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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2567439,"song":"Love Chronicles","artist":"Al Stewart","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11515750-love-chronicles-chords-by-al-stewart/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2567439?type=chord","rating":4.70703,"votes":7,"content":" Love Chronicles\r\n by Al Stewart\r\n\r\n\r\n Part I\r\n ---------\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I can remember the first girl that I did love[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n It was Stephanie[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n In kindergarten arithmetic classes she used to[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Sit next to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I'd pass her sticky sweets under the table[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Where the teacher couldn't see[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Although she wouldn't remember me now[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Sometimes I wonder where she can be.[/tab]\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I can remember the first girl I kissed it was[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Christine when I was ten.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I'd been told we were moving away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I thought I'd never see her again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Oh don't forget me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I'll be back when they let me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Before you learn how to lie when you're leaving[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Love is so much easier then[/tab]\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And at school would you believe three hundred boys[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And no girls at all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n But you're a fool if you should leave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Just think of the joys of rugby football[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And prep in the morning and Brylcream and acne[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n And cross-country running to kill evil thoughts[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I'm surprised that I survived[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I ran ten thousand miles with my back to the wall.[/tab]\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I can remember the first girl that I made love to[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n It was in a park[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n In the lower pleasure gardens in Bournemouth[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n In summer just after dark[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n My mind was reeling. Oh what a feeling.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I missed the bus and walked twelve miles home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n And it really didn't seem far.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And all through my seventeenth summer[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Running together from crowds and ties[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Taking our clothes off and feeling each other[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n With fingers and senses and mouths and eyes,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Incurring the glances of old disapproval[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n From elderly local inhabitant's eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Oh time time we hardly even knew you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n You didn't touch us with your lies.[/tab]\r\n\r\n [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n In the halcyon days of my late adolescence[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n My goal seemed clearly in sight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Playing electric guitar with a beat group[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n We set the ballrooms alight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Camping it up for the dyed blonde receptionists[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Who told us we were al-ri-yi-yight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n On an ego trip for a teenage superstar[/tab]\r\n\r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n On thirty shillings a night.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And so it fell that I came up to London[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n To look for fortune and fame[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Starry eyed in my seaside successes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And much too sure of the game.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n First girl I met there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I thought I'd get there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n But the first girl was nearly the last girl[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n She left my eyes in the drain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n Part II (slower)\r\n ---------\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n She sat on my floor in the dead of the night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n Rolling a joint and looking round for a light[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Her clothes were so black and her face was so white[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n How could I know what was right?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And I sat all huddled upon my bed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n Watching her in my innocence[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And it was no sense at all, but too much sense[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n That took me to the bridge of impotence.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Oh Artaud's anthology lay spread on the floor[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n And the thoughts that she gave me, I'd not met before[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And stranded half hypnotised, I watched her in awe[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n Of everything that she stood for.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And I wanted more than anything to be like her with every sense[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n But it was no sense at all, but too much sense[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n That took me to the bridge of impotence.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n She came over to me and kissed me in play[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n Taking my hands between her legs as she lay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And she looked in my eyes but I turned them away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n Finding no words fit to say.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And I hated myself, but could not move[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n Shattered in my confidence,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n But it was no sense at all, but too much sense[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n That took me to the bridge of impotence.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Now the stare of the lightbulb tore holes in my brain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n As she got up in silence that hung like a stain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And I wanted to speak, or call out her name,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n But how could I begin to explain?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And my prosecuting room still holds a strand of her hair[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n In evidence,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n But it was no sense at all, but too much sense[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n That took me to the bridge of impotence.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Oh I still think about her when the night fills with rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n And speaks with its voices uneasy and vain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n And I think were I maybe to find her again,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n Oh I'd probably see her more plain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And I should have known she was just like me,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n It was after all only commonsense,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n But it was no sense at all, but too much sense[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n That took me to the bridge of impotence...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSegue to part 3.\r\n\r\nThe chords for each verse are the same.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Part III (faster, tempo 1)\r\n ----------\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (repeat)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n At first I didn't go out much at all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I just stayed home in my chains.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Picking over the threads of my confidence[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And searching for the remains.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And when I couldn't stand any more of it[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Going down to a club.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Mixing in with the sounds and the crowds[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I let the music cover me up.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And so it came that I stood disillusioned[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n By everything I'd been told.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I just didn't believe love existed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n They were all just digging for gold.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Widows and bankers and typists and bus'nessmen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Loved each other they said.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n But all it was though was just a manoeuvre[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n The quickest way into bed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F#7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n And only, lonely, the harlequins and painted phonies[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#7[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\n Pick their ways, through the haze[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Of highs and lows and blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n And all that I could do was to pick my way to you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n Though I didn't tell you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n You were just a thing to prove[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Bb+[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Bm6[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n But I was hungry when found you, but I'm al-right now.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n They sigh, they lie, the refugees and superhe-roes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#7[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n On ice, so nice to see you, what's your name?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n And all that I could do was to say the same to you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n Take you for the moment, though the moment wasn't true[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Bb+[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Bm6[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n But I was hungry when I found you and I'm al-right now.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Though the street lamp cut through the curfew[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n It shed no light on our mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n It would have been so easy to love you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\n At any other time.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Only lonely, you came to me the night hung coldly[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#7[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n In your eyes, some other time I might have stayed with you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n But all that I could do was to turn around to you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n Thanks for what you gave me now it's time to say \"Adieu\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Bb+[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Bm6[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Oh I was hungry when I found you but I'm al-right now.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Bb+[/ch]\r\n Ba ba ba alright now[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (repeat)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And so I followed the other's example[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And jumped into the melee[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n In hunting grounds of Earls Court and Swiss Cottage[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I did my best to get laid[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Beer cans and parties, deb girls and arties[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Bouncing around in the social confusion[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Missing and making the grade.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n (Instrumental Solo - ad lib)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Part IV (Slower)\r\n ---------\r\n\r\n[tab]N.C [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe very first time I must confess[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI thought you'd be like all of the rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we'd be strangers once again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBy the time we were dressed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut when you'd smoked your cigarette[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd talked of some people that we'd met[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI found myself asking was it set, did you have to go yet.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd so you laughed and then kissed me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd stayed for the whole weekend[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAlthough the bed was so narrow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe had to sleep end to end.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd so the weeks passed through my brain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn their dadaistic chain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI found myself seeing you again, and again and again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd all you gave you gave it free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAsking for nothing back from me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nYou gave yourself unselfishly as a part of me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd where I thought that just plucking[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe fruits of the bed was enough[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt grew to be less like fucking[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd more like making love.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Of all the girls I ever knew some loved and some denied me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd all the words I ever said have been no use to hide me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd all the songs I ever sung each one of them untied me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nAnd all the girls I ever loved have left themselves inside me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"Love Chronicles\n by Al Stewart\n\n\n Part I\n ---------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n D C G D C G D C G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n D C G D C G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n D C G D C G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n C G D C G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n D C G D C G D C G D C G\n\n On thirty shillings a night.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Part II (slower)\n ---------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSegue to part 3.\n\nThe chords for each verse are the same.\n\n\n\n Part III (faster, tempo 1)\n ----------\n\nD C G (repeat)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD C G (repeat)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Part IV (Slower)\n ---------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF E Eb 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