{"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":2165869,"song":"Fergus Laing","artist":"Richard Thompson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11465777-fergus-laing-chords-by-richard-thompson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2165869?type=chord","rating":4.5434,"votes":3,"content":"These are the basic chords, and does not in any way capture the wonderful details\r\n\r\n\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi-Ff3YJPOQ\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFergus Laing is a beast of a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe stitches up and fleeces[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe wants to manicure the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd sell it off in pieces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe likes to build his towers high[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe blocks the sun out of the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Hm[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the penthouse the champagne's dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd slightly gassy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFergus Laing, he works so hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs busy as a bee is[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFergus Laing has seventeen friends[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAll as dull as he is[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis seventeen friends have seventeen wives[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll the perfect shape and size[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Hm[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey wag their tails and bat their eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJust like Lassie[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nFergus Laing he builds and builds[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYet small is his erection[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nFergus Laing has a fine head of hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the wind's in the right direction[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]H7[/ch]\r\nthe wind's in the right direction[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFergus Laing and his seventeen friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey live inside a bubble[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere they withdraw and shut the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAt any sign of trouble[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nShould the peasants wail and vent[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd ask him where the money went[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Hm[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe'll simply say, it's all been spent[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOn being classy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFergus' buildings reach the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUntil you cannot see 'em[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe thinks the old stuff he pulls down[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBelongs in a museum[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis own fair home is on the Park[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nan airy jewel, a city ark[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Hm[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHung with Picasso, hung with Braque[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nbut nothing brassy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nFergus Laing he builds and builds[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYet small is his erection[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nFergus Laing has a fine head of hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the wind's in the right direction[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]H7[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthe wind's in the right direction[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Alternate Verse 4]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis fits are famous on the scene[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe shortest fuse, so cruel, so mean[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Hm[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut don't call him a drama queen[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLike Shirley Bassey[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFergus Laing he flaunts the law[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut one day he'll be wired[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd as they drag him off to jail[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe'll all shout, \"You're fired!\"[/tab]","plain_text":"These are the basic chords, and does not in any way capture the wonderful details\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi-Ff3YJPOQ\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Alternate Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Em","D","G","A","Hm","C","H7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}