{"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":931755,"song":"A Solitary Life","artist":"Richard Thompson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11613170-a-solitary-life-chords-by-richard-thompson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/931755?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"A Solitary Life  \r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes I long for the solitary life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nParents long gone, no kids, no wife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\t\t  [ch]D[/ch] \r\nSister somewhere in Australia never did keep in touch[/tab]\r\nSex no more than a how-do-ye-do\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a copy of Tit-Bits in the loo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\t\t     [ch]G[/ch]\t\t                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSocially a bit of a failure, nice not to have to try too much[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t\t    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA solitary life, a life of small horizons[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\t\t [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDull as the pewter sky over North West Eleven[/tab]\r\n\r\nA serious hobby in the garden shed\r\nModel trains, or soldiers in lead\r\nJoin the suburban boffins of Britain, experts on trivial things\r\nAnd holidays in the Yorkshire Dales\r\nOr cycling tours of the North of Wales\r\nUnenvious of those flea-bitten on continental flings\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\nExcitement comes by subtle means\r\nThe satisfaction of routines\r\nSmall revenges at the office, smug little victories\r\nYou work on your pallor, complexion like paste\r\nLike the grey defeat on an inmates face\r\nA life spent adding losses and profits, resigning by degrees\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\nAnd come to the end, sad and alone\r\nA steady reliable tumour you’ve grown\r\nFrom selfish years, while all your peers have stressfully jogged to health\r\nIn life you always were quite numb\r\nAnd foggier now, you soon succumb\r\nIn drab St. Barts on the new by-pass, death overcomes by stealth\r\n\r\nChorus\r","plain_text":"A Solitary Life  \n\n\n\nSex no more than a how-do-ye-do\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\nA serious hobby in the garden shed\nModel trains, or soldiers in lead\nJoin the suburban boffins of Britain, experts on trivial things\nAnd holidays in the Yorkshire Dales\nOr cycling tours of the North of Wales\nUnenvious of those flea-bitten on continental flings\n\nChorus\n\nExcitement comes by subtle means\nThe satisfaction of routines\nSmall revenges at the office, smug little victories\nYou work on your pallor, complexion like paste\nLike the grey defeat on an inmates face\nA life spent adding losses and profits, resigning by degrees\n\nChorus\n\nAnd come to the end, sad and alone\nA steady reliable tumour you’ve grown\nFrom selfish years, while all your peers have stressfully jogged to health\nIn life you always were quite numb\nAnd foggier now, you soon succumb\nIn drab St. Barts on the new by-pass, death overcomes by stealth\n\nChorus","chords":["A","D","G","Em","C"],"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]}}}