{"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":931759,"song":"When We Were Boys At School","artist":"Richard Thompson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11613174-when-we-were-boys-at-school-chords-by-richard-thompson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/931759?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"When We Were Boys At School  \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nAll he ever wanted to do was harm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nAll he ever wanted to be was cruel[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAt twelve years old Fate marked his brow[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd he said, I have a mission now[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]          [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nBut we laughed at his clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]                [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nAnd the blackheads round his nose[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]B[/ch] \r\nWhen we were boys at school[/tab]\r\nTeachers spoke of Hannibal and Hector\r\nNimrod and Nietzsche were his fuel\r\nSwastikas and pentagrams\r\nFlourished from his tender hands\r\nBut we watched in the rain\r\nAs the bully beat him up again\r\nWhen we were boys at school\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd he said, my camouflage will hide me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\nI’ll be grey as the world is grey[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA thousand government corridors[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nBehind which of a thousand doors[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]F#sus4[/ch]\r\nWill I delegate and rule, o little boys at school[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nAll he ever wanted to do was harm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nAll he ever wanted to be was cruel[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bbm[/ch]       [ch]C#[/ch]       [ch]G#[/ch]       [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nAnd sometimes when the night is still[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bbm[/ch]      [ch]C#[/ch]        [ch]G#[/ch]     [ch]D#m[/ch]\r\nI can feel the gathering of his will[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI can feel him flex the strings of power[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd grope to his appointed hour[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]          [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nBut we laughed at the dirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]               [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nAnd the frayed cuffs on his shirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWhen we were boys at school[/tab]\r","plain_text":"When We Were Boys At School  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTeachers spoke of Hannibal and Hector\nNimrod and Nietzsche were his fuel\nSwastikas and pentagrams\nFlourished from his tender hands\nBut we watched in the rain\nAs the bully beat him up again\nWhen we were boys at school","chords":["Bm","Em","F#7","D","A","Gmaj7","F#m7","B","Dm","Gm","Am","F#m","F#sus4","Bbm","C#","G#","D#m","C","C7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]},"Gmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,2]}}}