm               Ab     Gm       F
Never knew you'd be the reckless kind

             Bb   Ebsus2
The reckless kind
             F
The reckless kind
             Bb    Gm
The reckless kind
             Dm
The reckless kind
       Bb       F
You're his, not mine


Say you run with a breakneck crowd
Live your love scenes right out loud
Break hearts all around you're the reckless kind

Said you were well satisfied
Proud to see me by your side
Pride's a worthless thing to the reckless kind

The reckless kind
The reckless kind

Guitar Solo
Db Db Bb Bb Db Db Bb Bb
Ab7#11 Ab7#11 F F Bb F Bb F Bb

Love lies shattered on the ground
Jagged pieces all around
Say you'll come back, but I know you're the restless kind

The reckless kind
The reckless kind

You're his, not mine
His, not mine
The reckless kind
The reckless kind

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RESTLESS HIGHWAY by Richard Thompson.
Transcribed by Phil Saunders


Intro (2 times)

-|--3-2-0-------------3-2-0---0-2-3-----|
-|--------3-1-0-------------3-----------|
-|--------------2-0---------------------|
-|--------------------------------------|
-|--------------------------------------|
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  G               C              G         C
I am a travelling man, I have no country
    G                 C             G         C
And travelling people are my kin by birth
   G                   C            G         C
No chains will keep me from my destination
    G                C                 G      G
And far-flung are my footsteps on this earth

        Am              D
There's something in my mind that makes me
Am               D
Something in the wind that takes me
G                  C                D
Like the dust, I'm blown out on the street again

         G         C  G
Restless highway
          C/E               D
I need to leave this town behind
         G         C  G
Restless highway
             C/E           D
Come see the country of my mind
            G         C  G
You hear my footsteps
              C               D
Wherever this rocky road will wind
     G              C       D     G
This empty restless highway is my heart


By way of trade I am anything you fancy
I'll sew your purse, I'll milk your garden cow
I'll shine your shoes or sew your silver button
I'll punch your nose, I'll sharpen up your plough

There's something in my mind that makes me
Something in the wind that takes me
Like the dust, I'm blown out on the street again
Restless highway
I need to leave this town behind
Restless highway
Come see the country of my mind
You hear my footsteps wherever this rocky road will wind
This empty restless highway is my heart

Restless highway
I need to leave this town behind
Restless highway
Come see the country of my mind
You hear my footsteps wherever this rocky road will wind
This empty restless highway is my heart
This empty restless highway is my heart

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