{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1098403,"song":"Beeswing","artist":"Richard Thompson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11243951-beeswing-chords-by-richard-thompson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1098403?type=chord","rating":4.81704,"votes":316,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was 19 when I came to town they called it the summer of love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey were burning babies, burning flags, the hawks against the doves[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI took a job in the steamie down on Cauldrumm St,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI fell in love with a laundry girl who was workin' next to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo fine a breath of wind might blow her away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe was a lost child, she was runnin' wild[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe said so long as there's no price on love I'll stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you wouldn't want me any other way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBrown hair zig zagged around her face and look of half surprise,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike a fox caught in the headlights there was animal in her eyes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe said young man, oh can't you see I'm not the factory kind,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf you don't take me out of here I'll surely lose my mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo fine that I might crush her where she lay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe was a lost child, she was runnin' wild[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe said so long as there's no price on love I'll stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou wouldn't want me any other way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe busked around the market towns, we picked fruit down in Kent[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe could tinker lamps and pots n knives wherever we went[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI said to her we'll settle down, get a few acres dug,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA fire burning in the hearth and babbies on the rug[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe said Oh man, you foolish man, that surely sounds like hell,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou might be lord of half the world but you'll not own me as well[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo fine a breath of wind might blow her away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe was a lost child, she was runnin' wild (she said)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo long as there's no price on love I'll stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou wouldn't want me any other way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe was campin' down the Gower one time, the work was pretty good[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe thought we shouldn't wait for the frost and I thought maybe we should[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were drinking more in those days, tempers reached a pitch[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd like a fool I let her run with the ramblin' itch[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh the last I heard she was sleeping rough back on the Darby beat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhite Horse in her hip pocket, and a Wolfhound at her feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey say that she married once to a man called Romany Brown[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut even a gypsy caravan was too much settlin' down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey say her rose has bloomed now, hard weather and hard booze,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMaybe that's the price you pay for the chains that you refuse[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI miss her more than words could ever say[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I could just taste all of her wildness now[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf I could hold her in my arms today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wouldn't want her any other way...[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","C","D","Em","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}