Songs of album: Front Parlour Ballads (2005)

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Front Parlour Ballads (2005)

Album: Front Parlour Ballads (2005)

4 years ago0 Views6 songsRichard Thompson

4 years ago849Front Parlour Ballads (2005)Richard Thompson

For Whose Sake? [A]For [D]whose [E]sake, [A]for [D]whose [E]sake Did [F#m]I de[Bm]liver [C]sighs of love and vows forever [A]For [D]whose [E]sake, [A]for [D]whose [E]sake Did [F#m]I learn [Bm]real from [Am]true? ( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/richard_thompson/for_whose_sake_crd.html ) [Am]Fast [B/A]times, [Am]what a scene you...

4 years ago567Front 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...

4 years ago540Front 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...

4 years ago752Front 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...

4 years ago618Front 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...

4 years ago748Front Parlour Ballads (2005)Richard Thompson

[D]He was a species on the verge of [D/C#]extinction She was an [D/C]Air New Zealand [Bm]hostess They were [Em]mystically joined, like [Emmaj7]Rawicz and Landauer Like [Em7]Pinky and Perky, like P[A]orgy and Bess O he [D]loved the pursuit and the [D/C#]romance But the det[D/C]ails were more of a[Bm] chore When the [Em]bride?s veil lifted, his...