{"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":939004,"song":"Mr Richards","artist":"Frank Turner","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11614412-mr-richards-chords-by-frank-turner/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/939004?type=chord","rating":4.87652,"votes":22,"content":"Updated Version - 'Ninja Noo Noo' correctly identified the chord I had marked as F as Csus 4\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\ne|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|---1-----------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|---3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|---3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Main riff is a muted G to C\r\n\r\n[tab]Verse 1:\r\nG-C\r\nOne fine day near the end of the tax year[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMr Richards was gripped by a new fear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]            G-C\r\nWho would be at his retirement party[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]Verse 2:\r\nG-C\r\nAnd though he still had years to go before he[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSlipped over the edge of the workforce[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           G-C\r\nThe question remained and in his wake there came an army[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat price creature comforts, what is this life really all about?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             \r\nHe drew a line between work and living, and work was winning out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he worked for half his life, to spend the end just feeling tired out[/tab]\r\nEm           C                (Back to main riff)G-C\r\nThat's when his roof caved in\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]Verse 3:\r\nG-C\r\nAnd so he made a list of all the people he worked with[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd cut it down to the ones he got on with[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          G-C\r\nPaired each one off with the decade of his career[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]Verse 4:\r\nG-C\r\nAnd then he thought of all his friends from back home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe crazies, the ladies, the lovers he'd known[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                G-C\r\nAnd then he looked around his office and wondered why he was still here[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat price creature comforts, what is this life really all about?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             \r\nHe drew a line between work and living, and work was winning out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he worked for half his life, to spend the end just feeling tired out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat's when he realised that he scrimped and saved all his precious days[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus4[/ch]\r\nSo he could buy icers and microwaves[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he only looks forward to his holidays[/tab]\r\n\r\nThat's when his roof caved in.\r\n\r\n\r\nBridge:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C/B[/ch]        \r\nAnd it would be nice to have holiday homes and healthy bank statements and [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfat little kids,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/B[/ch]   \r\nAnd I guess you can be happy to dream all your dreams as camcorder records [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nof the things that you did,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\nBut as soon as your sleeping does it really matter what mattress you happen [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nto be sleeping on?[/tab]\r\nD                Em                         Csus4(Let Ring)\r\nAs long as your living and your having fun; he always laughed at the\r\n                         C(Let Ring)         G-C\r\ndrop-outs, that he could never live that way.\r\n[tab]        [ch]Csus4[/ch]                          [ch]Csus[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut the truth is Mr Richards was a coward, he was afraid.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nInstrumental Break.    [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch] [ch]Csus4[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]final Verse:\r\nC-G\r\nMr Richards decided on the very next morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo make his life and work the same thing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCleared he desk, he hit the road and he never retired. [/tab]","plain_text":"Updated Version - 'Ninja Noo Noo' correctly identified the chord I had marked as F as Csus 4\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Main riff is a muted G to C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\nEm           C                (Back to main riff)G-C\nThat's when his roof caved in\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThat's when his roof caved in.\n\n\nBridge:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD                Em                         Csus4(Let Ring)\nAs long as your living and your having fun; he always laughed at the\n                         C(Let Ring)         G-C\ndrop-outs, that he could never live that way.\n\n\n\nInstrumental Break.    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